Foremost is the casting; you need convincing faces. Most of our films suffer from casting.

I can't change what casting directors do or what producers do. I can only change what I do.

For the gods, though slow to see, see well, whenever a man casting aside worship turns folly.

Radio is the art form of sports casting. If you're any good, you can do a great job on radio.

I believe really deeply in the pilot process because you learn things about tone and casting.

I know how difficult it is for actors to get work, because I did casting for all those years.

I just always wanted to sit in a casting session and see all of the train wrecks that come in.

Generally, nowadays, I'm using my own accent because casting directors want it; they like that.

It would have been an interesting run if we hadn't gotten along! It was good casting, I suppose.

For film, I audition just like everyone else, because it's a different set of casting directors.

Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.

When people walk into our casting room, we do think about what you do outside of being an actor.

I once literally had a casting director ask my agent, 'Can she play anything other than a drunk?'

There are casting directors with lots of imagination, but also some with not as much imagination.

I was out with my friends when a casting agent came up and asked me if I was interested in acting.

Casting sometimes is fate and destiny more than skill and talent, from a director's point of view.

I like interesting casting, and casting people who you think might be slightly different in parts.

It is no good casting out devils. They belong to us, we must accept them and be at peace with them.

I met my agent through a casting director here in Wilmington after I auditioned for a Disney movie.

If a casting breakdown said 'All-American Type' or 'Lead Role,' I knew they weren't thinking of me.

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in 'NewsRadio.'

I kind of pride myself in the fact that when people hire me it's always considered creative casting.

The casting process starts off really scary, especially when you're trying to find a Harriet Tubman.

And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in 'NewsRadio'.

Casting the locals is my primary concern because all the other things you assume will be manageable.

There's a time for casting silver; a time for casting cannon. If that isn't in the red, it should be!

In some cases, the casting directors have casted blindly and have not looked into my ethnic background

The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it's unfortunate there isn't more color-blind casting.

The vengeful hag is played by Ingrid Bergman, which is like casting Eleanor Roosevelt as Lizzie Borden.

Chemistry exists or it doesn't, and I think casting is a very underappreciated component of filmmaking.

You'll find that street casting in America is a lot different than street casting in different nations.

It's not just about casting female protagonists. It's gotta be across the board throughout the industry.

Helping to open up the conversation about inclusion and diversity in casting has been a dream come true.

To me, casting is all about finding a character within the actor off the screen as much as on the screen.

If you get into multicultural sort of casting for no other reason than to diversify, then it seems false.

It's really cool going into a casting room and having them know who you are and the work that you've done.

Cautious, careful people, always casting about to preserve their reputations... can never effect a reform.

AMC has a track record for finding actors who have been working actors but not names yet and casting them.

I keep saying this, but the most important part of directing is casting, and the rest of it is pretty easy.

I've done auditions where the casting director is taking the paper out of my hand in the middle of reading.

The casting couch? There's only one of us who ever made it to stardom without it, and that was Bette Davis.

Because when you watch US television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.

If you build a robot, you're welding, machining sculpting, casting, dealing with electronics and hydraulics.

Casting couch is not just a man's fault. It is important to say this because we blame the other side always.

Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.

Why are we casting all these stand-up comedians to do 'Breaking Bad,' one of the most dramatic TV shows ever?

We have a particular philosophy in the casting room that we don't really tell the actors - the actors tell us.

I've been at this a long time, but commercials are what hit for me. Casting directors watch those commercials.

It might sound cowardly, but I do agree that if you speak out about the casting couch, it will end your career.

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