“It's a great wake-up call for our entire industry: What movies are we making? What storytellers are we allowing to tell the stories? What people are we allowing to be cast in those stories? I think we need newer stories, and more people given the opportunity to do anything they want.” PeopleThinkingWantNeedsStoriesOpportunityGivenIndustryWake UpCastsAllowingStorytellerWake Up Call Author:John Krasinski
“When I was just about to leave, and when I realised that I wasn't going to wake up in the morning and do this again - that was probably the hardest thing for me. Leaving this family that I'd created on set, with all the cast and the crew was very sad for me.” MorningWake UpLeavingCastsHardestCrewHardest ThingRealisedVery Sad Author:Jared Gilman
“When I was taking my canoeing lessons I was given this oar to practice with, and I decided to have everyone sign it. All the cast and crew signed it and now I'm going to frame it.” GivenPracticeLessonsDecidedCastsCrewOarCanoeing Author:Jared Gilman
“James L.Brooks is just a very original person. So that was definitely the luckiest, most important thing that happened to me [meeting him]. Then I guess also meeting Ben Stiller. He cast me in the only thing I think I ever auditioned for and got: Cable Guy [1996]. And that led to us becoming friends.” ThinkingPersonsImportantGuyHappenedBecomingOriginalsImportant ThingsMeetingsCastsCablesBrooks Author:Owen Wilson
“We live on planet earth, we have the sun, and it's the most beautiful thing, the way the sun dances and the way shadows are cast.” WayEarthBeautifulSunPlanetsShadowCastsBeautiful ThingsPlanet Earth Author:Kesh
“I walk into office, which is the casting office for CBS in New York. Mainly what they cast out of this office was the CBS daytime shows. I go in and walk into this room which every seat is filled with young African-American boys and girls and they were in their teens. I went, "I'm in the wrong place. Why am I here? What's going on?"So I go in and meet Norman [Lear].” ShowsYoungGirlWalksRoomsBoysNew YorkOfficeFilledCastsAfrican AmericanSeatsTeensCastingBoy And GirlDaytimeLear Author:Richard Masur
“I'm a huge Luc Besson fan. The Fifth Element, I just loved that movie. Luc cast me to play a small part in it, and so I did, because I love all his movies actually - The Big Blue, La Femme Nikita, Léon: The Professional. His movies are so wonderful. It's just fun to be in it and for it to be a sci-fi movie.” PlayBigsFunWonderfulFansHugeElementsBlueCastsSci FiFifthSmall PartsFemmeSci Fi MovieFifth Element Author:Ethan Hawke
“I would love to direct a movie, something I really like with a great cast. What a dream!” DreamDirectCasts Author:Jasmine Guy
“I think that almost every scene was an exploration - it was never going to be just what’s on the page. So I know I was very lucky - we all were - to work with a cast of this caliber. These are extremely experienced and intelligent actors, who are also deeply emotional and - as you say - are also engaged in the world.” ThinkingKnowsWorldActorsEmotionalSceneLuckyPagesIntelligentCastsEngagedExplorationCaliber Author:Oren Moverman
“I got cast in a school play and I fell in love with that. I felt comfortable on stage and found out it was a brilliant way of expressing myself and I was happy and I could do it.” WayPlaySchoolFoundFeltStageComfortableCastsBrilliantSchool Plays Author:Douglas Booth
“The depth of talent in Israel is just spectacular. I was very excited by it because when you cast in LA, you tend to see a lot of the same faces on lists for various parts.” FacesTalentDepthCastsVariousIsraelExcitedListsSpectacularSame Face Author:Tim Kring
“You do sometimes have to work on things where you love the cast and you love the filmmaker, and the role might not be great but it's fun. I'm totally down to do those things, and will continue to do those things, as well, but it at least has to be peppered with roles that are really interesting and that are hard.” WellsSometimesHardMightFunInterestingRolesCastsFilmmakerReally Interesting Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“There's something about being a part of Broadway and going backstage. You know, like when I go to see a show now and going backstage and saying "Hi" to the cast. It's so thrilling. It's so beyond my wildest dreams from when I was a kid.” KnowsShowsDreamKidsCastsBroadwayThrillingWildest DreamsSaying Hi Author:Rosie O'Donnell
“I got cast playing the best baseball player anybody's ever seen. I don't know how to play any sport, including baseball, but I trained really hard. They had these great coaches, and they started saying, "Wow, you have some like really untapped athletic ability."” KnowsHardPlaySportsAbilityKnow HowPlayerBaseballIncludingCastsCoachesWowAthleticBaseball PlayerGreat CoachBest BaseballAthletic Ability Author:Geena Davis
“I personally find that each instalment has a different director, cast and crew, and I've also been in a different season in my life for each of them, so I feel like each movie is a unique experience that centres around my undying passion for music and dance.” FeelsDifferentPassionDirectorsUniqueSeasonsCastsCrewCentreMusic And DanceUnique ExperiencesPassion For Music Author:Alyson Stoner
“It's a very different show because of the elements that we're putting in. There's so many different styles of comedy, but Mr. Show was unique to Bob and David - two of the most brilliant performers and writers there are. Their show was based on them. Our show is a bit more broad. We have a cast of 7, we have guests. We can be slightly more topical.” TwoDifferentShowsBitsComedyStyleElementsUniqueCastsBrilliantBroadsPerformersGuestsBobDifferent StylesMr Show Author:B. J. Porter
“I think it's one thing to be part of a very important group called the Senate of the United States and cast a vote. You're one of 100. I think it says even more to be a governor, where you ultimately have that political responsibility and accountability to succeed.” ThinkingImportantStatesPoliticalUnitedResponsibilityUnited StatesOne ThingGroupsSucceedVoteCastsAccountabilitySenateGovernorsPolitical ResponsibilityResponsibility And Accountability Author:Tom Ridge
“I'm pretty sure a lot of directors would be thrilled to cast age appropriate roles. I am.” Would BeAgeRolesDirectorsCastsAppropriate Author:Zoe Cassavetes
“It's a different rhythm than most movies. For a lot of the actors, you're 12,000 miles away from home. It becomes a way of life - getting up at five in the morning, shooting every day, day in day out, for 270 days. The new cast playing the dwarves were carrying incredibly heavy weights in their suits, they sat through hours of make-up every day. So it's quite challenging from a stamina point of view.” WayDifferentHomeActorsHoursChallengesViewsMorningFiveWeightCastsHeavyPoint Of ViewMilesSuitsRhythmShootingSatStaminaMiles AwayDwarvesAway From HomeHeavy Weights Author:Andy Serkis
“I think people cast their votes for a number of reasons. I think if you look at your polls, you'll probably find that many, many people think that our views are closer to what they believe the future of America should be. That our views are closer on economic issues. And a lot of those polls come down to demographics, to age, to how much money you are making.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldBelieveLooksReasonAgeAmericaViewsNumbersIssuesEconomicVoteCastsPollsDemographicsEconomic IssuesFuture Of America Author:Bernie Sanders
“It was my second show as a writer, and Justin Timberlake was just coming off boy-band stardom. People were rolling their eyes, but I used to watch the Mickey Mouse Club, and I knew all those kids were talented as hell. Justin was as comfortable on camera in that first episode as any of our cast members.” PeopleFirstsShowsEyeKidsUsedBoysWatchesHellBandMembersComfortableCamerasCastsClubsEpisodesRollingMiceJustinMickeyStardomBoy BandsCast Members Author:Jason Sudeikis
“specialize in small cast/single reader long fiction so I only compete against other podcasts of novels in that form.” LongFormFictionNovelReaderCasts Author:Nathan Lowell
“I want to see more people of different backgrounds being cast in films. I want to see people from inner cities being discovered, because that's where you find some really brilliant artists.” PeopleWantDifferentFilmArtistCitiesCastsBrilliantBackgroundsInner CityDifferent Backgrounds Author:John Boyega
“I have less control over how I'm cast and the jobs that I get than people would imagine. Most of us don't have control over that, but I think it's a preponderance of your body of work.” PeopleThinkingBodyJobsImagineCastsYour Body Author:Phil Morris
“I'll be geeky right now too, because I love Sondheim. Anything he does I had a blast, because every time I do a show of his, I learn something about myself because he's philosophical. During that show, the cast was incredible Hugh and Dan Levine (who I played opposite of), all of us clicked and I love the show.” DoeShowsRight NowOppositesPhilosophicalIncrediblesCastsBlastSondheim Author:Kendra Kassebaum
“Blood Brothers! I've always wanted to play Linda and when I'm old enough, Mrs. Johnston. I would love it if Cameron Mackintosh brought back Oliver! as I would love to get the chance play Nancy as well.It's also been an ambition of mine to create a role in an original cast - and in the long term I would love a career in television! So much to do... so little time!!” IfsWellsLittlesLongEnoughPlayWantedTermChanceCareersRolesBloodTelevisionMinesBrotherAmbitionOriginalsCastsLong TermLittle TimeNancyCameronBlood Brothers Author:Francesca Jackson
“One day I received a call from my agent, he asked me to put myself on tape for a film that was being cast in LA. I was thrilled at the possibility alone.” FilmPossibilityOne DayCastsAgentsTape Author:Pawel Szajda
“I only like naturalistic stories. I love short, fantastic stories that cast a spell over the reader, that transport you instantly to another place with another set of rules, somewhere imagined by someone else.” StoriesReaderCastsFantasticSpellsTransportShort Love Author:Nicholas Royle
“There's actually a time when I got cast in something and it was announced that someone else was cast. I hadn't been told yet if I had the role and I had a breakdown because I really wanted it and it was announced on this website that this other girl had gotten it. I was so sad and called my agents and said, "You guys didn't tell me this other person got the role!" They were like, "No, they haven't decided yet." Then two hours later I got the call that said I had the role.” IfsPersonsSaidTwoWantedGuyGirlHoursRolesHavensDecidedCastsAgentsWebsiteBreakdownOther GirlSo Sad Author:Mary Elizabeth Winstead
“My proudest moment of my career was opening night in Cambridge and watching the cast take their curtain call. No one was looking at me, and I was floating off the ground. It was just euphoric.” MomentsNightCareersCastsOpeningFloatingCurtainsCambridgeEuphoricOpening NightProudest MomentsCurtain Call Author:Sara Bareilles
“I've always been compared to people. It's a revolving cast that comes and goes - obviously, sometimes people stay.” PeopleSometimesCastsComes And GoesRevolving Author:DJ Shadow
“Hours is an understatement. I honestly don't know how the director and editor decide each week what actually makes it on the air. There's of course director and cast commentary on each episode on the DVD. We had a blast recording that.” KnowsCoursesHoursKnow HowAirWeekDirectorsCastsHonestlyEditorsEpisodesBlastCommentaryDvdsUnderstatement Author:Joel McHale
“I don't know how (producer) Dan Harmon put that together but he did. Everyone gets along and we all babysit Chevy Chase (laughs) and it all works out. Plus we are given a lot of freedom to riff off each other and compliment each other's comedic style. The group is so talented, whether it be Donald Glover or Allison Brie and now Jim Rash who plays the Dean is finally a full member of the cast - oh my gosh, he is so funny. I call him Rumplestiltskin; he can spin comedy out of anything. I am in such a blessed situation - if only more people would watch it.” PeopleIfsKnowsPlayTogetherGivenSituationWatchesLaughingKnow HowComedyGroupsStyleMembersBlessedCastsWork OutProducersPlusComplimentDeanComedicOh My GoshChevyAllisonBrie Author:Joel McHale
“Yes, believe me I am black and blue. Plus I just finished a Seth MacFarlane movie called Ted and I can't believe the cast I got to work with there [Mila Kunis, Mark Wahlberg]. I feel like I am winning some kind of contest to trick people into working with me.” PeopleFeelsBelieveKindI CanWinningBlackMarkBlueCastsFinishedTricksPlusBelieve In MeContests Author:Joel McHale
“If I had cast someone else who didn't have that kind of timing, it would have been leaden and one note. But Ann [Morgan Guilbert] made her really human and really funny without being caricatured or over the top. She feels like a real person.” IfsFeelsHumansKindPersonsHas BeensMadeRealNotesCastsTimingOver The TopReal Person Author:Nicole Holofcener
“Our challenge with "The Office" and "Extras" was to get it completely scripted but to find a cast that could make it look like they were saying it for the first time.” FirstsLooksChallengesOfficeFirst TimeCastsExtras Author:Ricky Gervais
“Jennifer Lopez has been very much in the news because of her divorce from Marc Anthony, also a top singer, a top player in Latin music, her joining the cast of judges on "American Idol." But the music has not been at the forefront.” Has BeensPlayerJudgingNewsCastsDivorceSingersLatinIdolsJoiningJenniferAmerican IdolLatin Music Author:Jennifer Lopez
“Odds are you’re going to like this lively spin on the true story of six MIT mathletes who broke the Vegas Bank. It’s a kick to watch Kevin Spacey and a gifted young cast use smarts to deal audiences a winning hand.” StoriesUseHandsYoungWinningDealsWatchesAudienceSixSmartCastsBrokeKicksOddsGiftedVegasLivelyTrue StoryKevinMit Author:Peter Travers
“When you have mental illness you don't have a plaster or a cast or a crutch, that let everyone know that you have the illness, so people expect the same of you as from anyone else and when you are different they give you a hard time and they think you're being difficult or they think you're being a pain in the ass and they're horrible to you. You spend your life in Ireland trying to hide that you have a mental illness.” PeopleThinkingKnowsGivingTryingDifferentHardPainDifficultCastsIllnessHorribleMental IllnessAssHard TimesIrelandCrutchesPlasters Author:Sinead O'Connor
“On reflection, some things do super well because they hit with the time. Some things do super well because they are able to activate a kind of echo chamber or bandwagon or cascade - they didn't particularly hit with the time. Some things are just too astonishingly good to not hit the top. Those three explanations, with respect to the Star Wars phenomenon, seem to me all to pass the plausibility test, and to explore them, with respect to Star Wars, I think casts light not just on the saga of our time, but also on everything about our culture.” ThinkingWellsKindWarLightSeemsAbleCultureThreeStarsReflectionTestsCastsExplanationOur TimePhenomenonEchoesChamberSagaActivateCascadeBandwagon Author:Cass Sunstein
“All my life I've been involved with racial politics. I was a Freedom Rider in the South. I was the author of books on gang violence, I was a community organizer in Newark, New Jersey, and when I spoke to the Black Caucus, congressional and state, I realized they were going all the way for Hillary [Clinton] and so was the Latino caucus in Sacramento and I asked myself this question: "Do I really want to cast my vote against these people who have been central to my life and to the soul of the country?" And so I went with them. Period.” PeopleWayWantHas BeensBookSoulCountryStatesBlackCommunityViolenceInvolvedPeriodsVoteClintonSouthCastsI RealizedSpokesGangJerseyLatinoRidersNew JerseyOrganizerCaucusSacramentoNewarkGang Violence Author:Tom Hayden
“With the most interesting directors, the cast comes together to make something magical that nobody counted on.” TogetherInterestingDirectorsCastsMost Interesting Author:Susan Sarandon
“If Wes Anderson has a very strong cast, he can direct the minutia of that story and still manage to have something that lives and breathes.” IfsStillsStoriesStrongDirectCastsBreatheManageVery Strong Author:Susan Sarandon
“'7th Heaven' was a big ensemble cast, so everyone would get a turn. Basically, I'd get a script that focused on my character and think, 'Oh, I'm working every day this week.' The mindset was I've got more to do, so I had to focus.” ThinkingCharacterBigsTurnsHeavenFocusWeekScriptsCastsMindsetFocusedEnsemble7th Heaven Author:Tyler Hoechlin
“The thing about our cast - and I'm not saying this just to be diplomatic - is that everyone is really fun, and really hardworking, in equal measure. Julia [Louis-Dreyfus] and Tony [Hale, who plays President Meyer's "bag man," Gary Walsh] are always doing outrageous "bits" in character right before we start scenes, which are hilarious.” MenPlayCharacterFunBitsPresidentSceneEqualCastsBagsOutrageousDiplomaticJuliaGaryHardworkingHale Author:Sarah Sutherland
“I always think once you have the lead protagonist, you cast around that character.” ThinkingCharacterCastsProtagonists Author:Nicolas Winding Refn
“It's a presidential [election] year [2016], certainly everyone is talking about it, but if the history of the show tells us anything, the Big Brother cast does not usually discuss political issues like that in the house.” IfsYearsDoeShowsBigsPoliticalHouseTalkingIssuesBrotherElectionCastsPresidentialPresidential ElectionPolitical IssuesElection Years Author:Allison Grodner
“I love working with actors. If you cast the right person in the right part at the right time, they make you look like a better writer and director than you really are.” IfsLooksPersonsActorsDirectorsCastsRight TimeRight Person Author:Todd Solondz
“As a viewer I came of age during a time when cast members were prone to fistfights. So I may be carrying a little of that kind of image in my head.” KindMayLittlesAgeMembersCastsViewersCast Members Author:Scott Raab
“When you're writing fiction it's a heightened voice. You're trying to cast a spell, which isn't the same thing as trying to cast someone into it. You are creating a reality but it's a different sort of performance.” WritingTryingDifferentRealityVoiceFictionCreatingPerformancesCastsSpellsWriting Fiction Author:Darryl Pinckney