Matthew Gray Gubler Quotes

We chose the actors thru a series of auditions when we started the show.

When I hire actors I believe in their abilities.

I've had a couple opportunities where I've been on the other side of the audition process as a director, so it's really reassuring to me that it's just about who is right for that role and less about if you ace the audition. It's just about getting to know people, not about who's a better actor a lot of the time.

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.

The only thing that's required of an actor for an audition is to memorize your sides with confident choices, and then the rest is not up to you. You're either right for a part or you're not.

In films and TV, actors get chosen based on their capabilities, charisma and the image they carry.

A movie will live or die with your casting.

You go into an audition, you're either the one or you're not, and if you're not, you go home. And I kind of like that. If you're really good, and you're the best guy in the room that day, you get the job.

Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.

There's no enemy in the auditioning process. Everybody wants you to be the right person when you walk in the room. We're all just trying to make a soup here, and they're trying to figure out the right ingredients for the soup.

Meeting with the director is an audition.

I read a script and I know immediately whether that role is for me or not.

We all were there for the readings, the screen tests, and we knew. We knew Dustin was the guy right away.

I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.

I think filmmakers are always interested in getting the best actor that they can find, the person who's the most right for it.

With movies, they have a certain person or style that they're looking for. It's not that they don't like you, but maybe you're not the person that's right for their movie. That happens a lot.

I've always believed that it's the film that chooses the actor and not the other way round.

You have actors you've worked with previously, and you have actors you haven't worked with that you've seen in things where you know they can work in these parts. And then there are actors who blow you away, who surprise you.

I've never, ever, in my entire life, been upset at a casting choice.

It's an interesting thing when you're casting a film - especially when you're trying to discover someone - you're waiting for someone to step into the room in an audition process and claim the role.

This business is filled with really talented actors, and I'm sure there's a lot of guys out there who could have also brought something really special to the roles I have played. I just feel lucky that I get a chance to do them.

I strongly believe that when you are cast in a role, there will be similarity in the character and you - why else would you be chosen for the character?

Roles should choose an actor and not vice versa.

I have had to give auditions for every film I had done until 'Dedh Ishqiya.'

At 'The West Wing,' I cast newscasters, and when you put out a casting call for actors, half of the people who come in are real local L.A. newscasters. Each time, I ended up hiring one of them, because they're better at it. Big surprise! A newscaster is better at playing a newscaster than an actor is.