“Improv definitely made me a better auditioner, without a doubt. We did do an audition semester in grad school, and that was helpful for those times that you have a script and you have a few days to prepare it, to really work on sides. But the auditions I was doing in New York, if you got it the night before, you were very lucky.” IfsMadeSchoolNightSidesDoubtNew YorkLuckyScriptsHelpfulAuditionsGradSemesterGrad School Author:Rich Sommer
“Hmm, limelight... No, I'm not Sienna Miller or Angelina Jolie. I'm very lucky and happy, but I still find it very difficult to get good scripts and good roles. It's really a jungle out there.” StillsDifficultRolesLuckyScriptsJungleLimelightHmm Author:Eva Green
“I'm not famous for my back story investigations; I'm lucky that I work with good writers and it's usually in the script.” StoriesLuckyScriptsInvestigationGood Writers Author:Bill Nighy
“As an actor, you very rarely have the experience of picking up a script and getting a few pages into it and realizing that what you're holding in your hands is not just a role on a TV show, but it's one of those special parts that comes along, once or twice in a career. If you're lucky, you get an opportunity to do something really memorable and to be part of one of those rare shows that passes into that special category.” IfsShowsHandsActorsOpportunityRealizingCareersRolesSpecialTvsLuckyPagesScriptsMemorableCategoriesTv ShowsLucky You Author:Holt McCallany
“I ain't the first on the list that people are sending scripts to. I'm very lucky. I've managed to put myself in the position with some directors, who will be calling me directly, and we're working on things and talking about things, but that's on a purely creative level.” PeopleFirstsLevelsTalkingCreativePositionCallingLuckyDirectorsScriptsLists Author:Christian Bale
“I think it's the same thing for a country. We are lucky then that we can get some financing from the government, because it means when I get the money, when I get the grant to do the film, of course it's based on the script, but I have total artistic control and I can do personal stuff.” ThinkingMeanI CanCountryGovernmentFilmCoursesStuffCan DoLuckyScriptsArtisticGrantsFinancingPersonal Stuff Author:Philippe Falardeau
“I've been pretty lucky - or slothful - in that I've never been a "career builder," I take the jobs that come along that feel right, and that's left me fairly open to all genres, really. But with "Caprica," the complex, dark and very smart script was the draw.” FeelsJobsLeftDarkCareersLuckySmartDrawsComplexesScriptsGenreBuilderFeels RightVery Smart Author:Eric Stoltz
“I've been so lucky - I worked with Jason Reitman twice, who has always been a really strong advocate for my voice, and has always really respected the scripts that I've brought him and is just the coolest.” StrongVoiceLuckyScriptsJasonSo Lucky Author:Diablo Cody
“I love this script [The Hollars] because I'm lucky enough to come from a really tightknit family.” EnoughLuckyScripts Author:John Krasinski
“I feel lucky that Viceland wanted to make it, and I'm producing more than one film with LGBT characters and stories and it's because it's what I'm interested in. I'm not going to read a script and say, 'They're not gay, I'm not going to do it,' but I am interested in playing more gay people, because I've only played one gay person, and I've done a fair amount of movies, and I am interested in those stories. So for me, there's no should-I-or-shouldn't-I. It all feels natural.” PeopleFeelsShouldPersonsDoneCharacterStoriesWantedFilmNaturalAmountGayLuckyFairsScriptsLgbtShould IGay People Author:Ellen Page
“If I get a script that's set in the jungle it goes to the bottom of the pile because I don't think the playgrounds are going to be very good there! I'm really aware of how lucky I am but I have the kind of job where I can bring my child to work.” IfsThinkingKindChildrenI CanJobsLuckyBottomVery GoodScriptsMy ChildrenJunglePlaygrounds Author:Kate Beckinsale
“I get a trickling few scripts that I'm lucky enough that some of them are great. I don't get loads of scripts.” EnoughLuckyScriptsLoad Author:Meryl Streep