Danielle Macdonald Quotes

I haven't really ever had to audition for anything.

I may have gotten my first job from 'Backstage.' I remember going to the Equity offices, and I signed up for an audition. I left. I was grabbing a coffee somewhere and looking at 'Backstage' and saw that there was an audition for another project going on at the same time. It was called 'Almost Heaven: The Songs of John Denver.'

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

Luckily, I have great agents who are sending me out for great stuff.

I've been in the industry from the age of 9, so I have an agent. That's how you get auditions.

In Australia, getting an audition can be a rarity. There just aren't as many opportunities.

I'm auditioning for anything that's good that comes my way.

When you are an actor or trying to be a working actor in L.A., most people have commercial agents, and then they have legitimate agents, and you just end up going on a thousand auditions.

The truth is, you don't ever decide on a role, not when you first begin. You audition for the role, and you're lucky to get it.

I audition for a lot and don't get a lot.

I have an agent and everything. I audition occasionally.

One of the tough things about being an actor, probably the hardest thing, is getting your foot in the door, and my father handled that for me at a very early age. It's funny, I get an image of the thing with eggs and chickens where, when the egg is getting ready to hatch, the little chicken will start to peck at the shell a little bit, and the mom will hear that and start to peck at the shell from the outside, and they're both kind of working together.

I've been on 'Hollyoaks' since I was 15, and I've grown up on the show. I'm so very fortunate to be given the opportunity to learn my craft in such a fantastic environment.

I still have to audition for most things.

I started out years ago as a theater major and got disillusioned with it. It's a rough business.

People imagine that actors are being offered everything and you are not. So things come in and sometimes there are things that I want and can't get a meeting on, or go to a different actors.

I live in New York and got a call from my agent saying there was this new role on 'Mad Men,' it might be recurring and they're seeing people tomorrow. I said, 'OK, this is one of those things where you hedge your bets, use your miles and get on a plane.' I flew out Tuesday morning and got the job on a Wednesday.

Being a fan of the business for years and wanting to be an actor for years, I knew, if ever the opportunity came for me, I would already know what to expect. I know what comes along with it. The best thing I can do is take it all in and go with the flow.

I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.

Black or white good parts are hard to come by. A good actor with a good opportunity has a shot; without the opportunity it doesn't matter how good you are.

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

My parents wanted to be actors. They tried for years but didn't get anywhere. Then Mum got pregnant with me and they decided to make actors out of their children. You need your parents' support if you're going to do it. Otherwise who's going to ferry you to castings?

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

I was not a child star. I was more like a young auditioner.

I didn't have an agent until I got 'Hairspray.' I had to get a Broadway show without an agent to get an agent.