Daniel Radcliffe Quotes

I'm not in a position where I get to pick and choose roles. I usually go on auditions in long lines and embarrass myself in front of casting directors, and with a lump in my throat and my ears burning, I walk past reception and smirking actors as I go to the parking garage and go back on the highway.

I think most actors will tell you the same thing; when you're not working you put 100 percent into every audition.

Young actors often ask me how do you get an agent, how do you get started, how do you get to audition, and I don't know what to tell them because my story is so fluky.

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

And I've been taking acting classes since I was 7.

I have been reading scripts, going to auditions and looking for the right opportunities.

As an actor, I felt I couldn't compete. I wasn't as cute as the leading man; I wasn't as brilliant as Robin Williams.

When I set out to become an actor, I had set myself a standard.

I carried on acting during school holidays and was all set to go to drama school when I was offered my first professional job appearing in 'King David' with Richard Gere.

Becoming an actress takes a lot longer than being a star. I don't want to be a star. I want to be an actress. I want to build a career.

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

I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.

I never wanted to lose out on an acting job and wonder if I hadn't been trained enough.

I would advise anyone seriously interested in acting to study, train, and work as much as possible... You will know soon enough if it's the right avenue for you.

Some of the most cutthroat auditions you'll have as an actor are when you'll have three words to say.

I have a theory about that, if you have to say something, if you have encourage for one second a prospective acting student - he should not go in to acting.

I realized that the actors that I liked and admired all went to drama school and got an agent that way. So I started when I was about 16 in drama school, and then I knew I had to wait until I was 18 so I could go on auditions, and I tried to get into one of the ones that I liked and then go from there.

Whenever I didn't have a job, I studied acting, I sent out tapes, went on auditions.

I can finally say I'm a professional actress.

When I was little, I didn't even know what acting was. But I was in commercials - baby toy commercials like Fisher-Price.

My sister pursued acting, and one day, I was like, 'Hey, I want to do acting, too' - this was just in commercials - and then one day, I got an audition for my first movie, 'Smurfs 2,' and I did it.

If you really want to act, I say get in class. Every kind of class. Put as many tools in that tool belt, because once you get out there, the real world doesn't sugarcoat much!

One of my daughters wants to act, but none of them sing - well, one of them sings but she's got some ways to go. I love her acting. I'm actually trying to put her in some classes and everything so she can learn the art of acting. I don't want her to get no parts because her dad is Ginuwine. I want her to earn it.

I started acting when I was seven. And I went to a local drama school which is very well-known in London. Because of that, I started getting jobs, and I worked all the time as a child, pretty much non-stop.

I never talk about auditions. Even if I've got the role, I won't tell people until we're literally filming it.