Vinessa Shaw Quotes

I totally heard by chance that they were doing the casting for a James Bond movie, and that one of the auditions was taking place in Paris. So I tried myself to contact every name involved in the movie I could possibly find on the IMDb!

I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people.

Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.

I got good notice from that show, and on the last day of filming Townies, Twentieth Century Fox called wanting to meet with me about a development deal.

I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.

Funnily enough, when I originally went in for my screen test, that set was already built.

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.

I don't watch the movies I make, so I haven't seen 'Footloose' since it came out. You see this young, hungry actor, it's pretty fun. I was the only one they screen tested. It was an attempt by the director and producer to talk the head of the studio into hiring me because they didn't want me.

When you go in to do a screen test, you negotiate your contract and sign all your paperwork before you even get on a plane.

With movies, they have a certain person or style that they're looking for. It's not that they don't like you, but maybe you're not the person that's right for their movie. That happens a lot.

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

Musical chairs or Russian roulette? Sometimes there's as much tense drama in the casting of a Hollywood movie as there is in the finished product.

I feel like casting is the most important aspect of making movies.

'L.A. Confidential' was written with me in mind, but Russell Crowe got the part. Go figure.

The expense of a screen test is one reason why it's difficult to crash Hollywood.

I always thought I'd make films. I didn't think I'd be in them.

I don't think anybody at the major studios is rushing to offer me a romantic lead.

I spent a chunk of time in New Orleans doing the movie 'Free State Of Jones,' getting to work with Matthew McConaughey, and also did 'Concussion,' where I got to work with Will Smith.

Nick was cast first in both 'Smashed' and 'Kings.'

Terry Malick offered me three parts in 'The Thin Red Line.' I was busy shooting other movies while he asked me the first two.

Nina Gold is a fantastic casting director. She's doing the new 'Star Wars' movies, but she also does 'Game of Thrones' and many of the Working Title movies, and she did 'Rush.'

I remember I had an actor friend - a close friend from college - Anthony Zerbe. He sent me a telegram before I started my first movie, 'Cisco Pike.' It said, 'Have a good time. Ignore the camera.' That was the extent of my training.

It seemed like whenever a Western was going to get made, it came my way.

I was studying in a school in Chandigarh when Yash Chopra discovered me and cast me for 'Trishul.'

I am no champion, no great name, just a small actor who loves working for cinema.