My very first audition was on the lot of Paramount, and I was put on tape and it was very nerve-racking. I think it was about 15 pages.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I used to audition like crazy - I would go on a hundred before I got anything. It took me a long time to get any jobs at all. It was hard until I booked 'Galaxy Quest,' and then it started to get easier.
I can't imagine how many first performances I've done, perhaps 500. Some of them have been very good, and some of course very bad.
I taped my original audition for 'Fargo' with my agency in Chicago, Stewart Talent.
My first audition was the worst I have ever done, ever.
Many's the audition I waltzed into unprepared and wondered why I didn't get it. I learned the hard way.
On the day of the audition for 'Sullivan and Son,' I had three other auditions all around Los Angeles. It was so hectic. I remember changing in my car before I went in to read.
I had sent out 100 audition tapes within 365 days, and then I got the 'Dope' audition. When I sent that out, two days later my manager called me and said they wanted to fly me out to L.A. to audition.
Whenever you go into an audition, you have to be as prepared as possible.
I was in musical theater when I first started, so there was always both acting and singing. But as far as getting a record deal, that took time. The majority of that time, I was acting.
I went along to the audition and I had one page of lines, and I didn't think it went particularly well.