Little by little, when I was doing auditions in New York, I discovered I was good. People there were enthusiastic.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always done pretty well in auditions. I just go in and give it my best shot.
I've been acting since second grade, and I just remember when I first moved to New York and I was living in Washington Heights with three other actors in this tiny apartment and busting my butt to get to the subway, walking to, like, five auditions in a day.
I have had so many bad auditions.
Miss Goodblatt would call on me to read. She said I had a talent. So on a whim, I auditioned for the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan.
I had just arrived in New York from California. I was nineteen years old and excited beyond belief. I was an art student and an acting student and behaved as most young actors did - meaning that there was no such thing as a good actor, 'cause you yourself hadn't shown up yet.
I went through the process of auditioning like every other struggling actress in this town.
I was on vacation in New York when my agent called asking if I wanted to go right in and audition for 'Billy Elliot,' so I was lucky to be there.
Many's the audition I waltzed into unprepared and wondered why I didn't get it. I learned the hard way.
I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
Just getting auditions was rough. But also just learning how to act - when I did my first role, in a film I did which was a favour to a friend, I realised I was really bad at it.