“Investment banks started recruiting at Harvard back in the day, and they'd fly me down to New York City and I was so poor so I would take advantage of the free flight, the per diem, the hotel. And then I would go audition for stuff.” StuffPoorCitiesNew YorkAdvantageInvestmentFlightHotelNew York CityAuditionsHarvardBack In The Day Author:Dean Norris
“Dumb luck brought on the move from business to acting. I had moved to New York when I was 23, in the year 2000. On a lark, I went to audition for a soap opera.” YearsMovingActingNew YorkLuckMovedDumbOperaAuditionsSoapSoap OperasLarksDumb Luck Author:Teddy Sears
“My mother often says that she could never have done it if I had been the youngest, if she had other small children she had to cart around New York City for my auditions and go-sees (modeling auditions) and stuff.” IfsChildrenDoneMotherStuffCitiesNew YorkNew York CityAuditionsModelingSmall ChildCarts Author:Katherine Heigl
“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
“When you audition for shows in Hollywood, you go in, you do your scene, maybe you get an adjustment. It's sort of easy, and a lot of times it just feels sort of rote and simple. Whereas when you go to New York and you audition for plays, you walk out sweaty and intimidated and nervous and doubting yourself as an actor.” FeelsPlayShowsActorsEasySimpleWalksDoubtNew YorkSceneHollywoodNervousAuditionsAdjustmentIntimidatedDoubting Yourself Author:Ben Feldman
“I graduated from Brown in 2001, moved to New York, and spent a year and a half just looking up Backstage magazine auditions and grinding.” YearsHalfNew YorkMovedMagazinesBrownAuditions Author:David Walton
“I would love to [do theater], but there are go-to girls for theater. I am learning that, upon moving to New York and inquiring. There are go-to girls that will get the role any day of the week. It's true. Some people won't even let me audition.” PeopleMovingGirlRolesWeekNew YorkLet MeTheaterAuditionsInquiringDays Of The Week Author:Jeff Daniels
“Marg Helgenberger and I were waitresses in the same restaurant in Evanston, Illinois. I'm happy to say that that restaurant has since been torn down. [...] We both had an audition for ABC soaps - different soaps, but we auditioned at the same time, and she got the part and went off to New York. Three years later, I went to L.A. So she was kind of an inspiration to me. And it makes sense that we will both be in Wonder Woman together, because we ARE Wonder Women.” YearsKindDifferentInspirationTogetherThreeWonderNew YorkMake SenseRestaurantsThree YearsAuditionsTornSoapWaitressIllinoisWonder Woman Author:Virginia Madsen
“Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That's what happened to my parents; that's what happened to me.” SaidAmericaParentCitiesHappenedNew YorkImmigrantsNew York CityAuditions Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda
“I started in theater when I was 14 in the Henry Street Playhouse on the Lower East Side in New York. You hustle, you beat the sidewalk, the pavement - audition, audition. I just started working around town everywhere. I mean everywhere - the Village, Harlem, you know. Brooklyn Academy Of Music. Just job after job.” KnowsMeanJobsSidesStreetsNew YorkBeatsTheaterTownsEastVillageAuditionsAcademyBrooklynHustleSidewalkPavementHarlemEast Side Author:Jackee Harry
“I used to audition for musicals when I was in New York before I moved to L.A., but I couldn't quite hit a certain note, so I saw a teacher in L. A. who helped me get better at it. She showed me how to use a different part of my voice. You are never too old.” DifferentUseUsedCertainVoiceSawsTeacherNew YorkMovedNotesGet BetterAuditions Author:Missi Pyle
“I used to be a wonderful auditioner. When I was living in New York, I'd audition every day. And I like to audition. But then it got to a point where I didn't like it anymore. So once it got to there and I also knew more about the business and I thought, "I can't do this anymore."” I CanUsedWonderfulNew YorkUsed To BeAuditions Author:Ed O'Neill