Audition Quotes

“My life has been one big audition.”
― Elizabeth Eulberg, Take a Bow

“Staying level with Tess was going to require fast thinking, which was mighty difficult considering all the blood he needed for said thought processes was now hurtling south.

“What would this job involve?”

“Only one task. Make. Me. Believe.”

“That I’m your fiancé?”

Cue her smile, sly and sexy. First time she’d let him in on that action, too. “That you want me more than your next breath.”

If she moved forward a couple of inches, his boner would make her believe.”
― Kate Meader, Even the Score

“It seems to me that every day
Is an audition.”
― Stasia Ward Kehoe, Audition

“I wish I could concentrate on dancing
Instead of spending so much time pretending
I am still in junior high
But with Rem, I want to be sixteen
Or, like Alice in Wonderland,
Sometimes smaller,
Sometimes bigger still.”
― Stasia Ward Kehoe, Audition

“Improvisation is the power of spontaneous observation.”
― Wyatt Pringle

“Four laughs vibrate in harmony,
Warm
Delicious
Real.”
― Stasia Ward Kehoe, Audition

“What are you doing?” Tara always has a perma-smile, like she’s constantly auditioning for an ad for Crest toothpaste, and she turns it on me now.”
― Lauren Oliver, Before I Fall

“A rugged-looking fellow with long, curly black hair loosened his jaw by repeating the phrase, “red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather.” I wondered if that was a secret exercise actors did before kissing scenes [Cram, Cusi, "‘One Life to Live’ and 14 Beautiful Boys to Kiss," Cafe, January 14, 2015].”
― Cusi Cram

“The main goal of an audition is to prepare, execute what you have prepared and walk away without any regrets.”
― Jeremy Kruse, The Young Actor's Handbook

“The potential for your artistry when truly tapped, will evoke certain specific reactions in the body, such as temperature change, a flight or fight response and even a change in saliva production. If you can commit to your craft this deeply, the level of specificity and authenticity of your performance will scale new heights.”
― Murisa Harba Durrant, Acting With Energy: Creating Brilliance Take After Take

“4. Who cares if you can nail your performance once. I want you to be able to do it over and over, as you would on set when they move from the master shot to the medium shot to the close up and then do the same thing again in the turnaround. That would be impressive to me.  ”
― Murisa Harba Durrant, Acting With Energy: Creating Brilliance Take After Take

“Who cares if you can nail your performance once. I want you to be able to do it over and over, as you would on set when they move from the master shot to the medium shot to the close up and then do the same thing again in the turnaround. That would be impressive to me.  ”
― Murisa Harba Durrant, Acting With Energy: Creating Brilliance Take After Take

“If others qualify, it's a great going; if an auditor qualifies, it's not.”
― Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma, Debit Credit of Life: from the good books of accounts

“Do you have a light?" she asked.
"Hmm? Oh, yeah, sure." He reached into his watch pocket and pulled out an old, battered Zippo. He flipped up the lid and lit it, holding it out to her with his free hand cupped to block the light breeze.
Janet inhaled a long, grateful drag. "You cannot imagine how much I needed this," she said, glancing back at her savior. He shrugged, lighting his own. They stood, smoking in silence. Then the silence seemed less companionable to Janet. Then it became uncomfortable. "I'm very nervous," she blurted out. "This is the first time I've done this."
He nodded, encouragingly. "You're very good at it. Most people cough their first time.”
― Brett D. Hainley

“And for this drama of life,
Neither make-up, nor false emotions
Suffice.
What is necessary
Is simply being truthful
To your own self.”
― Neelam Saxena Chandra, Garden of Fragility