Dacre Montgomery Quotes

I auditioned several times before I got the part in 'Shuddh Desi Romance.'

My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.

I've been fortunate to get involved with 'Short Term 12.' I was just a young teenager on the Internet, clicking on anything that had the word 'actor' in it. One day, someone called me in for a movie audition.

The first thing I ask when I'm offered a part is, Who's the director? which is something they never understand in Los Angeles.

My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.

I still have to audition for most things.

'Donnie Darko' was my first audition ever! It opened my eyes to the possibilities within camera work.

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

I think actors make for very good directors, and I would like to do that one day.

Casting is a big deal.

My friend had told me about 'Stranger Things' and how I had to watch it. I was like, 'OK, I will!' I binged it in, like, a day and was like, 'Oh my gosh, Mom, you need to watch this show. Everyone needs to watch this.' A week later, I got the breakdown for Max. A month later, I got the part.

My first job in acting was in a Scott Baio movie called 'I Love N.Y.' My role was Italian Girl. I sent my 8x10 to a casting agent in the booklet, 'The Ross Report,' which is where all the agents were listed before that little thing called the Internet. I read for this tiny part. I couldn't have been more excited to get it.

I still enjoy acting. I love the moment in front of the camera, but it's all the other moments that I don't enjoy. The 'business' aspect of it, the gossip.

I auditioned nine times for 'Delhi Belly,' and it was torturous!

I'm good at cold reading; I've made a living doing this, and most of the time I do audition, but it's very tough. It's a very uncomfortable, awkward process. You never get used to it, really.

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 would love to continue acting. Maybe one day I would like to try writing and directing.

I had done my first picture and I didn't have anything to do for awhile. I was asked to come back to New York and do Bus Stop in the role of the cowboy opposite Kim Stanley.

I love acting; I don't want to give up on it at all, but it would be nice to step behind the camera once in a while as well.

Before recording my 'Homeland' audition on my iPhone in my bedroom in Streatham, I hadn't worked or had an audition in the U.K. for nine months.

Stage is definitely my home first and foremost - I still feel like I'm yet to earn my stripes on set.

I do love doing films; I love going out and creating different characters for each film, and not having to be stuck with one role for many, many years. It's a creative liberty that I love.

Some people work very closely with a director or a producer on something, and from the get go, they're collaborating. But typically, it's just go in for an audition, do the best you can, and if the phone rings a couple of days after the audition and you get the part, that's great.

I don't think I auditioned for 'Ghostbusters II'.

I wouldn't mind producing a movie with a music storyline, but acting in one is too close to home.