Sharni Vinson Quotes

I'm always nervous doing auditions - to be honest, I hate it. I always envy the actors who are so cool and cold-blooded when they go in for an audition, especially if it's for a part that you would really love to play.

I really do not like auditioning... it's hard because you never know what you're going to walk into in a room.

There've been times where, like when I auditioned for 'Akeelah,' I think in the first audition I was a little bit afraid because it was, you know, I had seen girls in there that I had seen on TV before, and I was like, 'Man, I might as well just walk out of here now because I'm just a newcomer,' and this and that.

When I'm on set, I'm 100 percent comfortable, but at events and photo shoots, I'm beyond nervous.

I get really nervous at auditions. I know how to make people laugh, but auditions just really make me nervous.

If I was going onstage, of course I would talk about it. How could I not?

I always feel like an interloper when I do serious drama. It's my own paranoia.

I'm just terrible at auditions. I don't know how anyone does it.

When you first are in front of the camera as a young person, you'd be surprised at all the insecurities you can get.

Because I've got an AFI award, I feel there is a certain expectation when I walk into a room, you know, that 'That Deb Mailman must know something!' But I'm just as nervous with every experience. I still doubt whether or not I can pull something off. I still think, 'When is the review going to come along that says Deb Mailman's not very good?'

Every audition is different, but I get incredibly nervous and insecure and worked up for however long I have to prep - that's when I get to spin. But you're not allowed to spin once you enter the room. Doubt really can't enter the room when you're auditioning - unless it's part of the character.

I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.

I wouldn't go up on a stage now if you paid a thousand dollars for one minute of acting. It's a nasty experience. You're up there all by yourself. You're so damn exposed.

Musical auditions are always the worst because you have to sing and act, and that's so stressful.

I am always nervous when I'm auditioning for a part I really want.

I was really awful at auditions. There's something about sitting down and saying into the camera: 'I'm Nina and this is the name of my agent.' That makes me just die inside.

The bigger the crowds get, the more nervous I get. I actually am very comfortable with a half-filled room of people who are slightly disinterested and are irritated at a Barnes & Noble.

I'm afraid that I won't do a good job when I go into an audition.

I used to get nervous just going to the stage door, seeing people waiting to talk to me. I was afraid of being caught out in some way or not being right.

I used to cry on the way to auditions.

I'm not the best auditioner.

I don't really get nervous about the people I'll audition for, especially if it's people I admire and want to work with: it actually makes me more excited.

That's the thing: when I'm on stage, I don't care; there could be ten people there, there could be ten million people there. But if I'm offstage, I'm, like, counting the people. I know exactly where everyone's standing, how far they are from me.

Not comfortable doing song and dance stuff as no normal person does in his/her real life.

I don't really like to audition, and that works against me. It's bad to be an actor and not like to audition.