Kevin Feige Quotes

Casting is very, very important.

I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.

Jesse Eisenberg, this little nebbishy guy, as Lex Luthor? For me, that's a genius move.

Casting is 65 percent of directing.

Sometimes it's all about the casting.

When I hire actors I believe in their abilities.

Matching character and actor is what a good director does.

We all were there for the readings, the screen tests, and we knew. We knew Dustin was the guy right away.

I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.

Why do I use the same actors in different movies? One of the things I really stress in casting is I need to find someone who is suitable for the role in the movie. That's always the main reason.

I think the reason you use an actor is if they are right for the role. Most of the high-profile stars tend to be good actors. That's probably what led to their fame. So if they are right for the movie, you can certainly use them. But I don't want to, not at all. Stardom and Hollywood overpower the ideas and the film.

My agents usually get a breakdown of all the projects that are out there. When I got 'Divergent,' they hadn't finished the script. They knew they wanted the leader of the Dauntless to have a certain demeanor and energy. They had me read a short monologue, and I got the part.

One has to be honest to the story and choose actors accordingly.

Roles should choose an actor and not vice versa.

When we went to Judy Davis and said, 'We want you to play Judy Garland in the mini-series 'Life With Judy Garland,' she was shocked, but we just had an instinct about her.

I am pretty sure when Kenneth Branagh came up for 'Thor,' nobody at Marvel thought, 'Yes, that Kenneth Branagh is masculine enough to do action: just look at 'Henry V' and 'The Magic Flute.''

Whoever portrays me on screen need not necessarily be a look alike. Any hero could play my part.

First, you need to write the script, re-work on lots of things. First draft, second draft, once the final script is ready then you visualize which actors fits the role in that the particular script they've written.

I love to choose the right actors. It's kind of a pleasure to work with them and watch them imbue your concepts that you write.

It looked like it might not work out with Michael Keaton, so they asked Joel Schumacher, 'Who do you want for Batman?' When he said me, I asked my agent, 'Why? Who did they not get?' I'd met with Joel a couple of times before about other (movies). I didn't know anything in terms of the cast, story or anything, but I said, 'Sure, sounds like fun.' - On accepting his role as Batman.

Actors always feel more comfortable when there's an actor directing, in terms of vocabulary and breaking down a scene.

What actually happened with 'Miracle' was that someone saw me in 'Jurassic Park' and said, 'We want someone with a white beard - how about him?' I've got a round face, white hair, a white beard. I can wear half-moon glasses and waddle a little, cope with a cane, raise my hat.

Once I finished writing the script, I couldn't find my Pandi. It was actually little difficult to cast for the role. One fine day, when I was shooting for 'Vada Chennai', Raj Kiran's name just popped into my head.

I'll get cast occasionally as sort of the jerk version of myself, and I have fun doing that. But it's really better for everyone if I stay behind the camera.

The way a character sounds is so important to how you're going to play him.