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Auditioning is the worst. -- Rashida Jones
Auditioning is so nerve-racking. -- Leslie Mann
Auditioning is always so different for different things. -- Josh Hutcherson
Auditioning is extremely bizarre. Just being an actor is extremely bizarre, but I wouldn't have it any other way. -- Adelaide Kane
Auditioning for 'Philomena' was such a traumatic experience because I had three callbacks, and I was absolutely positive that I was just an option. -- Sophie Kennedy Clark
Auditioning is the most terrifying thing Ive ever done. There must have been four or five of them where I completely froze up and walked out of the room. My palms get sweaty just thinking about it. -- Trevor Donovan
Auditioning is the most terrifying thing I've ever done. There must have been four or five of them where I completely froze up and walked out of the room. My palms get sweaty just thinking about it. -- Trevor Donovan
Auditioning is important, and I understand that. If there is somebody making a movie, if there is somebody manufacturing a movie, they want to look at the goods. I get it. I mean, I've been in that position. -- Clint Howard
Woody Allen, that was a dream come true, although I never really talked to him. Auditioning was fun, because you don't really hear much about the script. They just said, "They want a Woody Allen type," so of course I got the call. -- Peter Jacobson
I had some years of definite frustration. Auditioning and not working as much as I would have liked to, or working and being paid a pittance, and sort of scrounging by in New York and sleeping on a chair that folded out into a bed. -- Gillian Jacobs
Auditioning for television shows - to find a guy who has a lot of experience as a laborer is a bit of an anomaly. We do exist.I know several other actors who have made their living, instead of a waitress job, framing houses or blacktopping roads. -- Nick Offerman
Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judged. There are days where you can do it and days where it's just not happening, and I feel like that's how it is with all artists; you have some days it kind of works. -- Kelly Reilly
For me, I love auditioning. -- Josh Hutcherson
I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old. -- Vin Diesel
Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership. -- James Humes
But so much of being an actor isn't so great - the auditioning, the rejection, the financial insecurity. -- Douglas Wood
Just go and keep auditioning and keep trying and keep believing things will turn around, and it always does. -- Melissa De Sousa
All I can do is keep working, keep auditioning, keep talking to people - and whatever it takes to show other colors. -- Jim Parsons
I look at rap as an opportunity to act. My head is full of different characters - in each song I'm auditioning a character. -- Nicki Minaj
I started auditioning when I was about 10 and I didn't get my first job until I was 12, and two years at that age is really hard. -- Anna Kendrick
I don't want to be an actor, but why not take these opportunities when they come to you? I'm not killing myself auditioning, chasing that dream. -- Adam Levine
When actors first come up, you're auditioning for everything - you're trying to sniff it out like a pig with a truffle and you would do anything! -- Bryan Cranston
I grew up watching 'Dawson's Creek,' and I started watching 'The Vampire Diaries' when I was auditioning because I wanted to get a feel of it... then I totally got hooked! -- Phoebe Tonkin
I remember auditioning for record labels and having them tell me, 'Well, the country-radio demographic is the thirty-five-year-old female housewife. Give us a song that relates to the thirty-five-year-old female, and we'll talk.' -- Taylor Swift
I remember having a feeling like, 'I can't believe this is happening!' Two years ago I was auditioning for The Disney Channel, and now Paul Rudd is saying, 'Hey man, congratulations on your Emmy nomination!' -- Max Greenfield
There's no enemy in the auditioning process. Everybody wants you to be the right person when you walk in the room. We're all just trying to make a soup here, and they're trying to figure out the right ingredients for the soup. -- Michael Mosley
I love auditioning. Since 'The Notebook' and 'Wedding Crashers,' I don't have to audition anymore, and I miss it. You get to show your interpretation of the character. I get nervous when I don't audition. What if they hate what I want to do? -- Rachel McAdams
I actually love auditioning because I usually don't get the part. I've tested with Daniel Day-Lewis, Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Tom Cruise. So I've gotten to that point, and I understand when I don't get it. There are a lot of very talented people out there. -- Deborah Kara Unger
Chicago is constantly auditioning for the world, determined that one day, on the streets of Barcelona, in Berlin's cabarets, in the coffee shops of Istanbul, people will know and love us in our multidimensional glory, dream of us the way they dream of San Francisco and New York. -- Mary Schmich
I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New York for the summer doing modeling and commercials and auditioning for Broadway. The mother I lived with for the summer taught me how to drop my Southern accent. -- Nikki DeLoach
I've been fortunate with my acting career. A lot of scripts come to me. I don't mind auditioning if something that requires that, but I haven't had to in awhile, which is a nice place to be 'cause I've been on quite a lot of auditions in my life. -- Mos Def
I always, always meant to be on stage. I only ended up even auditioning for television and movies because I was understudying a Turgenev play on Broadway and was so broke that, when I got a mini-series, I had to take it and was so ashamed because I was such a snob. -- Jennifer Garner
I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M. -- Laura Osnes
If there are nine guys auditioning and they're all gorgeous, I have an advantage, because gorgeous guys are a dime a dozen. But if they need someone else - like a goofy guy with bad hair who is just okay - then that's me. And finally, the other 2 percent who audition are geniuses that I could never touch. -- Tom Hanks
I know this may come as a shock to most of you, but I've decided to quit acting. I will not be auditioning for anything anymore, and if I get offered something like a role in a movie or a commercial or something, I will graciously turn it down. It's been great, but its just not for me anymore. -- Chris Pratt
I was successful and I enjoyed modeling, but it got to a point where I felt like I had 'been there, done that.' I wanted something that would inspire me and challenge me. I needed something that required more creativity. I started writing and I started auditioning. Simply posing in front of the camera was no longer enough. -- Julia Voth
I was 20 years old, working as a roofer and a telemarketer and driving a taxi, just barely getting by. A friend of a friend suggested I try acting. I was like, 'Why? What am I going to do? Community theater?' But I took a class, and the teacher thought that I had potential, so I moved to Vancouver and started auditioning. -- Cory Monteith
I really actually enjoy auditioning. -- Elizabeth Olsen
Adults were constantly auditioning, but for what? -- Alison Espach
I don't mind auditioning. Sometimes, I think it's necessary. -- Jessica Pare
It felt scary because there was no auditioning, no rehearsing. -- Barry Sonnenfeld
Unless you are an enormous name, you never stop auditioning. -- Richard E. Grant
Every time you have to speak, you are auditioning for leadership. -- James Humes
I didnt want to be 50 or 60 and auditioning for a three-line role. -- Grant Heslov
Most actors love to get to the point where they're not auditioning. -- Rockmond Dunbar
I like auditioning. I like working on material. I just love working. -- Patrick J. Adams
I am auditioning again - getting back to theatre would be amazing. -- Harry Melling
I like auditioning! A lot of people hate it, but I like it. -- Aaron Tveit
When I was growing up in Pennsylvania, auditioning for Broadway was my dream. -- Taylor Swift
No-one wants to feel like they're constantly auditioning for a place in your life. -- Sarah Jakes
I'm not opposed to auditioning. I love auditioning. It's one of my favorite things. -- Judy Greer
Offers come up, but I'm still fighting for jobs and auditioning and being rejected. -- Aya Cash
I'm not auditioning to play convenience-store clerks. I don't see any benefit in that. -- Adhir Kalyan
I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town. -- Taryn Manning
When I first started auditioning I would stutter a lot because I was so terribly frightened. -- Nicholas Brendon
I like to be in waiting rooms with people as they're auditioning, because their terror calms me. -- John C. McGinley
You always go in with the intention of playing your best and knowing the material you're auditioning. -- Tony Palermo
If I had known how much I hate auditioning, I doubt I would have become an actress. -- Jaime Murray
You have to write or else the auditioning process becomes so grueling because it's so hard to work. -- Pell James
After I left LA... it was like waking up. And so I moved back east and stopped auditioning. -- Casey Affleck
I'd been auditioning for parts for years, I never got any better at it. I'm crap at auditions. -- Jamie Dornan
Well, I'll keep on auditioning and one day maybe I'll go to LA and try out for films there. -- Chris Hemsworth
I know as an actor there is a certain liberation auditioning for a role that has no beauty requirements. -- Mireille Enos
I began both auditioning with Pearl Jam and recording for Eleven. In the fall of 1994, I joined Pearl Jam. -- Jack Irons
The auditioning process is one in which the actor gets very little information about almost every element of it. -- Danny Strong
I'm used to working really hard to get a role. I was always auditioning and talking my way into roles. -- Jessica Chastain
In its purest form, dating is auditioning for mating (and auditioning means we may or may not get the part). -- Joy Browne
While I was growing up all over, in all my different schools, I was always doing theater, auditioning for plays. -- Hannah Simone
I love the process of auditioning and having the chance to play a million different characters in one week - it's great. -- Will Poulter
When I started auditioning, I'd take any audition I could get. The more dramatic ones didn't go as well as the comedic. -- Leslie Mann
There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning. -- Matthew Lillard
I couldn't be happier to not be acting. I miss it, but I don't miss the auditioning or trying to get work. -- Paul Feig
I didn't know I could sing until I auditioned for 'Les Miserables.' My friend was auditioning, and I wanted to audition too. -- Lea Michele
I haven't really been auditioning. For me is about finding quality work versus finding work. I get a considerable amount of offers everyday. -- Romany Malco
If you'd have asked me when I was auditioning for High School Musical if I ever thought I was going to play a Marine... -- Zac Efron
I was like, 'Whoa, I'm auditioning for 'Hunger Games?'' That's like my dream come true. That's like a Trekkie auditioning for 'Star Trek. -- Leven Rambin
I'm still auditioning and doing other movie parts, but I really like the developing and the writing. You have more control over your destiny. -- Alex Borstein
I do think there are trends in your life once youve been auditioning long enough. I was the angry teenager and then the sweet victim. -- Merritt Wever
I do think there are trends in your life once you've been auditioning long enough. I was the angry teenager and then the sweet victim. -- Merritt Wever
I was like, 'Whoa, I'm auditioning for 'Hunger Games?' That's like my dream come true. That's like a Trekkie auditioning for 'Star Trek.' -- Leven Rambin
When I'm not working... I'm an actor! I'm auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for boyfriends, play MASH, the usual. -- Xosha Roquemore
I find the roller-coaster ride of auditioning most challenging. It's always about putting yourself out there, being rejected, and then getting back out there and trying again. -- Jenn Proske
When Im not working... Im an actor! Im auditioning! I like to hang out, have fun, drink, club, meet boys, look for boyfriends, play MASH, the usual. -- Xosha Roquemore
And so when I graduated I moved to New York, and I was waitressing here and auditioning - and I got my first job pretty soon after. -- Piper Perabo
I remember growing up knowing I wanted to be on the stage. I wanted to get to London as soon as possible and start auditioning for theater. -- Catherine Zeta-Jones
The movie industry has been contacting me. I have been auditioning - that's actually why I am in California. I was here meeting with studios and auditioning. -- Emily Ratajkowski
Sometimes you just gotta get in front of the camera because sometimes you have a long break between things, or you're auditioning and maybe nothing's really happening. -- Jonathan Lipnicki
All you have to remember is 'audition' is synonymous with 'opportunity. I mean, if you absolutely hate auditioning, do you also hate opportunities? That wouldn't make much sense. -- Hilary Swank
I find auditioning to be a very illusive process, where actors come in with this really big result with no process, so it's a lie already at work. -- Adam Rapp
Music is my love and to me acting is more mercenary. I don't pound the pavements for roles: if it happens, it happens. I hate that auditioning thing. -- David Johansen
I could do an American accent, if I were immersed in the accent, meaning if I were living back in Los Angeles and rehearsing and auditioning the whole time. -- Ioan Gruffudd
I never read a book if I'm auditioning for a film based on it. I like to stick to the script only because that's exactly what I have to play. -- Sophie Nelisse
I don't get jobs in films by auditioning. I'm not blonde. You can't place me in movies the way you can with certain actors. It's very difficult for my agents. -- Sandra Oh
If anything, being a female has afforded me opportunities on YouTube that I necessarily didn't have in doing traditional comedy and auditioning in TV and film, and that whole world. -- Grace Helbig
What's monotonous about being an actor and often makes me want to throw in the towel or drive a car off a bridge is the auditioning - the waiting around. -- Chris Messina
I have had the auditioning process go on for two weeks or three weeks. I am always incredibly anxious. The audition and the wait is definitely the hardest part for me. -- Joe Lando
When I saw my first Broadway show, 'Beauty and the Beast,' I was like, 'Okay, I'm definitely gonna do this.' After that, I did little shows and started auditioning. -- Lilla Crawford
It's important to keep auditioning. If you're auditioning for something, you're auditioning for a role that people can't see you in and you need to convince them that you're the right person. -- Jared Harris
I was on a well-beaten path of actors - what we all call 'the Law and Order route'. I spent two years of auditioning for everything... and then 'The Wire' came up. -- Idris Elba
At that time, I was signed to Columbia Records as an Independent Producer. I spent many weeks forming, auditioning, rehearsing and recording demos for Kenny, who was finally signed to Columbia Records. -- Jim Messina
I moved out to LA, got an agent, started auditioning. I didn't know anything about how it worked. And since I was really bad, luckily, I didn't get any of those parts. -- Casey Affleck
I think auditioning can be very reductive and I just hate how actors work really hard and most of them aren't going to get the job, and I hate putting them through that. -- Adam Rapp
I first came to LA auditioning during pilot season. I didn't really know anyone. The only people I'd meet were the girls I was up against at auditions. It wasn't the friendliest bunch. -- Gillian Jacobs
I didn't have to audition. That's common, but it had never happened to me before. Normally, I hate auditioning. I need to stew and think... let the character develop and grow inside me. -- Casey Affleck
There are some directors, lesser in confidence or skill, who make the actor feel very uncomfortable because you feel you're auditioning for them, every day, and that's a terrible feeling on the set. -- Ben Kingsley
I somehow always found the right people on my own to jam with as well as playing with all my buddies. I didn't get to a point where I was auditioning for any bands. -- John Petrucci
I came in the Dawson's Creek era; it was all about tiny guys who looked like teenagers, and I haven't looked like a teenager ever. So I was, like, auditioning to be their dads. At 25. -- Jon Hamm
People were confused by me, and at first I was auditioning a lot for the crazy characters or the victim, someone who'd been attacked. Which is great, because usually those are the best acting roles. -- Jessica Chastain

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