Zachary Knighton Quotes

I was working at a restaurant in L.A. when a producer came in. He said I should audition for this movie 'Cellular.' I did, and I got the part. It actually makes me sick to tell that story because it's obnoxious.

When I got the script for 'Mr. Robot,' I was auditioning for a bunch of stuff. I had an audition going for a movie at the time that I wanted to do.

My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.

Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.

I've done a couple of castings... I've done an audition for 'The Hobbit.'

Getting a part in 'Raman Raghav 2.0' was an unbelievable moment. I couldn't believe that it was happening to me.

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

I totally heard by chance that they were doing the casting for a James Bond movie, and that one of the auditions was taking place in Paris. So I tried myself to contact every name involved in the movie I could possibly find on the IMDb!

Like any other actor, my agent called me with an opportunity. It just so happens that the opportunity was the lead in 'Star Wars.'

Every actor dreams of getting a big break, a big opportunity.

The first audition my manger sent me on was 'The Hunger Games,' and I got the role.

The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.

With 'Nip/Tuck,' I had never even done anything before I got on that show. They created that character for me. I was reading for something else.

I didn't audition for 'Fargo.' It was a straight offer.

My big break was really Liz Meriwether saw me in a movie called 'Paper Heart' and really liked it, and then saw me in a movie called 'Ceremony' because she knew Max Winkler and said, 'I want you to be in 'No Strings Attached,' but you gotta audition for it.' From that it was easier for her to get me in 'New Girl.'

A month and a half after my first audition, I won the role on 'Lost.'

I was watching TV one day, and there was this open casting call for extras, and my brother says, 'You wanna try out for this movie?' and I said, 'No, I'm okay.' And then he said, 'Do you wanna be on a DVD?' And I said, 'I wanna be on a DVD!,' so I tried out.

I auditioned for 'American Sniper' and didn't get a role.

I always knew that all it would take was for the right director to put me in a movie.

The audition process for 'Are You There, Chelsea?' was overwhelming and exciting. It was my first pilot season and one of the first pilots I auditioned for.

When 'The Master' came around, they said they wanted to try and find a part for me, and I got a text from the casting director saying that.

It's no good being the best actor in the world if nobody sees you because you didn't happen to be there at the right day when a part was being cast.

For 'Supergirl,' I actually didn't audition.

Bejoy Nambiar had offered me 'Shaitaan' some years ago. But I wasn't confident about my Hindi.

There is an audition floating around somewhere that I did for 'Bates Motel.'