Audition Quotes - BrainyQuote

I work with a group of actors, and whenever one of us has an audition, we all get together, and we all work together on it. I think it takes us back to our film school days, our drama school days, us just working together and figuring it out because somebody else is going to see something in the material that you won't see. Omar Dorsey

Work, Working Together, Together, School

I was in my bed scrolling through Instagram. It had been about a month since my audition. And Marvel just posted a photo saying go to our website and find out who the next Spider-Man is. I went on the Marvel website on my computer, and there it was: The new Spider-Man is Tom Holland. I went ballistic - like, absolutely nuts. Tom Holland

Saying, Website, Find, New, Bed, Nuts

If you get an audition and you're out of work, you just say, 'I've gotta go on this.' Evan Peters

Work, You, Say, Go, Out, Just

Being 'ethnically ambiguous', as I was pegged in the industry, meant I could audition for virtually any role. Morphing from Latina when I was dressed in red, to African American when in mustard yellow, my closet filled with fashionable frocks to make me look as racially varied as an Eighties Benetton poster. Meghan Markle

Red, Yellow, Me, American, Look, Dressed

I didn't want to do 'Casino Royale' when they told me to audition. I said no. Then they sent me the script, and I thought it was actually very interesting - and I had no other work at the time. Eva Green

Work, Time, Me, Thought, Interesting

I don't think people realize what it's like for people of color to audition for film and TV. Phoebe Robinson

People, Color, Think, Realize, Film, TV

I went to an audition for a Harry Belafonte Roaring Twenties special for choreographer Donald McKayle, but I failed. Judith Jamison

Special, Roaring, Failed, Twenties

I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers,' I don't have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don't audition. What if they hate what I want to do? Rachel McAdams

Love, Character, Hate, Wedding, You

Cheerleading was my way in. It was one of the most rigorous audition processes ever. It definitely groomed me for Hollywood. Sarah Shahi

Me, Hollywood, Way, Processes, Most

A couple months before I got the audition for 'Arrow,' my husband and I had just sold everything we owned, packed our dogs and belongings into a truck, and moved to Los Angles with a prayer and almost no money. When I ended up booking the role, we both cried from joy and gratitude for a week straight. Juliana Harkavy

Gratitude, Money, Prayer, Joy, Truck

I'd knocked on doors when I'd gone to theater school in Los Angeles the summer of my junior year, trying to find an agent and submitting headshots, but nobody would see me, and I knew it was virtually impossible to get an audition if you didn't have an agent. Shoshannah Stern

School, Me, Impossible, Doors, Trying

I remember being denied a protein bar that I went in to buy. I was so hungry, and it was before an audition, and I ran in and tried to buy this protein bar. And I checked my bank account, and it was negative 17 cents... And I remember getting on the phone with my mom and laughing that I have negative 17 cents. Briga Heelan

Mom, Negative, Remember, Bank, Phone

My first audition for 'The Magicians' came up in conversation with a close friend who, right then, handed me the first book. Hale Appleman

Friend, Me, Book, Conversation, Right

When I get really passionate about something, the audition process is really strenuous and hard on me because I feel so much for the project, and I become so attached to it. It's hard. It's stressful because you want it so badly, and you're crafting this character that you're falling in love with. Lili Reinhart

Love, Character, Me, Falling In Love

My mom thought I could dance because I used to dance to this Janet Jackson song she'd play when I was a baby. Then she would take me to a Saturday dance school. I used to go every week and got spotted by a scout, who suggested I audition for the role of Billy in 'Billy Elliot the Musical.' Tom Holland

Dance, School, Mom, Me, Baby, Song

I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience. Al Pacino

Opportunity, Great, Disappointment, You

When I was younger, I would go to auditions to have the opportunity to audition, which would mean another chance to get up there and try out my stuff, or try out what I learned and see how it worked with an audience, because where are you gonna get an audience? Al Pacino

Opportunity, Chance, You, Audience, See

I give myself homework when I have an audition. I give myself goals, and that's how I check how I'm doing. It can be something simple like 'listen,' or 'find your feet.' And then afterward it's an assessment, so in a way it's not about booking the job or not. It's about what I learned as an actor about that character. Lupita Nyong'o

Goals, Character, Myself, Job, Simple

For every successful actor or actress, there are countless numbers who don't make it. The name of the game is rejection. You go to an audition and you're told you're too tall or you're too Irish or your nose is not quite right. You're rejected for your education, you're rejected for this or that and it's really tough. Liam Neeson

Education, Tough, Game, Name, You, Tall

I was given an opportunity to do sports in college and get a degree because of it. I ran track for the University of Texas and was studying to be a petroleum landman. And I was gifted an opportunity to audition for a film during my last semester in college, which I discovered while jogging around campus. Trevante Rhodes

Sports, Opportunity, College, Texas

When I was 9, I auditioned for an arts school in Toronto with a few of my friends. The sole reason we auditioned was that we found out you got to miss a couple days of school to do the audition. Without actually wanting to go to arts school, I accidentally got in. My parents encouraged me to try it, and I ended falling in love with performing. Jake Epstein

Love, Parents, School, Me, Friends, You

If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless. Simon Cowell

Good, Job, Me, People, Well Done, Look

After my last audition for 'Game of Thrones,' they said, 'Congratulations, princess.' I was like, 'Bye-bye, call centre.' Emilia Clarke

Game, Princess, Said, Congratulations

Just do what makes you happy and try. Just go out and audition. Shanice Williams

Happy, You, Try, Go, Out, Just

'Sparkle' fell into my lap. I had heard a little bit about it, that it was being redone in early 2011. I was just kind of like, 'Oh, that would be really cool,' and not really thinking too much about it, and then it came through my agency. I read it, I fell in love with the script and I went in to audition. Jordin Sparks

Love, Cool, Thinking, Sparkle, Too Much

My last audition for 'Baby Driver,' I had to meet with Jon Hamm and go through the scenes. I was a bit nervous: 'What if Jon Hamm dislikes me? This is the end.' I also watched 'Mad Men' religiously, so that didn't help with my nerves. Eiza Gonzalez

Me, Baby, Men, End, Help, Meet

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