Kevin Richardson Quotes

I'm down to act a little bit - go on a couple auditions or make one of those three-second cameos with one line.

When you're an actor, you just hope you get a job to go to.

I particularly want more acting. I've been auditioning a lot, and I definitely want to act.

As an actor, as you grow into where you fit in the industry, you're just trying to find the opportunities, hoping they grow and you get to do more.

I don't know the politics of Hollywood. Am I hungry for great material? Every actor is. How I can get to it, that's another story.

I'd love to be in a feature film, and I don't just mean in a starring role - it could be a small part. And I would like to act in television, to do comedy and drama.

I never went on an audition - when they were really looking at everybody.

Whenever I didn't have a job, I studied acting, I sent out tapes, went on auditions.

Usually, when you're an actress, you have to audition 20 times.

I get sent a lot of scripts where you're just the mom.

I came to New York in 1974, when I graduated from college. And you had to use 'Backstage' because all of the auditions were listed there. Most people didn't come with agents, so you got to see a lot of what was auditioning and when and where. 'Backstage' made sure you knew the major places.

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.

My sister pursued acting, and one day, I was like, 'Hey, I want to do acting, too' - this was just in commercials - and then one day, I got an audition for my first movie, 'Smurfs 2,' and I did it.

I sure don't miss going out on auditions!

I never talk about auditions. Even if I've got the role, I won't tell people until we're literally filming it.

Young actors often ask me how do you get an agent, how do you get started, how do you get to audition, and I don't know what to tell them because my story is so fluky.

Thank God for television. I've been able to consistently work in television even when people say, 'Oh my God, I haven't seen you since this film or that project.' At least I'm working. It's very difficult to get that next movie role. I'm grateful to have the television world accept me.

I actually love auditioning because I usually don't get the part. I've tested with Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise. So I've gotten to that point, and I understand when I don't get it. There are a lot of very talented people out there.

I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.

I've auditioned for pretty much every one of my father's movies.

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.

After I made my hit in 'Salome,' Universal sent me to New York so I could learn to be a proper movie star.

When you go out on auditions for big movies, and you're not a big star, you get used to getting close but not getting the part.

The first thing I say when someone says they want to be an actor is, 'Go get 'Backstage.'' You know what's going on, you know who's doing what, and there's work that you can find in there. It's an incredible resource, and there's nothing else like it.

Once you get into a part, and someone sees you, you get asked to do it again.