Casting Quotes
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I think it's sad, and weird, and strange that race in casting is still a thing. It's 2013. Somebody else needs to get their act together.
Shonda Rhimes
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The first heart you win over is that casting director. In first meetings, they'll be the ones who see your pitch for the character. And then as you get further up, they'll be the ones reading with you in front of the network.
Michael Mosley
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If you asked central casting in Hollywood for somebody to play the role of President, they'd send you John Connally.
Phil Crane
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Casting is sometimes like going to a party. You get there and everybody at the party is wonderful. They're funny, they're interesting, and the next time you go to a party, you kind of want those same people there. I do find myself going back to a lot of the same actors I've worked with because it was fun, it was good and I know they can do the job. When we have tight deadlines to cast a project, that's how some decisions are made.
Andrea Romano
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I want to cast correctly, and then I want them to live on screen. If I cast the wrong actor, I'm screwed. But, if I cast the right actor, it really works out. The casting process is so important.
Andre Ovredal
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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.
David Michod
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As an actor, especially one who's worked in casting, you read so many scripts, and some of them are terrible. They're terrible and they're getting made, and some of them are good but the female role is just painful or underwritten. So after years of that, I had this idea kicking around in my head for two years, and I thought, I'm just going to start writing.
Erin Maya Darke
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A lot of things that I can't get into the room for, even just to be seen, is because they're just saying 'No. they're not casting non-white.' You're lumped into a category with people who are just not white.
Sandra Oh
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I don't know if it's rare, but from my experience, I think Suits does a lot more casting off of auditions than other shows.
Aaron Korsh
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There are so many things that go into casting that you just never know.
Johnathon Schaech
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My experience with casting children is that... the whole movie is going to rest on their shoulders, so you have to set aside time and wait for the perfect people to appear.
Wes Anderson
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I didn't grow up watching TV or going to McDonald's or listening to mainstream music. Like, the casting agents are looking elsewhere for the cheerleader role.
Summer Phoenix
