Casting someone capable of the job who also happens to put bums on seats has always been invaluable to a producer.
I've been trying to get cast as a lesbian for years.
When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
Do I think the West End relies too heavily on star names? Yes, I do, and it can result in miscasting and sub-standard stuff. Not always, but occasionally.
With 'Twilight,' I felt the actors needed to be up-and-coming artists that haven't been recognized yet.
The number of Latino roles is very limited, and it's unfortunate there isn't more color-blind casting.
If you work in casting, it's sort of not cool to want to act. A lot of people think that casting directors are frustrated actors, but it wasn't true with any of the casting people I knew.
Casting is sort of like looking at paintings. You don't know what you'll like, but you recognize it when you see it.
You know, what 'New Girl' is doing is they're bringing in really cool people. These are home-run people who aren't your typical guest-star-type people.
It's a weird thing, my shows. I don't know how to describe it, but I feel because I go about the casting process so slowly that it does feel like an instant family.
Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, you're a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which you're trying to get a film financed.
I get told I have a 'period' face quite often. Maybe it's the pale skin but I get a lot of pre-Forties posh roles.
As soon as you start looking into roles which are specifically Asian, Black, or Latina, you start looking at stereotypes. That's the issue minority actors face - it's not that we don't want to play...
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Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
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Silence is only frightening to people who are compulsively verbalizing.