It was a total accident that I walked into my 'Super 8' audition looking exactly right for the part.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
If I said to most of the people who auditioned, 'Good job, awesome, well done,' it would have made me actually look and feel ridiculous. It's quite obvious most of the people who turned up for this audition were hopeless.
Many's the audition I waltzed into unprepared and wondered why I didn't get it. I learned the hard way.
With 'The Leftovers,' I was actually super, super lucky. It was my first major audition. When I came out, the casting director was kissing me on the face, and I was like, 'Oh, that's probably a good sign.'
I was lucky - the first eight productions I auditioned for, I got cast.
There are several times when I walked into a room and just felt like such a sham. That's the problem with auditioning.
I wish I knew that when I go in for an audition and I don't get the part, it actually doesn't have to do with me on a personal level.
Auditioning is the most terrifying thing I've ever done. There must have been four or five of them where I completely froze up and walked out of the room. My palms get sweaty just thinking about it.
Every audition I get, I agonise over and I put everything I can into it.
My first audition was the worst I have ever done, ever.
I think I was first choice for the part. I don't know - that's what they always tell you anyway. I didn't have to do any audition for the part. Sam saw me in Dinner and the whole thing slipped into place.