Courtney Gains Quotes

I never mind going in for an audition for something.

I really actually enjoy auditioning.

I secretly nurtured the idea of being in show business but was always terrified of it. I had every fear you could possibly imagine associated with performing.

Even the first suitcase-off-the-train moment, it's easy to be discouraged, frustrated, annoyed, angry. Because you're waiting in freezing weather outside of an open call, and you're like, 'This moment of me right now is not the joy I felt when I was doing J. Pierrepont Finch in 'How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying' in high school.'

The problem with being an actress is there's a lot of rejection.

As much as I hate auditioning - it's so hard and awkward - it's way better to walk out of that room and win a role because of what you did.

I haven't really ever had to audition for anything.

I still have to audition for most things.

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

I'd always wanted to be on Broadway one day, but it seemed like a dream that might be unattainable. This business has a lot of ups and downs and I learned that pretty quickly.

Maybe I just wasn't a show-biz type. I didn't miss performing at all.

I was 17 when I auditioned for 'Miss Saigon.' I really grew up doing that show. I pretty much knew, almost a year into 'Miss Saigon,' that I was going to be a performer, that I was going to be singing and acting.

It's weird when auditioning for roles, because a lot of my mates go out for the same roles. You don't want to know that you're beating someone to the role.

I do enjoy acting, but it is such a game. So for that reason, I don't think I'll ever leave London.

I started out doing my mother's nightclub act, and I had stage fright.

Auditioning is an entirely different part of what we do as actors.

I don't have a vast longing for the stage.

I don't even know how many times I auditioned for Danny Zuko in 'Grease.'

A lot of auditions are not fun; they're just a necessary evil, and, if you're lucky, you have a few moments that are fun.

It was a lot of auditions and tapings and stuff like that.

I actually got a play from auditioning for something in 'Back Stage' magazine.

I never understood actors who could just wait around.

Pilot season can be maddening. You're basically putting yourself and your talent out there to be scrutinized several times a day for months by network executives who have probably never acted in anything since their junior high school production of 'The Wiz.'

Years ago, I did a CBS audition. I was nervous. They introduced me as 'Scott Bakoola.' Not a good sign. I also didn't get the show.

In Australia, getting an audition can be a rarity. There just aren't as many opportunities.