Mircea Monroe Quotes

David Lynch saw my picture in a casting agent's office in Seattle. I got a call to see him, and the rest is history.

Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.

I was so flattered to be asked to be in the movies - the idea of being paid to act was heady stuff.

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and then I got this call from a casting director in Los Angeles. She remembered me from something years before, and she called my mom wanting me to audition for this thing.

'FlashForward' was a dream come true. I had auditioned for David Goyer for 'Blade: Trinity' and didn't get the part, but I guess he became a fan.

One day I was in school, and the next I was acting opposite Jeremy Irons. That's how quickly it happened. I was in class and then working with Sir Anthony Hopkins.

The only reason I'm an actor is that a lady pulled out of a parking space in front of a producer's office.

I was watching TV one day, and there was this open casting call for extras, and my brother says, 'You wanna try out for this movie?' and I said, 'No, I'm okay.' And then he said, 'Do you wanna be on a DVD?' And I said, 'I wanna be on a DVD!,' so I tried out.

One of my first real parts was 'Crash' - that won the Oscar.

I opened the door for one of the great stars of today, Mr. Ernie Hudson. I put him in 'Human Tornado.' It was the first film he ever made. I put him in the film and gave him a break.

It was an interesting way to come across in my first big role. To work with Robert DeNiro was very exciting.

I was discovered on the Sony lot through an audition by Denzel Washington.

After Cannes, my agent told me to get the next flight to LA. He was right. I had a part in 'Prime Suspect 3' by the end of the week.

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.'

Leonardo Dicaprio didn't change his name, Emilio Estevez didn't change his name. But every case is different. I only have one reference of what my career was and I was very, very blessed and very, very lucky, and it got started very quickly after college. And I only know that by going with Roday.

'Mad Men' has been my big break. I'm beyond thrilled.

If someone asked me to be in a movie, I'd be more than happy.

Like any other actor, my agent called me with an opportunity. It just so happens that the opportunity was the lead in 'Star Wars.'

I really hope someday in Hollywood, some producer or director will hire me only to do drama.

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

I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role.

My first in, my first break, was I met a director and got to talking with her, and she happened to be casting this movie that she had written. That was ten years ago. That got me to Hollywood. I got paid $700 bucks.

I was doing television and films for a good five years, and then I booked 'Cry-Baby.'

The day after I got an agent, I got called in for a role in a TV movie called 'Legion Of Fire: Killer Ants.'

I auditioned for 'American Sniper' and didn't get a role.