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.
Most actors love to get to the point where they're not auditioning.
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.
I would say auditioning was my real training ground. The technical aspects - like hitting marks and pacing yourself and preparing and dealing with the downtime - the first recurring role I had on 24 was probably the way I learned that stuff.
I didnt want to be 50 or 60 and auditioning for a three-line role.
When I first started auditioning I would stutter a lot because I was so terribly frightened.
I love the process of auditioning and having the chance to play a million different characters in one week - it's great.
I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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.
Can't Hardly Wait was a movie everyone wanted. I wanted the lead girl sooo badly, I think it was Lauren Ambrose. I wanted it so badly, I kept auditioning. I didn't get it, but I think everyone that auditioned - because everyone went out for it - got some screen time in it, like me.
I am auditioning again - getting back to theatre would be amazing.
Learn as much as you can about performing. Live theater, improv classes, music, stand up comedy, dance, anything to make yourself confident and comfortable in front of an audience. It'll all come in handy when auditioning for producers and performing with other actors. The best voice actors all have a live performance background. And are competent, fearless, incredibly creative actors.
I didn't know I could sing until I auditioned for 'Les Miserables. ' My friend was auditioning, and I wanted to audition too.
The auditioning process is one in which the actor gets very little information about almost every element of it.
When I was auditioning for Divergent, I was kind of in the dumps. I wasn't really happy with acting, and I didn't know if I wanted to do it anymore. I went on a bunch of auditions and nothing worked out. Then they said, "Hey, you got a callback for this thing, Divergent. " Because I was in such a weird place in my life, I didn't look up what it was about, didn't look up the director, didn't look up that Shai Woodley was a part of it. I read the script, obviously, but I closed myself off from anything else.
If I had known how much I hate auditioning, I doubt I would have become an actress.
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.
I really actually enjoy auditioning.
For me, I love auditioning.
I like to be in waiting rooms with people as they're auditioning, because their terror calms me.