Matthew Lillard Quotes

There's not a huge pile of scripts at home. It's what happens to be on the table at that moment with your availability. And then you have no control over when these things come out.

As a theater actor I always wondered, 'Is there a place for me in Hollywood?'

I like doing films and I wish that I could do more but I still have to audition. I don't get offered starring roles in movies even though I've written and starred in a movie.

It has been a great experience to act in Hollywood movies with actors like Ben Kingsley.

Washington is no place for a good actor. The competition from bad actors is too great.

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 never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted.

Really, the golden egg of doing a series is that you cross that very stupid bridge that says 'Name Actors Only' in casting sessions. All of a sudden, you become a name actor; it gives you marquee value. That's all that a series does.

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

When you start out acting, you dream of getting an agent and getting a job. For years, you audition and you get what you can. Choice isn't something that you have much of.

Every actor thinks he's underused - unless he's a movie star.

As an actor, you audition a lot for 'the girlfriend' or the 'hot girl.'

Nick was cast first in both 'Smashed' and 'Kings.'

I don't want to just be another actor in L.A. looking for a job.

Down South, I never had to audition. They would call me up and give me a role.

Even in Malayalam films, I don't mind if I am not cast as hero.

I used to visit one production house every day, and I used to take up auditions even for small roles. Before my debut, I must have auditioned at almost every single production house.

I went to an open audition for 'Between the Canals,' and that was a big thing. I suddenly thought, 'Ah, yeah!' Then I started getting brought away to do roles. That's when I got taken seriously.

I usually don't get the movies I audition for.

I want to tackle the award-winning films. I want to be seen as an actor-actor.

Once I won the roles in 'Spender' and 'First Knight' it was much easier for everyone, me included, to get their heads around the idea of me being an actor.

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.

Unfortunately, there aren't enough interesting acting roles in New Zealand to sustain a career.

I don't like to audition. I just want people to give me parts.

My sister pursued acting, and one day, I was like, 'Hey, I want to do acting, too' - this was just in commercials - and then one day, I got an audition for my first movie, 'Smurfs 2,' and I did it.