Michael Mosley Quotes

A casting director who'd cast me in 'Assassins' sent a video to Kevin Reynolds, the director, and Mel Gibson, whose company is producing '187.' Then I went in and auditioned, and a few hours later, they called me.

I tried softball and soccer. I just didn't take as much of a liking to it as I did sitting in a movie theater and watching people recreate a story, and doing it myself, as well.

Stage is definitely my home first and foremost - I still feel like I'm yet to earn my stripes on set.

I was Aladdin, and then I was Captain Von Trapp from 'Sound Of Music' when I was 7 or 8, and then King Arthur. I was always the lead. I've always enjoyed being onstage, acting obnoxious, being someone that wasn't me, hiding behind a character.

We chose the actors thru a series of auditions when we started the show.

I taped my original audition for 'Fargo' with my agency in Chicago, Stewart Talent.

I read a script and I know immediately whether that role is for me or not.

I have a secret aspiration to be considered for a part where it doesn't matter what you look like to play it.

I didn't audition for 'Fargo.' It was a straight offer.

Most of the auditions I went on, I passed up the projects because I just wasn't interested. When I read A Knight's Tale, that was that. I knew I wanted to do this movie.

When I read the script for Will & Grace in 1998, I knew I was the only guy for the part.

I went along to the audition and I had one page of lines, and I didn't think it went particularly well.

It just so happened that my agent called and said, 'There's this movie 'Pitch Perfect.' Here are the sides.' I think I originally read for Bumper, because Donald didn't have much in the script, so I read all Bumper's lines. I beatboxed for them, because that's what my character was supposed to do. And then I was like, 'By the way, I rap.'

I received a phone call; my agent got a phone call from Ryan Murphy saying he wanted to talk to me... And he basically outlined 'American Horror Story' for me and said that there's a character named Larry the Burn Guy, and I'd like you to play it.

I would definitely do TV, at the drop of a hat, if I was offered a good role.

The first time I met Garry Shandling was my audition for 'The Larry Sanders Show,' with Garry and his casting director Francine Maisler. I can recall every minute of it. He was gracious and kind, and he read with me. He was terrific.

My first time in front of a camera, I said, 'Wonder Woman, I'm so glad you're here.' That's how I made a living.

I just auditioned for 'The Wire' like I just auditioned for any other job.

I love 'Insecure.' I want to play Issa Rae's sister. I do know Issa Rae, but we ain't besties or nothing.

I fought my way into an audition on 'Ghost.'

My first audition for 'The Magicians' came up in conversation with a close friend who, right then, handed me the first book.

My entire family, we were obsessed with 'Glee,' so when I got an audition, I was freaking out. But I knew exactly what to do, I had watched the show so many times.

Well, the hard part about doing auditions is that the person reading you the lines, they're not really into it. They're just going, 'Oh really, so why do you think that?' And they're just looking at a piece of paper.

There is an audition floating around somewhere that I did for 'Bates Motel.'

I never was interested in acting, and I never became good at it.