Alison Jackson Quotes

It's an interesting thing when you're casting a film - especially when you're trying to discover someone - you're waiting for someone to step into the room in an audition process and claim the role.

The X Factor' - I watch it because I'm always searching for talent to use in my musicals, so they do all the groundwork for me.

You'll find that street casting in America is a lot different than street casting in different nations.

Casting directors I don't think are the best in Mexico at street casting. Whereas, I think, in New York and in L.A., that's more common; not so in Mexico. So it's up to you as a director in a lot of ways to go out and do that.

Casting is really exciting. With 'Twilight,' I wasn't involved at all with the casting in the original. They kept me in the loop, which was great. They'd be like, 'Hey Kristen Stewart's gonna do it' and I was like, 'Really? Awesome.'

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

With movies, they have a certain person or style that they're looking for. It's not that they don't like you, but maybe you're not the person that's right for their movie. That happens a lot.

I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.

Personally, I don't tend to go into casting sessions. I try not to have a preconceived notion in my head because it just reduces my options or ability to find someone cool.

Twitter has always been that refreshing place where I can quickly find out what is going on in my tech world. I follow mostly entrepreneurs and VCs - some who I know and some who I don't know. I have a few companies in my feed. But no newspapers, no magazines, and no mainstream media.

Casting directors are like these fairy godmother witches.

Often, you're not quite sure what people have seen you in, but the script lands in your inbox. That was the case with 'The Night Manager.'

You just start going through that process of trying to put together a cast that works. I don't know that I can explain it in a way that you can go, 'Oh.' It's a little bit like saying, 'How would he be with him? How does that feel?'

With a famous name, you have to work that much harder to get the part.

I absolutely love my fans, and I get to chat to them a lot on Twitter, and that's why I think Twitter is really great. They call themselves 'The Sprouts' and they are really, really wonderful, so passionate, and they make me smile.

I was in San Francisco for 'Trauma' and then got back to town and got situated and started looking at things and passing on things. I think I was around for a month and a half, and there were other projects that were up, but it's all a waiting game. And then, 'The Vampire Diaries' came up, and I was really interested and read for it.

When you're casting a show, you have your idea of who you want it to be, and of course, those are going to be very well-known names.

I've never gone around looking for roles. It has been my good luck that all the films that I have done, the filmmakers have approached me.

I wish I was as annotative as Elon Musk.

I worked in casting for about five years before I became a director, and that taught me a huge amount because you never actually will see the character walk through the door - and if you do, then you have to be slightly suspicious of that.

I'd like to be a scout, go watch the games, and try and find a diamond in the rough.

I think it is great that there are influencers like myself who are true and authentic and let their personalities shine through. I encourage that in my fans.

Twitter can make a lot of things happen if you get enough retweets.

I try not to write for actors because A, they're not the character, and B, it's really depressing when you don't get them.

Roles should choose an actor and not vice versa.