“I think I was afraid of what I might say when I got onto someone's stage or in front of someone's camera.”
Jeffrey Wright

“If you go in and audition for roles rather than just be offered them, then you kind of get a chance to kind of discover that you can do something that you didn't think you could do.”
Peter Sarsgaard

“If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director.”
Timothy Simons

“There's a process: you audition, you get rejected, occasionally you get jobs, and it's exciting, but it's all little stepping stones.”
Danielle Macdonald

“Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. You must be able to sustain yourself against staggering blows. There is no code of conduct to help beginners. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go much further than people with vastly superior talent.”
Sophia Loren