Olivia Wilde Quotes

A casting director who'd cast me in 'Assassins' sent a video to Kevin Reynolds, the director, and Mel Gibson, whose company is producing '187.' Then I went in and auditioned, and a few hours later, they called me.

I hadn't even watched '24' before, and the audition was kind of far away. When I got the material, there wasn't a character yet, so it almost seemed like an assistant to Jack Bauer saying, 'Yes, sir. No, sir.'

If I read a script and I like it, there's nothing that will stop me from trying to be in that movie.

I would love to act in films if people think I am right for a particular role.

I was shooting for 'Maaya' when I got a call from John Abraham's office. They told me about the film and asked if I could audition. But since I was shooting, I recorded my audition and sent them the tapes. The next thing I know, I was on board.

When 'The Pacific' came around, I had to audition the old-fashioned way. It was the casting director and then the producer and then another producer and another producer and then Spielberg and Hanks.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

I had done my first picture and I didn't have anything to do for awhile. I was asked to come back to New York and do Bus Stop in the role of the cowboy opposite Kim Stanley.

I've been fortunate to get involved with 'Short Term 12.' I was just a young teenager on the Internet, clicking on anything that had the word 'actor' in it. One day, someone called me in for a movie audition.

It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.

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

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

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

Casting is really exciting. With 'Twilight,' I wasn't involved at all with the casting in the original. They kept me in the loop, which was great. They'd be like, 'Hey Kristen Stewart's gonna do it' and I was like, 'Really? Awesome.'

I've always wanted to do acting. The biggest thing I ever did was 'The Dirty Dozen.' My contract was for three months, but the picture was taking longer to make than they thought it would. I stayed for seven months, and Frank Sinatra told me to leave. He said the public is very fickle and that they'll forget you.

The first time I met Garry Shandling was my audition for 'The Larry Sanders Show,' with Garry and his casting director Francine Maisler. I can recall every minute of it. He was gracious and kind, and he read with me. He was terrific.

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.

I used to do small roles in Western films.

When I got the script for 'Mr. Robot,' I was auditioning for a bunch of stuff. I had an audition going for a movie at the time that I wanted to do.

We were shooting for 'Aiyyaa' in Yash Raj studios, and I got an offer for 'Aurangzeb.' That's the only time I went for an audition.

I've done a couple of castings... I've done an audition for 'The Hobbit.'

I'm just going to continue to think about what kind of films I want to do and what's out there for me to audition for, and I love trying.

I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.

Whenever I get a good script, I don't care whether it's telly or theatre or big screen - I'm not bothered.

I want to be able to play trailer-bound fatties in a Judd Apatow comedy.