Casting is 50% of your task. If you cast well, you're halfway through.
Casting is so important in horror. It's so important to have strong actors to tell a story because, if you don't believe in the character, how can you be scared for them?
People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.
Every credible scientist on earth says your products harm the environment. I recommend paying weasels to write articles casting doubt on the data. Then eat the wrong kind of foods and hope you die before the earth does.
You know, I have never had a casting couch proposition in my life. I thought there was something wrong with me.
George Lucas was casting about and had heard favourable things about my work in Clockwork Orange and asked me to come in, which of course I did even though no one knew what the film was about!
Casting can be heartbreaking. Dealing with the disappointment is the hardest part.
Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. . . . I have 10 or so, and thats a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them.
You don't have the economy of scale of building a set once and casting once. You blow up the world, basically, at the end of each episode.
Casting is really exciting. With 'Twilight,' I wasn't involved at all with the casting in the original. They kept me in the loop, which was great. They'd be like, 'Hey Kristen Stewart's gonna do it' and I was like, 'Really? Awesome. '
I realized it wasn't necessary to work in the traditional methods of carving and casting.
Asian people are very practical and come from a conservative world. The parents want their kids to be doctors and lawyers. There are casting calls for Asian children, but once the parents find out the children might miss school, they're opposed to it.
Finally, I was called for "The Office" and I was really lucky, because a lot of the shows that I went out for I would work my way up from, like, an audition with the casting director to the director to the producers to the studio, I'd go through seven auditions, and then they'd give the role to a famous actress.
Sharing laughter is a way of casting delight to the wind so it blows everywhere and to everyone.
I probably drive casting people crazy because I'm not thinking about actors so much as real people.
And I met Paul Simms while I was making 'It's Pat', and he later wound up casting me in 'NewsRadio'.
Personally, I don't tend to go into casting sessions. I try not to have a preconceived notion in my head because it just reduces my options or ability to find someone cool.
I wouldn't take on the project unless I could have complete creative control in casting.
I think as far as straight actors playing gay roles, "Brokeback Mountain" was a big breakthrough. I'm pretty sure when they were casting that movie that - I think the story is, like you know, 10 to 15 other actors turned it down.
I guess my height has hurt me as much as it's helped me. In comedy people don't mind casting tall women next to shorter men. It adds to the humour.