“I went to the University/Resident Theatre Association auditions. Deans come and watch you in this theater. You have three minutes, and you have to do two contrasting monologues - at that time, this is 2003 - one classical and one contemporary.” TwoThreeWatchesMinutesTheaterUniversityTheatreContemporaryAssociationAuditionsDeanResidentsMonologues Author:Kunal Nayyar
“I always get a little uppity when I hear the phrase 'TV actor.' It's like saying you're a magazine reporter. I was in the theater for ten years before I ever had a TV audition.” YearsLittlesActorsTvsTenTheaterMagazinesPhrasesReportersAuditions Author:Eric McCormack
“My mom always wanted me to be an actor. And I started going to theater and going on auditions young. I only realized about five years ago that I actually didn’t want to be an actor.” WantYearsWantedYoungActorsFiveMomYears AgoTheaterMy MomFive YearsAuditions Author:Angelina Jolie
“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
“I did community theater and kids programs at professional theaters and plays at school and voice lessons for seven years. I stopped because it was so time-consuming. But then I realized that I had access to this world where I could go on auditions. And there wasn't too much of an identity crisis when I started acting professionally because I had been acting longer than I had been writing. It didn't feel new.” WorldFeelsWritingYearsPlayKidsSchoolVoiceCommunityActingToo MuchIdentityThis WorldGoes OnLessonsProgramTheaterCrisisSevenAccessI RealizedAuditionsSeven YearsConsumingIdentity CrisisTime Consuming Author:Tavi Gevinson
“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 married him [Chris Sarandon] my senior year, and after I graduated, he went to the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, and I tagged along and was doing some local modeling and commercials and things like that. A woman named Jane Oliver, who handled Sylvester Stallone, saw Chris at the theater and asked him to come in and audition. We went in and auditioned - he needed someone to read with him. I read with him, and she said, "Well, why don't both of you come back in the fall."” YearsWellsLongSaidFallSawsHavensNeededMarriedTheaterTheatreLocalsSeniorAuditionsModelingJaneSenior YearTaggedNeeded Someone Author:Susan Sarandon
“I loved the movie theater so I always saw a lot of movies. And then there was a play, I saw in the local paper, they were having auditions for a play of a book I had read. Which was One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey. So I said, "oh, I've read this, so I'm perfect for the part of the lead." His name is escaping me.” SaidBookPlayNamesPerfectSawsPaperTheaterLocalsAuditionsNestsFlewEscapingMovie TheaterCuckoosOne Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest Author:Ed O'Neill
“I grew up doing theater when I was very young - always enjoyed it. Studied it in college, got my degree in it, and never really had the guts to do it professionally. But one summer, a friend of mine was with an extras agency and asked me if I wanted to be an extra with him in a movie, and I was, like, "Sure." At lunch, the writer came up to me and asked me to audition for a role. I got it, and it sort of snowballed from there.” IfsWantedYoungRolesMinesCollegeGrewDegreesSummerGrew UpTheaterEnjoyedAgencyExtrasGutsLunchAuditions Author:Italia Ricci
“I changed my major to English and I went off to Fort Collins. And within the first couple of weeks, I noticed that they were having auditions for a production in their theater department. They were going to stage Jean Anouilh's Becket, which was a film I loved, with Peter O'Toole and Richard Burton. So I went down and auditioned, and I got the role. I got the Peter O'Toole part. So here I was, a 19-year-old playing King Henry.” YearsFirstsFilmRolesWeekStageChangedCoupleKingsMajorsTheaterDown AndProductionsDepartmentPeterAuditionsFortsKing Henry Author:Keith Carradine