Vaani Kapoor Quotes

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

Eventually I got the call for 'Iron Man,' and I read sides that had nothing to do with what I did in the movie, and I performed it once while no one was in the room - it was videotaped, and I'm sure Shane Black was watching it from his helicopter or something. And then I got a call the next day that I was going down to shoot it.

I managed to get onto 'The Hobbit,' which is a story in itself. I missed the main round of auditions but managed to get a foot in the door at the last second - just as I came down with dysentery.

When I auditioned for '21 Jump Street,' it was a last minute thing. I had one of the worst flus that I've ever experienced in my life, and I was forced to go to the audition, the screen test.

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

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

I auditioned for 'Avatar' in Australia. It was a 'blind' audition. I didn't know what the movie was about and whom it was 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'd been about four months since shooting 'Power Rangers,' and 'Stranger Things' was the first thing I saw that made me think, 'I need this.' I had one day to get my act together, so I made a short film rather than a self-tape. It had an opening score, opening titles, and I may or may not have put on a g-string and danced to 'Hungry Like a Wolf.'

Before I was cast for 'Brothers,' we all knew that Karan Johar was looking for an actress for to play a mother's role. I never thought that he would think of casting me.

I auditioned 5-6 times for 'Dangal.' I was just waiting for the final call, as there were about 15-16 girls who auditioned for the role.

There's no better gift to an actor than when you walk into an audition, and the casting director is your partner.

I went in for an audition [for As Good As It Gets], but the audition was with James L. Brooks. I was the first girl in that morning, and there was a whole waiting room of girls waiting to read for it. So I did my audition, and he asked me to step outside. So I stepped outside, and when he asked me to come back in, he looked at me, and he said, "Well, I'm very excited to work with you on set." And I was, like, "What?" I thought it was a Hollywood blow-off.

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.

My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.

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

'FlashForward' was a dream come true. I had auditioned for David Goyer for 'Blade: Trinity' and didn't get the part, but I guess he became a fan.

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

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

I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.

I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.

There have been many times when I've auditioned and I've actually won a different role in the same film.

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

I was 16 when I auditioned for the series '8 Simple Rules.' They cast the kids first.

Funnily enough, when I originally went in for my screen test, that set was already built.