Danny Strong Quotes

What's interesting about the process of acting is how often you don't know what you're doing.

When you go to an audition, don't hang on to it because no matter how well you feel it went or how badly, you just never know what the outcome is going to be.

Improv definitely made me a better auditioner, without a doubt. We did do an audition semester in grad school, and that was helpful for those times that you have a script and you have a few days to prepare it, to really work on sides. But the auditions I was doing in New York, if you got it the night before, you were very lucky.

Auditioning is an entirely different part of what we do as actors.

The first time I thought I should be an actor was in school. I thought, 'At least this is something for which I won't have to study.' But I've realised that an actor needs to be constantly unsure about what he's doing and about what's going on around him. The moment you think you've nailed it, you're dead.

For me, I love auditioning.

I still have to audition for most things.

Don't try to guess what a casting director wants.

Sometimes casting falls in place easily and sometimes it takes a while. Fifty per cent of my job is done when I get the right actors.

If an actor ever says they really enjoy the auditioning process, I truly believe that they're lying. It's an anxiety-filled waking nightmare. It's awful.

I never prepare. I think that's completely overrated. It's a very simple job. All you have to do is hit this bright mark, stand in the right spot and say the line. So I don't really believe in preparation.

The audition process is always grueling. You always hope to just get offered things, and sometimes it happens and sometimes it doesn't.

When you cast somebody, you write to their strengths.

I had never auditioned for Broadway - any play - and I was not familiar with what you're supposed to do.

There's acting, and then there's auditioning; mastering auditioning is sort of the first thing an actor really needs to nail down when he or she wants to get a part.

I think sometimes I'm more fond of doing the research for the character because you learn so much. Sometimes shooting is really difficult because you wake up early and you're always hurrying. And sometimes I don't know what I'm doing. I'm here and there.

I have had a lot of training as an actor, but it's very different than being on set.

The acting is better when you know your material is being judged.

I tend not to have any references to anything. I just jump into the script in front of me. If you reference too much, you have no idea if the performances are right.

Onstage, there's no hiding; you either can or can't act. There's no second take.

There's nowhere to hide in the theatre. You can't be the one in rehearsal who doesn't know their lines.

My very first audition was for 'Hot Girl #1' in some movie.

All the things you can do to prepare for a role that free you, in the moment, are great. You have this muscle memory for things. You don't have to act it as much, once you've done it enough.

You can be in an acting class all you want, but you don't fully learn until you get off that stage and in front of a camera.

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