Pawel Pawlikowski Quotes

When you're casting a show, you have your idea of who you want it to be, and of course, those are going to be very well-known names.

Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.

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

Casting is really exciting. With 'Twilight,' I wasn't involved at all with the casting in the original. They kept me in the loop, which was great. They'd be like, 'Hey Kristen Stewart's gonna do it' and I was like, 'Really? Awesome.'

Oftentimes, actors don't have the luxury of picking their part. You go from one project to the next, and you hope that you find one that fits you and that you're suited for, and then they see that you're fit for it.

I still have to audition for most things.

Casting is 65 percent of directing.

Originally they wanted me to be Buster but I really like the Tobias part.

When you explore a scene, the most important thing is who to cast.

Eventually I got the call for 'Iron Man,' and I read sides that had nothing to do with what I did in the movie, and I performed it once while no one was in the room - it was videotaped, and I'm sure Shane Black was watching it from his helicopter or something. And then I got a call the next day that I was going down to shoot it.

I met my agent through a casting director here in Wilmington after I auditioned for a Disney movie.

Whenever any actor comes into a producer session, they have so many questions, and we still can't really tell them that much until they get the job.

I knew at the time that that wasn't the part I would be doing, they just wanted a screentest so they could have a look at it to show to the directors and producers. Then they wrote a part for me or maybe they already had it in mind, I don't know.

I'm very serious about becoming a dramatic actor. I don't want to play cameo parts walking on as Carl Lewis the athlete. I want to go on stage or screen and be taken seriously.

As an actor I think sometimes producers need a little bit of encouragement to see you in a particular role, they may not have as much imagination as you would expect.

As an actor you have to wait for someone to cast you, so you're relying on the business.

As I've always said, preproduction is so important. When you cast the actors, you've done much of the work. Now, you may need to guide them a little, take it up or down, have them go faster or slower, but the casting process is crucial.

Sitting down for the actor read when you first get together, it's like the Last Supper because you don't know who will be there for the next read.

Any filmmakers out there want a Welshman with sharp cheekbones and wonky teeth to play the love interest in their movie, give me a call.

Finalising an actress is the job of the producer and director. It usually happens only after they are ready with a story.

I play the leading lady in Arjun Rampal's latest production, 'Daddy'. It's a very bold, performance-oriented role, and the team had originally cast someone else. However, when Arjun saw my performance in 'Kaaka Muttai,' he roped me in.

Finding a good kid actor is like finding a needle in a massive haystack.

I fought my way into an audition on 'Ghost.'

Do you know, I have no idea how I got 'The Avengers'? I'd left the Royal Shakespeare Company, and I was one of a long list of girls, and got it on my audition.

You can't create chemistry. In fact, the chemistry between two actors is for people to see, sense, and judge. The only thing we can do as actors is to come on board individually because we feel the same kind of passion for a script and for a director to cast us because he feels that, as actors, we'll do justice to that part.