Jason Ralph Quotes

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

I think I'm still trying to find my feet as an actor. And I know it ain't brain surgery, but it confuses me and it comes between me and my sleep a lot.

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

But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity.

I would love to act, but I seriously do not know anything about it.

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

I'm good at cold reading; I've made a living doing this, and most of the time I do audition, but it's very tough. It's a very uncomfortable, awkward process. You never get used to it, really.

I have had the auditioning process go on for two weeks or three weeks. I am always incredibly anxious. The audition and the wait is definitely the hardest part for me.

As much as I hate auditioning - it's so hard and awkward - it's way better to walk out of that room and win a role because of what you did.

As an actor, you want to push yourself.

Trying to constantly get yourself into movies is extremely stressful and sometimes just impossible.

To me, the stand up part in my life is great. I know I can do that. When I get an acting chance, I'm really thrilled.

It's weird when auditioning for roles, because a lot of my mates go out for the same roles. You don't want to know that you're beating someone to the role.

In L.A., you constantly go on auditions, and you're usually not what they're looking for - you get used to going back and back to the same show, and nothing happens.

My advice to young actors is to push yourself and to aspire to be great.

My dad signed me up for some acting classes at a place in Honolulu, and there I got to audition for some L.A.-based talent agents. I got a few 'callbacks' and so my mom and I decided to fly to California and check it out!

Every other year, I was the new boy. I found that the only way to survive was to embrace it, make a little fortress on the outside and to pretend to blend in but not to invest too much because you'll be somewhere else next year.

As actors, it's so hard to get your hopes up about anything.

You don't go to Berkeley to become an actor. In fact, I don't think you go to any school to become an actor. You've just sort of got to go out there and act.

I actually have, in all seriousness, in the back of my mind someday to write a book, the title of which would be 'Quit Now and Other Practical Advice for the Aspiring Actor.'

I definitely want to do movies and stuff.

You put yourself on tape as an actor a lot - and you send them off, they go out into the ether, and you have no idea what's going to come back, or when.

I actually got a play from auditioning for something in 'Back Stage' magazine.

I really actually enjoy auditioning.

My goal as an actor was to work - to be a working actor, whether it was in theater, and, well, I didn't even consider film and television when I was in New York, but what came along, came along.