Deborah Kara Unger Quotes

I think 99 percent of actors have gone through severe rejection before they ever landed a single role. I probably auditioned for 100 projects before I was cast in even the smallest role.

If I am not right for something there are many talented actors out there that will get it.

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.

I don't think actors should ever expect to get a role, because the disappointment is too great. You've got to think of things as an opportunity. An audition's an opportunity to have an audience.

Yeah, I do feel badly sometimes, not for whose coming up and getting roles I'm not right for anymore but the people I compete with, who range from Uma Thurman on up.

You're rejected 10 to 20 times for every part you are going to get.

I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.

When you go out on auditions for big movies, and you're not a big star, you get used to getting close but not getting the part.

Once you get into a part, and someone sees you, you get asked to do it again.

I actually got a play from auditioning for something in 'Back Stage' magazine.

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.

I auditioned for 'Game of Thrones' seven times! Loads of times.

Seems to me that this business, for actors anyway, is not so much about whether or not you do good work. It's about whether or not you get the chance to do good work.

You have to accept that when you don't get the part, it's to do with all sorts of reasons completely beyond your control, unless you know it's because you weren't prepared.

I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.

Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part.

The truth is, you don't ever decide on a role, not when you first begin. You audition for the role, and you're lucky to get it.

I audition for a lot and don't get a lot.

It's 90 percent rejection, being an actor.

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

I want a career and the thing is you really have to love acting. I didn't just fall into it and it wasn't just something I was good at. I've had to really work at this. I've had to fall on my face time and time again. You get 'no' 99 per cent of the time and a 'yes' just once.

I always tell Asian actors, especially Filipinos wanting to break into Hollywood, to study, study and study and show their best. I haven't stopped studying. There's an abundance of roles, and all you have to do is prove to them that you are good for the role.

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.

Once you've gotten the job, there's nothing to it. If you're an actor, you're an actor. Doing it is not the hard part. The hard part is getting to do it.

It's weird when auditioning for roles, because a lot of my mates go out for the same roles. You don't want to know that you're beating someone to the role.