Casting Challenge Quotes

I haven't gotten labeled as a Hispanic actor.

Actors always have to fight for the good parts. There are so few good roles written for women each year, and when one is written like this every actress in town covets the role.

It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent.

Finding a good kid actor is like finding a needle in a massive haystack.

My main worry is that after a certain point you become so identified with a character and a series that you might not be able to get work when your show goes off the air.

I couldn't find an actor to play Freddy Krueger with the sense of ferocity I was seeking. Everyone was too quiet, too compassionate towards children. Then Robert Englund auditioned.

I'll write a character with a certain actor in mind, but then once I start casting, I have to forget about who I pictured.

It is very difficult for an actor to replace another actor who has already created an image.

If a great role comes along, and you are too tall to play it, then I think the role is too small for your talents.

One day, I read in the newspaper they were looking for an unknown for the film of 'A Taste of Honey.' They auditioned over 2,000 girls for the part of Jo - not as many as they did for 'Annie,' at any rate.

It is hard to get good actors who also do television, ads and films. Theatre requires six weeks of rehearsal for a play.

What about a Princess Bride?" "Where are we gonna find a six-fingered man on such short notice?

I couldn't get any of the ingenue roles when younger because at 5 feet 9 inches with a deep voice I was always too... genue. My career has completely happened since I was 29.

Where The Wild Things Are we were asking a lot of a 9-year-old kid. We were asking a lot of any actor.

Now supposing I had the part of a young woman to give out, one that wanted some excellent acting. If I were to go to the stage for my actress I would have to take a matured woman, one who would act splendidly, but who would look too old for the requirements.

In the meantime, I just have to create those realistic goals about the fact that I don't have a ton of options as an actor who's been on a science fiction show for 8 years.

It's so much easier to write for an actor than for an imaginary character and then try to fit that character to an actor. It doesn't work very often in my experience.

I don't think it pays to just be an artist, particularly for kids of color - there will be fewer roles.

Casting is always critical but in this case, 'The Way Back', I was looking internationally to a degree for an interesting mix of gentlemen, Irish, Polish, Russian and American. Not many people had the qualifications, people who would play the game, particular to this industry. So I had to research amongst the cast. They had to be very very prepared as we had to start shooting as soon as we could, there wasn't any time to talk, and there would only be three or four takes.