Quotes by Casting Because when you watch US television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting. Diane Abbott castingwatchestelevision I can honestly, and proudly, say that I never was on the casting couch. Oh, of course there have been advances from certain men in the movie industry, but nothing overwhelming. Dorothy Stratten castinghonestmen Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting. Doug Liman castingcareerschoices I pride myself on doing character-driven movies and, when my movies have worked, it's been because of the right casting and the right character, and it just clicks. Doug Liman castingpridecharacter Instead of casting away all our old prejudices, we cherish them to a very considerable degree, and, to take more shame to ourselves, we cherish them because they are prejudices; and the longer they have lasted and the more generally they have prevailed, the more we cherish them. We are afraid to put men to live and trade each on his own private stock of reason; because we suspect that this stock in each man is small, and that the individuals would do better to avail themselves of the general bank and capital of nations and of ages. Edmund Burke castingagemen Quentin [Tarantino] called me and said: "Yeah, you've got to be in my movie. You've got to be in Death Proof." But he made me audition. I was like: "Dude, I don't even want to do this..." So I left the casting of Hostel: Part II to drive to Venice, where Quentin was holding his casting, and the person ahead of me was Derek Richardson from Hostel 1 and he was like: "Dude, what are you doing here?" I said: "Don't ask!" Eli Roth venicecastingwant When you say something or sing something enough times, it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It's almost like casting spells. I don't mean necessarily in the flighty, 'I'm going to go buy a cloak with a hood now' way. Feist castingselfmean Casting is very instinctual. I really like to meet people. To me, it's about their essence more than their audition. Francesca Gregorini castingessencepeople The stuff that I got in trouble for, the casting for The Godfather or the flag scene in Patton, was the stuff that was remembered, and was considered the good work. Francis Ford Coppola castingflagsstuff Prayer is helplessness casting itself on Power, infirmity leaning on Strength, misery reaching to Mercy, and a prisoner clamoring for Relief. Fulton J. Sheen castingreliefprayer Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. ... I have 10 or so, and thats a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them. Gore Vidal castingplayerwriting Every remedy is a desperate remedy. Every cure is a miraculous cure. Curing a madman is not arguing with a philosopher; it is casting out a devil. Gilbert K. Chesterton castingphilosopherdevil Casting the locals is my primary concern because all the other things you assume will be manageable. Gus Van Sant castingconcernassuming If you put up posters around town for high-school kids, high-school kids will come. If you're casting politicians, you can't put up posters and have politicians come down. Gus Van Sant castingkidsschool I am skilled now, at casting iron To make a hardened bed for my heavy world Happy Rhodes castingironbed It is so cool to have a fanbase that has been so involved since the casting process. Jade Hassoune castinghas-beensprocess I think the location is almost as important as casting the leads of the movie. The location on The Purge was crucial to that movie working. Jason Blum castingimportantthinking I went to an audition the other day, they were casting 13 people to be clouds, 14 people showed up, it was overcast. Jay London castingcloudspeople For me, when you're casting known talent, you're not just casting their performances. You're casting the public's relationship with them, their public images to a degree. Jen McGowan castingdegreestalent Even during the casting process, the pools of talent are so deep when you have a call for Latin women or black women or a middle-aged woman because they never get their shot. There's so much talent there. Jenji Kohan castingblacklatin«12345678»
