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The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.
When I'm a gender capitalist in the fashion world, I basically can go to any casting that I want to as long as somebody likes my face.
I moved with my mom to Los Angeles for her to pursue her acting career, and she got a job casting atmosphere in some independent films.
I've paid my dues. It wasn't overnight success. I went to tons of casting calls and auditions... But I've got to give luck some credit.
Casting my fate to the heavens, quite literally, I decided to go wireless. Completely wireless. All wireless, all the time, everywhere.
I try to do more intelligent roles, unusual roles, and stronger women, and that's helped me a little bit with my casting opportunities.
My dad was dean of fine arts at the university. I was casting bronzes in the school foundry. I was using the university as a playground.
Superstitions actually played a big role in my life. I wouldn't even go on a casting call if I had a hunch that it was an 'unlucky' day.
I think for my casting of 'Pati Patni Aur Woh' the makers saw my ad film which I did for a brand and they decided to cast me in the film.
I'm being called in by all the great casting directors. It's no longer based on a headshot. I realize now what they're buying is passion.
I always used to say, as a director, that I could make anybody good in a movie if you found the right part. It all comes down to casting.
You don't have the economy of scale of building a set once and casting once. You blow up the world, basically, at the end of each episode.
My big break was becoming the spokesperson for Texas Instruments. Casting directors really started giving me a chance to read for projects.
I think the location is almost as important as casting the leads of the movie. The location on The Purge was crucial to that movie working.
If you believe that God put you here to act, then you have to be different. Go into casting offices, with something other girls don't have.
I worked at Warner Bros. for a while. I was the head of the minority talent casting. It was like pre-Spike Lee and post-blaxploitation era.
When 'The Master' came around, they said they wanted to try and find a part for me, and I got a text from the casting director saying that.
I could not have been happier with 'The Lincoln Lawyer.' They got the essence, and the casting, starting with McConaughey, was just perfect.
Prayer is helplessness casting itself on Power, infirmity leaning on Strength, misery reaching to Mercy, and a prisoner clamoring for Relief.
Pilots are useful. You just learn things during a pilot - the piece of casting that just wasn't right or things about the storytelling nature.
The first time when you can really get a sense of what the movie is going to look and feel like is when you're in a casting room and seeing it.
You start acting just as soon as you walk into the door of that casting office. You can't just be yourself because they don't want to hire you.
I was in the pilot of ER: I played a 15-year-old pregnant girl they were treating. And then, in the final season, they were casting for interns.
Many casting directors won't hire aspiring actors because you might be burning some chick's headshot under the table so she doesn't get the part.
Every remedy is a desperate remedy. Every cure is a miraculous cure. Curing a madman is not arguing with a philosopher; it is casting out a devil.
Musical chairs or Russian roulette? Sometimes there's as much tense drama in the casting of a Hollywood movie as there is in the finished product.
Be it a cameo, a character role or a lead role, I am happy that people are finally recognising my acting calibre and are casting me in their films.
My mom and dad were actors when they were younger and had a horrible experience of it. My dad became a literary agent and my mom a casting director.
I didn't want to have people open doors for me. My dad never made a call on my behalf to anyone - not to a producer, a director, or a casting agent.
Working on script development, casting, editing, and music is incredibly inspiring to me, and it's wonderful to see something you love come to life.
I always think that a director who knows about the technical side, but cares about the acting performances and casting as well, is ahead of the game.
I have more control of the material if I produce. I can be much more active in choosing the writer, shaping the script, casting and editing the film.
The theoretical casting part of movies is the funnest part. You really can imagine so many different versions of a story based on who's embodying it.
There was never any down side to casting friends over professionals. It was always fun seeing folks who never performed before stretching their wings.
Sometimes good television doesn't depend on money, it depends on imagination and good people directing, casting and doing the job with talented people.
To be given the reins of creativity is a beautiful thing when you're used to just showing up to a casting and standing there having clothes put on you.
I always look for innovative casting and that's why I seek directors, whether in Bollywood or regional films, who are keen to make something different.
Getting a casting means that a lot of people have put a lot of faith in you and your abilities, and you constantly think 'I hope I don't let them down.'
Casting is everything. I put a huge amount of work into casting, and consistently across my career, I am most proud of my bold choices I made in casting.
I definitely believe in type casting. If you're a girl with bleach-blonde hair, everyone automatically thinks 'prom queen, cheerleader.' It just happens.
There's no set formula of success in Bollywood and one needs to be constantly in touch with the casting directors to get hold of the right opportunities.
For the Amex, which has been casting around for a role for itself, microcaps fill a crucial void - a 'niche' that Amex officials feel has been neglected.
I don't know what I'm qualified to do, film-wise... So it's really down to a director or a casting director to find something that they think I could do.
In the beginning of our career, we want to make an identity, and I am happy that people think I have good comic timing, and they are casting me in films.
One day, I met Luv Ranjan through a casting agent. That was the best day of my life. After my family, he is the only person who I trust and have faith in.
I always look at auditions as not even getting the job as much as I'm just trying to connect with this casting director so they remember me for next time.
Personally, I've always had to face casting directors or producers saying, 'You're right for the part, but nahh, you're not quite what we're looking for.'
It's not enough to be diverse in your casting. You have to service those characters; you have to make them fully well rounded because people are watching.
Writing is my main interest; it is where my heart is. I always want to continue writing. Apart from that, I enjoy casting and hopefully want to direct too.
Referring to the PAP as uncaring so as to persuade some of our fellow Singaporeans to consider casting their vote for the WP will be self-defeating for us.