Nicholas Stoller Quotes

You get callbacks, and they either give it to what they call a 'name' performer, or they decide to go in an entirely different direction.

I usually set aside a lot of time in advance of a movie with important roles for kids to search, but when you have great ones, they can be a real ace in the hole.

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

I still have to audition for most things.

Considering all the legal hassle child stars can be, I won't be surprised when they are phased out by CGI children voiced by adult actors.

When you do casting in Hollywood, it's always the same question: 'Who is available?'

Even when they have a star that they're going after, casting directors love, if anything, just the excuse to see people. They like to have a dugout full of actors that they can go to.

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.

You go for an audition, and you meet a director, and you find that they don't want you. You have to have a pull with them: that they understand what you want to bring to it. That you don't want to be the pretty little thing.

Casting directors tend to be the unsung heroes in this business.

I was going to move to New York after college and had no interest in pilot season. I'd seen what happened on TV shows because of my dad, and I didn't want to open myself up to that. But 'Pretty Little Liars' had a very early audition, and my agents encouraged me to go even though I didn't think it would be my thing.

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.

I really actually enjoy auditioning.

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.

I just always wanted to sit in a casting session and see all of the train wrecks that come in.

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

It's easier to get an actor when you just ask them to do a day on something rather than have them come in, audition, get picked.

I'll audition for something and then the feedback has been, 'The director wants you, the creative people want you, but the studio is saying no.' It's depressing, but I understand. People are investing a lot of money and they want somewhat of a guarantee; they want someone who's been on the cover of magazines.

I had an audition where Josh Brolin was pelting me with his personality. I didn't get the part.

I couldn't sing to save myself. Greg went to John after the audition and said, 'She's cute, but she can't sing very well' and he said, 'I know. We'll teach her. I just want her on the show'.

I'm never offered any sort of roles. I need to audition in a typically lengthy process to receive roles.

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

Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end.

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

One thing that seems to surprise the studios is finding out later my willingness to audition. Under the right circumstances, I actually enjoy it very much.