Andrew Keenan-Bolger Quotes

I think anyone doing an interview is to some extent on show. And therefore, we always want to put on our best face.

A word of advice: your interview is about you. It's not about the school you went to, what you majored in, what your GPA was, or who your parents happen to be or know. Most of that stuff is right on your resume, and it might even have gotten you into the room, but it won't get you much farther.

You know, there's that temptation in interviews to make yourself sound - well, to give yourself a bit of mystery.

There comes a moment during a job interview when you're still talking, but you might as well take off your shoes.

I don't have the looks to compete at a bar, and I'm not that funny. So the last thing I want is to be in a situation where that's what I'm competing on. I'd rather be on OkCupid or Match, where I can write a 300-word essay about myself that's really good.

My whole life, meeting people is like a blind date, because I feel like they've already seen the video on me.

I put my best foot forward to make the best impression I could have, and it's been serving me well ever since.

When you are presenting yourself, confidence is very important.

There's a lot of pressure to chitchat with the audience. But when they're in school, people don't want to get up in front of their classroom when they have to talk about themselves or a project.

I look at an audience kind of like meeting my in-laws for the first time. You want to be yourself, but you still want to be somebody that they like. When I go on the stage each night, I try my best to outguess my audience.

When I meet somebody I want to leave a better impression than when I got there.

My theory about meeting people,' he said,'is that it's better not to make a really good first impression. Because it's all downhill from there. You're always having to live up to that first impression, which was just an illusion.

People build themselves up before you even have to deal with them.

I used to be quite laid back and that. But obviously the more you're in the public eye, the more you've got to... dress to impress.

Interviews are difficult.

Always look nice because you never know who you'll run into that you have to leave an impression on.

I think, going into a room for an audition, the best thing you can do is represent who you are specifically as an individual and what you can bring to a creative process in a room - as opposed to being worried about 'where you fit' - because that's really their job to decide where you fit. Your job is to just present the best 'you' you can.

Job applications are an aesthetic event. They are performance art. They are not about proving you are smart - well, maybe your writing sample does that, but even then, the main point is to get an interview.

For me, it's important that as you're introducing yourself, you show different dimensions.

It's crazy to feel like you have to sell yourself and just, like, be almost... marketable. I'd never thought of it that way.

I think if I'm with a friend group, I try to be as funny as possible, and I don't always succeed, obviously.

I have always tried to market myself.

Nothing is as exciting - or as nerve-wracking - as being the new girl. Whether it's your first day of school or you're starting a dream job, if there's one thing that makes a first impression a lot less daunting, it's a really, really good hair day.

Your goal as a candidate - define others before they can define you.

I'm intrigued by people who are super adept at manipulating their own image. We all do it to a certain extent.