Quotes by Auditions It's a surreal thing because you are there and made up and dressed up as if you're making the film. You do the scene, which is going to be in the film, and I met him [Daniel Craig] and I'm working with the director, and so it is different to just a normal audition. Gemma Arterton auditionsdifferentdirectors I had to stop going to auditions thinking, 'Oh, I hope they like me.' I had to go in thinking I was the answer to their problem. George Clooney auditionsanswersthinking I just saw dialogue, in the audition, and had no backstory. I was like, "I'm just going to be myself because I have no idea who this is or where he's coming from." The typical questions that actors have to ask themselves were very hard. I had to imagine, a little bit, and just made it work. Giles Matthey auditionssawsideas If you're with one person, then you don't have to meet other people. It's like when you're acting in a movie, you don't have to audition for other movies. I prefer that. Greta Gerwig auditionsactingpeople I put a tremendous amount of pressure on myself. I felt like I shouldn't have to audition for anything and all that. And that energy did not serve me at all. Hank Azaria auditionsenergypressure I got the regular call, that they were doing a Broadway musical of Hairspray, and would I come and audition. I was familiar with the movie, because at the time it came out my lover wrote for Premiere magazine, and we had to see everything. Harvey Fierstein auditionsmoviemusical Because I sleep with him he asked me to audition, you know? Helena Bonham Carter euthanasiaauditionssleep I always feel like, when you go into an audition, your best chance at success is to be as comfortable as you can be. It's generally more helpful for me to just be confident and comfortable. Hoon Lee auditionshelpfulchance I treat auditions like I treated my first dates. It's an opportunity to get to know a stranger and to learn from each other. Hugh Jackman auditionsopportunityfirsts My first audition was the worst I have ever done, ever. Isabel Lucas auditionsdonefirsts Sometimes you're not always on or at your best, especially during auditions. So if you go in and you don't nail it, even if they're like, 'We don't need to see you again,' get a friend, get a video camera, and film you doing the stuff again. Jack Huston auditionscamerasstuff My first film, 'Vanishing on 7th Street,' I really just kinda went in for it. Just gave it my all at the auditions. Jacob Latimore vanishingauditionsfirsts The audition process is always grueling. You always hope to just get offered things, and sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesnt. Jake Abel abelauditionssometimes As movies and TV projects come up, they go out to the agents and we just go out and audition for them. James Frain agentsauditionstvs I've never gone through an audition process or anything. In most of my decisions like that, I just kind of feel it out: You know, do I feel comfortable with this person? James Mercer auditionsdecisiongone I’d been auditioning for parts for years, I never got any better at it. I’m crap at auditions. Jamie Dornan crapauditionsyears Put a Post-It note on your mirror that says: 'Someone has to succeed. There's no reason why it shouldn't be me.' Repeat before every audition. Janet McTeer auditionssucceedmirrors I remember thinking, 'I'll audition just once and if it doesn't work out I'll never think about it ever again.' Jared Harris auditionswork-outthinking I think most actors will tell you the same thing; when you're not working you put 100 percent into every audition. Jeremy Irvine auditionsactorsthinking Then, in 2000, John Reid, Elton John's former manager, asked me to audition for the stage version of The Graduate he was producing. So I worked on it, got the part, and after three weeks' rehearsal I was on stage! Jerry Hall auditionsrehearsalthree«123456789»
