Allison Tolman Quotes

Funnily enough, when I originally went in for my screen test, that set was already built.

It's such an awkward, strange thing that was concocted, to have auditions. Back in the old days, you'd just have a screen test, and they'd say, 'Oh, you seem natural in front of the camera,' and you'd just go do 10 pictures for Paramount or whatever.

I got good notice from that show, and on the last day of filming Townies, Twentieth Century Fox called wanting to meet with me about a development deal.

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.

When you do casting in Hollywood, it's always the same question: 'Who is available?'

What a casting director does is they're a connector.

When my mother signed at MGM, that was the only kind of contract you could sign. There was no such thing as an independent agent.

Meeting with the director is an audition.

When I auditioned for '21 Jump Street,' it was a last minute thing. I had one of the worst flus that I've ever experienced in my life, and I was forced to go to the audition, the screen test.

'FlashForward' was a dream come true. I had auditioned for David Goyer for 'Blade: Trinity' and didn't get the part, but I guess he became a fan.

It's easier to get an actor when you just ask them to do a day on something rather than have them come in, audition, get picked.

The first audition my manger sent me on was 'The Hunger Games,' and I got the role.

How much do you have to pay someone to be in a George Clooney/Alexander Payne film? Nothing! Because everyone in the world wants to be a part of it. Therefore you pay nothing. And that continues until you become something they need... I'm not that kind of actor. I'm blue collar and very replaceable.

I would rather not know about how one gets parts in movies these days.

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

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.

It was a few days later I came out to Hollywood for a screen test, and so did a lot of other people. So, I really didn't think I would get it. I was definitely the one that was least likely to get it, because everyone else was an already established star.

I started missing acting when I was in school, and I realized after being in the business after however many years that I was really interested in film.

I still have to audition for most things.

I was actually cut out of 'L.A. Story'... and rightfully so.

You audition, and then you go and do what's called a test, your network test. So you have to go in front of the network and do it, and the network has to sign off on you.

If you're a kid in Southern California, somebody - whether it's you or your parents - somebody throws your hat into the ring and I think everyone had a commercial or two.

I auditioned for 'American Sniper' and didn't get a role.

The expense of a screen test is one reason why it's difficult to crash Hollywood.

I got my first film break because the director Karel Reisz saw me at a small theater party.