Carly Schroeder Quotes

I would say to an actor new to the business that it's best to go where you are most comfortable as a person, both in and outside of the business.

I particularly want more acting. I've been auditioning a lot, and I definitely want to act.

There's a lot of actors out there or people who want to be actors. It's unique to find somebody that, you know, needs to be an actor.

I recommend doing some sort of acting class, something that can eventually get you in front of an agent or a manager, and practice is very important.

Because of my background in theater and radio acting, I knew that I could make a living as an actor.

The 12 years that I was improvising are why I got the number of commercials I got when I was in New York and why I got 'The Devil Wears Prada,' and it's why I even got in the door for 'Mad Men.'

If you're a young person who wants to become an actor, it's really important to walk into a casting room with a sense of yourself and some life experience. You can really delight a room and have them already choose you before you've even said a word!

I moved out to LA, got an agent, started auditioning. I didn't know anything about how it worked. And since I was really bad, luckily, I didn't get any of those parts.

I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles.

I got started acting by going to auditions that my mom found in the entertainment section of our local news paper. Then, I got a manager and started going out on more auditions.

I had gone to acting school for years. It was the kind of thing I had studied to do. I had worked with good coaches and trained to do this my whole life: to be a realistic actress capable of doing truthful work.

My first professional audition as an actor was when I was about 12 years old, and it was for a children's television show called 'M.I. High,' which I ended up doing for two years.

I have an agent and everything. I audition occasionally.

I talk about acting to students making the transition from high school to UCLA. Kids going into this profession really need to know the reality of it.

I try and get out there and audition as much as possible.

I find acting conservatories really important. I've gone to four different ones, and all of them provided totally different tools for me.

Ordinarily if an actor gets chosen for the lead in a film, he or she has already built up a repertoire, and everyone knows what he or she is capable of.

I did almost two years on 'One Life to Live,' so I was thinking, 'Oh yeah, I'm an actor now.'

I acted for so many years and sat on a million sets and worked with a million different directors so that is to me some of the best training you can get.

The first thing I say when someone says they want to be an actor is, 'Go get 'Backstage.'' You know what's going on, you know who's doing what, and there's work that you can find in there. It's an incredible resource, and there's nothing else like it.

I've been acting a long time. I've been a member of SAG since 1982.

Sometimes when you're starting out with acting, you have to take what you can get to get experience and meet people.

I've been a professional actor for almost 40 years.

There are so many actors that I meet that don't act enough. Definitely take class, definitely train - that's the most important thing you do. Build your craft. Become better.

If you get an audition and you're out of work, you just say, 'I've gotta go on this.'