Meghan Markle Quotes

The first audition my manger sent me on was 'The Hunger Games,' and I got the role.

With 'Carrie,' I did, like, seven auditions. I'd never done a movie, so they wanted to make sure I wasn't going to ruin it. I don't blame them.

I don't think I had a script on 'King Kong.' But usually you read a script and then you go and audition for it. It's rare when there's no script. I sort of like the latter better, because I'm more successful at it.

My very first acting gig was in a movie for Russ Parr. He did this movie called 'Love for Sale,' and that was my first role in any film.

I got an agent and went up for the part of my first film, Five Gates to Hell.

I auditioned for 'Avatar' in Australia. It was a 'blind' audition. I didn't know what the movie was about and whom it was for.

I would love to act in films if people think I am right for a particular role.

Not that I'm in the stage of my career where they're offering me parts in 'The Revenant,' but I try very hard to go through the audition process because I feel like I learn quite a lot about the character and the people I'm going to work with.

There is no set way of getting a role - you don't give an exam, score well, and then nail a film.

I've done a couple of castings... I've done an audition for 'The Hobbit.'

I want to play an action hero. I'm ready for roles that totally aren't me.

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 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.

My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him.

The thing about acting is you have to wait to be asked to the dance.

A casting director who'd cast me in 'Assassins' sent a video to Kevin Reynolds, the director, and Mel Gibson, whose company is producing '187.' Then I went in and auditioned, and a few hours later, they called me.

As an actor, it's amazing to get to create different characters.

I feel as though my career really hit its high point when I was cast as a supporting actress in 'American Wedding'. I thought the script had a lot of depth and intelligence, and it really just jumped off the page.

My first big role was when I was 17 and I got the part playing Maria in 'West Side Story' in my school production.

'FlashForward' was a dream come true. I had auditioned for David Goyer for 'Blade: Trinity' and didn't get the part, but I guess he became a fan.

When I got cast in 'Rocky IV,' I had never seen a film camera before. And here I was in this boxing movie.

As an actor, all you want to do is to work and do good work.

I hadn't even watched '24' before, and the audition was kind of far away. When I got the material, there wasn't a character yet, so it almost seemed like an assistant to Jack Bauer saying, 'Yes, sir. No, sir.'

I'd definitely love to do more acting. My heart cries out for it; it's such a deep longing.

I didn't audition for 'Fargo.' It was a straight offer.