Maude Adams Quotes

When I was about 15... I made my first attempt as a leading lady, and was, of course, a complete failure.

I think my high-school acting career lasted a day.

I auditioned for the part of Cosette in 'Les Miserables' on Broadway. It didn't work out.

Acting is a life of rejection.

Suddenly I was the man who got the part that every actor in the English language was trying to get. I was really scared. I had talked the talk, and now I had to walk the walk. For three days, I couldn't answer the phone.

My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that.

I failed the audition to get into drama school.

I went along to the audition and I had one page of lines, and I didn't think it went particularly well.

I did my first Broadway play, 'The Vertical Hour,' in 2006, with Julianne Moore, who's always been one of my favorite actresses. My scene was with her, so it was nerve-racking.

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.

I think the first table read I ever did, my hand was vibrating the whole time.

So, suddenly I was an actor. I don't remember being nervous. I learned to be nervous later.

I have been acting since I was thirteen.

I'm a very shy person, and I never tried to do theater. I've been asked many, many times by the most incredible authors in America to do theater. And I always said no, not knowing what it is to be on the stage and to do theater.

I had a good theater career for years. I played Hamlet when I was 22, and I've played some really great roles.

Broadway was without doubt the hardest I ever worked in my life and the highest highs I've ever had as an actor. The unadulterated fear was on a level that was hard to explain.

I went to drama school and, after that, went to Paris to train at a place called Ecole Philippe Gaulier. When I came home, I realised I'd have to have a serious stab at it. I didn't have an agent and didn't have the traditional drama school showcase, so I started a comedy group with a couple of friends.

After my last audition for 'Game of Thrones,' they said, 'Congratulations, princess.' I was like, 'Bye-bye, call centre.'

Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option.

My first speaking part was to read for John Forsythe for Bachelor Father. I was the lead, opposite him.

I've been an actor since I was a kid.

I'd definitely like to widen my film range. I mean, I'd love to do some theater.

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

I did theater for 15 years, and I spent a lot of time as an understudy.

My auditions for drama school were miserable, but one thing I had on my side, although I had no experience or skill or training, was that I wanted to learn everything.