Maddie Hasson Quotes

I auditioned for 'Game of Thrones' seven times! Loads of times.

My mom had an audition for a commercial when I was about two and a half, and I ran in crying and interrupted her. They thought I was cute so they offered me a commercial role. My mom was skeptical and a bit nervous about the child actor thing, but I was extremely bossy and convinced them I wanted to try it.

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

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.

'Ex Machina' was the first film I'd auditioned for. I didn't have an agent.

There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.

If I was discovered by anyone, it would be Stephen O'Neil, who saw me in a play at Williamstown and introduced me to my team who I'm still with today. He was the first person to introduce me to the film and TV world. Other than that, I just assumed I would be a theater actor my whole life.

When I auditioned for 'Wedding Crashers,' the producers had never seen any of my other work except for Bond. I got 'Wedding Crashers' partly because I was a Bond girl.

I just went to an acting agency one day and just said, 'I would like to act. Would you take me?' And they took me.

I managed to get onto 'The Hobbit,' which is a story in itself. I missed the main round of auditions but managed to get a foot in the door at the last second - just as I came down with dysentery.

I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell.

When I came to America, I told my dad I wanted to be an actress.

You put yourself on tape as an actor a lot - and you send them off, they go out into the ether, and you have no idea what's going to come back, or when.

Whenever any actor comes into a producer session, they have so many questions, and we still can't really tell them that much until they get the job.

I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.

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

My agent set up a meeting with George Lucas. They were casting in England.

Oftentimes, actors don't have the luxury of picking their part. You go from one project to the next, and you hope that you find one that fits you and that you're suited for, and then they see that you're fit for it.

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.

The next day, I got a phone call from him and he told me to come and read for a movie called New Jack City. So I went over there and they told me I was gonna wear dreads and play a cop.

I still have to audition for most things.

That's where the theatre of dreams is, over in L.A.; it's the land of opportunity for actors, and to go over there with a good team behind you and have a part you want to audition for really makes it a joy.

Because actors don't get to pick movies; movies pick the actors.

The director took my face in his hands and asked me to show him my teeth, as with a horse. This happened on a Wednesday, and by the following Monday I was shooting.

I remember going to acting class, so certain that no one's ever going to know my name.