Jon Favreau Quotes

My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.

My first movie role was a supporting performance in a Canadian film called 'Final Lady.' It was a great opportunity for me at the time.

My first job was an AFI short film, 'Chasing Daylight,' when I was 11, and I made a couple of commercials that never aired.

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

I was in a movie called 'Vanishing on 7th Street,' and that was my first leading role in a movie. It's an apocalyptic thriller, and it's really cool. It's the first movie I ever shot.

I've done a movie called 'Lemonade Mouth' for Disney Channel, which was fun to do. I actually got discovered through an open casting call where anyone could audition.

I started out as a very young girl in Hollywood doing westerns portraying a mother with a couple of kids.

This fall I'm doing something I've never done before. I'm starring in a film, an independent film.

I was in Woody Allen's Stardust Memories in 1980. It was only a bit part and I didn't get to speak but I felt that I was in a real movie and heading where I had always wanted to be.

When I got cast in 'Rocky IV,' I had never seen a film camera before. And here I was in this boxing movie.

The first film I was in was called 'Straight Time.' I was five-years old, and I was playing my father's son.

I did 'Bridge to Terabithia' when I was around 6 years old, but for my first movie, I was 5.

Playing Joanne in 'London to Brighton' was my first taste of film, and I loved every second of it.

Cooking and film are completely different - but I'd rather stay in the kitchen than be in movies.

Absolutely, 'Rabbit Hole' gave me a nice first introduction into film acting.

'Venus,' which is a Roger Michell film - my first scene was with Peter O'Toole, and I cried. That was basically my part. I came in, cried in a white wig, and then left.

When I was 17, I had a small part in the movie 'Election,' which shot in Omaha, Nebraska. I was really naive at the time; I really didn't know what a big deal it was.

I worked on 'Happy-Go-Lucky' for seven-and-a-half months, and I'm in it for two minutes - largely because Sally Hawkins turned left instead of right.

'Paruthiveeran' was a difficult film to work on. It was my first film but a very strong character.

I started doing movies when I was 14.

I was very curious to try being in a movie.

Technically, my first paying job was I was an extra in my dad's movie 'Dan in Real Life.'

Yes, I faced camera for the first time for '18th Cross.' It was a great experience for me to be part of a film after working in some television serials.

It was a surprise for my family when I told them that I was offered 'Madras Cafe.' My family was initially worried because I have got no film background.

I did this movie called 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' and I was an extra, and it was a movie that Oprah was producing. She had walked by, and I was making all the other extras laugh, and she said, 'You're a very funny young lady.' I was like, 'Eeeee!'