Troian Bellisario Quotes

The first audition I went out on was because my father was on an audition for a TV show called the 'Gilmore Girls,' and that kind of snowballed a lot of stuff in my life.

To get asked to do stuff like 'United States Of Tara' and 'Caprica' is terrific. I can't complain.

Someone can do three episodes of 'The Bold and the Beautiful,' then turn around and book a primetime show. That's happening all the time.

It was like there's got to be some way to stay working and stay productive in Los Angeles. TV is that kind of thing for an actor. Unless you get stuck in one of these shows where you have to go to Vancouver.

I would love to do films. It's just the way things happened for me - I ended up doing a lot of TV.

When I first did a U.S. pilot season, there were very few British actors schlepping around town trying to get into television. That was 1999.

I, like almost every actor in the world, auditioned for 'Friends.' I wish I had gotten that one. I actually auditioned for Rachel and didn't go very far.

Within my second month of being in L.A., I booked my first audition. It was, like, a co-star on a show called 'Gang Related.' I got cut out of it.

I think it was in my second week that I auditioned for Battlestar. I was very "Oh gosh, I want to be in television, I want to be in something, but I don't know if I want to be in this."

My dad's a lighting director. Growing up in Hollywood, I was around the entertainment industry all the time. I knew I'd end up in show business in some capacity, eventually.

I did an episode of 'Entourage.' I played Morgan - I think it was season three or season four. It was actually my third audition, and it was my first big job.

I did the whole struggling actor thing and lucked into being in the right place at the right time and getting involved in the first 'High School Musical.'

I think I must be one of the only actors I know who has never even auditioned for a small part in 'Eastenders.'

My dad signed me up for some acting classes at a place in Honolulu, and there I got to audition for some L.A.-based talent agents. I got a few 'callbacks' and so my mom and I decided to fly to California and check it out!

I went to my agent and told them, 'I want to be on another Disney show.'

From an actor's point of view, you never really like to hope that anything will go beyond the pilot. I'd always say to my agent every time I filmed a pilot, 'Great! Well, I'll see you at pilot season.'

It's not every day people fly you to New York for auditions.

Most child actors were lucky enough to get the part in the first place.

I went to Broadway and I've been doing some fun guest spots with 'Entourage' and 'Glee' and I'm ready to have my own show.

I could have stayed in L.A. and done sitcoms for awhile and will probably go back and do one I hope.

I'd always enjoyed acting, but modeling was so time-consuming - and lucrative - that I didn't pursue it.

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.

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

Good roles are hard to find no matter what age.

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.