Makoto Shinkai Quotes

My story is a little unorthodox. At first, I just wanted to book a commercial. I didn't have any expectations, and I wanted to try something new.

I'm sad about my theatre career, but I've also fallen a bit in love with TV!

I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.

I auditioned equally for film and theater. The difference is that theater has seasons, while film, it's always happening.

I've done a little bit of TV. I'm doing a little mini-series at the moment called 'Scooter.'

In theater, you sometimes can only do one or two jobs a year because they're long periods. In film, you can shoot so many. It's quite interesting.

I never thought I would be in a film.

I think I was first choice for the part. I don't know - that's what they always tell you anyway. I didn't have to do any audition for the part. Sam saw me in Dinner and the whole thing slipped into place.

I play a role in front of the cameras, just like in the movies.

I'm dying to get back in front of the cameras. I miss it like crazy.

Everytime I get offered theatre I get offered a film role too.

My aunt Julie was a production manager, and she heard of an opening. Some show was looking for children to run around the house or whatever. I auditioned and got the part, and I showed up in all of my monstrous energy, bouncing everywhere like an electron.

I would love to do some straight drama. A lot of times it's not up to the actor, it's up to the producer. It's up to the powers that be.

I am very rewarded and challenged in front of the camera.

I feel like starring in a TV show is such a fun thing.

I would never be in a film just for the sake of being in a film, so I am waiting for the right role to come along.

I would love to act. I get to do it in three and a half minutes in a video on a three-day shoot, which is fun.

All actors are protecting something, in their own way, that happens in front of a camera.

When we were doing 'The Office,' there was an area backstage where they worked on hair and makeup, and I was sitting there waiting to get ready to go on, and one of the writers went, 'I want you to audition for 'Bad Teacher.'' I went, 'Okay!'

I will not hesitate to take up good film offers.

Not until somebody turns round and says, 'Art, how do you fancy playing Charles Dickens? How do you fancy playing Prince Charles in this biopic?' Until those movements come, then no, we haven't got past anything.

Finalising an actress is the job of the producer and director. It usually happens only after they are ready with a story.

Everybody reads for me. I was never weird about that. I never minded coming in and reading. They should know if I'm the right person, and I should know if I want to do a movie.

Just to have the opportunity to play an American in America is a dream come true for me.

I'm an actor. I'll take a lead if it's offered. The really good actors can fill a character, no matter what the role is. A good leading man is a character actor; a good character actor can be a leading man.