Ben Whishaw Quotes

You see a script, and you say, 'Oh, I can play the heck out of that,' talk to your agent, and he says they don't want to see you. That's heartbreaking.

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

As an actor, there's very little you can do if people don't want to see you. Just getting yourself into the room to audition is tough.

My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.

There were years in between of going to auditions pretty much every day and getting nothing.

For the longest time, I was auditioning, getting called back, and I had a long string of things not going my way. I thought, 'Maybe this is never going happen. Maybe I'll never book a commercial.'

I auditioned nine times for 'Delhi Belly,' and it was torturous!

Going through the ranks and all the training you do as an actor, you hope you're going to make it. But there's a part of you that's got to be realistic and say: 'Look, it might not happen to me.'

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.

I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.

Being on stage is a seductive lifestyle. My advice to aspiring actors is think twice. People sometimes go into acting for the wrong reasons - as a shortcut to fame and fortune. If these goals are not attained, they feel a bitter disappointment.

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

I studied acting in school and then, of course, couldn't get an acting job.

I've been very lucky and been able to work, as an actress, but I'm definitely a working actress. I get a script, I audition, and then I pray.

I hope I have quite a few great roles to come.

When I was going on auditions, it was nerve-racking. I'd always say to my mom that it would be awesome if I could get a series. When Modern Family came along, I said, 'You know what, Mom? I believe I'm going to get this role.'

I'm not good at Disney acting. I'm really not. I never was on that audition list, which I don't mind. I don't know. I look back, and I'm kind of wiping my forehead at the thought of, 'What if I had gone that route?'

When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.

I gave up a long time ago trying to figure out what will happen in an acting career.

When I first auditioned for 'Stranger Things,' I was just living in Chicago. Just looking for a job. Working at a restaurant, doing commercials and bit parts on shows. I honestly would have been happy booking anything.

Millions of people come every day to Mumbai to fulfill their acting dreams. Being one of them is always tough.

I definitely want to keep acting now. I've got all kinds of projects I want to do.

It's a weird profession, as I don't really consider myself an actor. I did at one point, and I went and started doing auditions, and I was so useless at them and so demoralised by doing audition after audition and not getting them and also not being able to take it in my stride at all. I just felt crushed and worthless.

I suppose, when you start up in acting, you hope to be given challenges, and you always have dreams about the things you could do and couldn't do, but normally we get pigeon-holed a little bit, as we go on in our careers.

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