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I don't know what I'm qualified to do, film-wise... So it's really down to a director or a casting director to find something that they think I could do.

I didn't really know what I wanted to do, and then I got this call from a casting director in Los Angeles. She remembered me from something years before, and she called my mom wanting me to audition for this thing.

I've now been doing this for ten years, and I actually got to skip a stage of going to casting directors, and now I meet with the directors, either for lunch or an audition room, and I still read sides; you're never going to get around that, but I'm not the best person to go on an audition.

If you're an actor and you don't get cast in stuff a lot, then put together a show or hold play-reading nights at your apartment. Make your own opportunities.

A friend of my mom's was a casting director so, really as kind of a lark, I had a couple of acting jobs that had just enough exposure to give me the option to continue if I wanted to. I followed through with it.

I've done auditions where the casting director is taking the paper out of my hand in the middle of reading.

I grew up seeing my sister in the studio. I would go to recording sessions and take notes.

I got into acting to get my foot in the door for film-making.

My big break was becoming the spokesperson for Texas Instruments. Casting directors really started giving me a chance to read for projects.