Casting Quotes - Page 14

• Historically, the minority party in Congress votes against raising the debt limit, forcing the majority party to whip its members into casting politically painful votes in favor.

  Peter Welch

  Party, Favors, Limits

  "Playing chicken with U.S. economy". www.politico.com. March 17, 2011.

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• I do notice that when I come in to meet casting people, they love that I'm Australian. Maybe it's our good work ethic.

  Rebel Wilson

  People, Work Ethic, Ethics

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• When a casting agent sees me, he kind of knows what he's getting.

  Alexa Vega

  Agents, Kind, Knows

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.

  Victoria Gotti

  Father, Real, Saws

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• Casting Captain America is really casting two roles... Steve Rogers before and after the transformation from 98 pound weakling to perfect physical specimen. I can't divulge how we're going to do it, but the performance will be Chris Evans from beginning to end.

  Joe Johnston

  Two, America, Perfect

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• I used to put that I studied with Stella Adler on my resume. I never met Stella Adler. But if you told a casting director you studied with Stella Adler all the sudden they'd let you in the door.

  Billy Bob Thornton

  Doors, Directors, Used

  Source: www.hollywoodreporter.com

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

  Diane Abbott

  Watches, Television, Reporters

  "Politicians interview pundits: Diane Abbott and Nick Robinson". Interview with Nick Robinson, www.theguardian.com. September 25, 2009.

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• I think all races are represented in America much more than in many other places, but it's also nice to remind people about that ethnic mix. I would like to see more black models and women from different ethnic backgrounds, but I also think that when you are casting, you just choose the most beautiful girl you can find.

  Diane von Furstenberg

  Beautiful, Girl, Nice

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• I'm not trying to climb a ladder - I'm casting a bit of a net.

  Neil Patrick Harris

  Trying, Ladders, Climbs

  "Neil Patrick Harris is just keeping busy". Interview with T.L. Stanley, articles.latimes.com. July 15, 2011.

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• My castings sort of go in phases. There'll be several icy professional parts - a lawyer or a cop. And then there'll be the intelligent-but-wounded group and then the period things. It goes in sequence.

  Laura Linney

  Intelligent, Groups, Icy

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• There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe.

  Jason Mraz

  Song, Love You, Generosity

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• I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go - casting, the artwork, everything - I'm completely hands-on. You have to be if you want your points across.

  Pink

  Hands, Video, Want

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• My mom and dad were actors when they were younger and had a horrible experience of it. My dad became a literary agent and my mom a casting director.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Mom, Dad, Actors

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• I've always thought that as long as directors and casting directors don't see me as just Harry Potter, I'll be OK. People have shown a lot of faith in me, and I owe them a huge debt. They're letting me prove that I'm serious about this.

  Daniel Radcliffe

  Long, People, Directors

  "Daniel Radcliffe takes steps to 'Succeed' after 'Harry Potter'" by Elysa Gardner, usatoday30.usatoday.com. March 14, 2011.

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• I've had the opportunity to work with so many great directors. Different styles, as well, like Gus Van Sant. He just does the casting and the milieu and let's you do your thing, quietly. Bertolucci, who can talk to you about your internal world in quite a creative way or just say, 'Well, put your hand over here.'

  Keanu Reeves

  Opportunity, Hands, Creative

  "Q&A: Keanu Reeves on Making His First Movie, Man of Tai Chi". Interview with Calum Marsh, www.esquire.com. September 12, 2013.

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• When it comes to casting, I've been so lucky. I've worked with unbelievable actors who make me look better than I am and take the written word and make it honest.

  Jason Reitman

  Lucky, Looks, Actors

  "Jason Reitman Made Unmakeable Young Adult for $12 Million". Interview with Anne Thompson, www.indiewire.com. December 05, 2011.

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• If you put up posters around town for high-school kids, high-school kids will come. If you're casting politicians, you can't put up posters and have politicians come down.

  Gus Van Sant

  School, Kids, Towns

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• President Obama is casting his lot in the middle of a debate as old as America itself: Are we rugged individualists pulling ourselves up by the bootstraps? Or are we a nation of community, all connected and counting on one another?

  Ron Fournier

  America, Community, President

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• Casting is a long process for me. I take a lot of time.

  Jodie Foster

  Long, Process

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• A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.

  Ben Affleck

  Mom, Jobs, Couple

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• A friend told me about the casting notice for 'Queer Eye.' I was in Chicago and I had a contract with 'Esquire' magazine, so had been coming to New York City regularly and thought I'd catch a cheap flight, crash on a friend's sofa and do this hilarious audition that I had no chance of winning.

  Ted Allen

  New York, Eye, Winning

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I'm flatchested, I'm short, I'm brunette, I have droopy eyes, and so people have a hard time casting me as a 'beauty.'

  Selma Blair

  Eye, Hard Times, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 'Drive' came to me because the casting director knew my manager and called and said, 'You've always talked to me about Albert wanting to play the heavy. I think he should read this.' My ears just perked up.

  Albert Brooks

  Thinking, Play, Directors

  "Albert Brooks Talks DRIVE, TAXI DRIVER, Improvising, Future Projects, Where’s the DEFENDING YOUR LIFE Blu-ray & Turning Down Roles". Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 31, 2011.

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• When I started out modeling, there weren’t casting directors and there weren’t stylists, so you just dealt directly with the designer. We were all much closer back then...

  Naomi Campbell

  Directors, Stylist, Designer

  Interview Magazine Intreview, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 12, 2013.

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• Novelists are not equipped to make a movie, in my opinion. They make their own movie when they write: they're casting, they're dressing the scene, they're working out where the energy of the scene is coming from and they're also relying tremendously on the creative imagination of the reader.

  John le Carre

  Writing, Work Out, Imagination

  "John le Carré at the NFT". Interview with Adrian Wootton, www.theguardian.com. October 5, 2002.

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