Jonathan Groff Quotes

I'm good at cold reading; I've made a living doing this, and most of the time I do audition, but it's very tough. It's a very uncomfortable, awkward process. You never get used to it, really.

I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.

The problem with being an actress is there's a lot of rejection.

I haven't really ever had to audition for anything.

As actors, it's so hard to get your hopes up about anything.

I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.

If I had known how much I hate auditioning, I doubt I would have become an actress.

I auditioned for the part of Cosette in 'Les Miserables' on Broadway. It didn't work out.

It's 90 percent rejection, being an actor.

I never mind going in for an audition for something.

As much as I hate auditioning - it's so hard and awkward - it's way better to walk out of that room and win a role because of what you did.

I would be terribly disappointed if anything would get in the way of my being cast in something, or if performances were canceled. It was a fix that I obviously needed.

In L.A., you constantly go on auditions, and you're usually not what they're looking for - you get used to going back and back to the same show, and nothing happens.

Acting is a life of rejection.

I don't even know how many times I auditioned for Danny Zuko in 'Grease.'

I really actually enjoy auditioning.

I stopped courting Hollywood a long time ago.

Occasionally I will audition for a big overseas movie, but that's it.

I didn't have a problem with rejection, because when you go into an audition, you're rejected already. There are hundreds of other actors. You're behind the eight ball when you go in there.

I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot.

I still have to audition for most things.

When you are an actor, rejection and disappointment are an occupational hazard.

There's this weird thing about acting where you have to wait for somebody to ask you to do it; like you have to wait for a director to say it's okay.

I was in 'Seussical,' and I was in a cage onstage in a purple yarn suit singing backup, and I was like: 'I've had it. I can't do this anymore.' I will say for the record that I did love the show, but I was like: 'I want to do something else. I need a little more.'

When I was seven, I asked my mom if I could be on TV, and she said if I really wanted to, I could. I got an agent and booked my first audition.