Local casting is just something I love doing.

- Benh Zeitlin

I've moved into directing as well as acting, and it has taught me never to take casting personally.

- David Morrissey

Casting ethnic characters is a very hard thing to do, but it's important. It's also interesting.

- Darren Aronofsky

Because when you watch U.S. television, all the presenters and reporters, they're all out of central casting.

- Diane Abbott

I feel like a lot of directing is casting.

- Damien Chazelle

Are you casting asparagus on my cooking?

- Curly Howard

Casting is very, very important.

- Ciaran Hinds

I don't like the sterility of the casting office.

- Catherine Hardwicke

The theoretical casting part of movies is the funnest part. You really can imagine so many different versions of a story based on who's embodying it.

- Cary Fukunaga

Every casting director I've met is a woman.

- Cameron Diaz

Disney has the best casting. If he doesn't like an actor he just tears him up.

- Alfred Hitchcock

Casting directors tend to be the unsung heroes in this business.

- Brent Sexton

Casting directors now just see me as the hard-core sniper or prison guard.

- Barry Pepper

Casting directors don't necessarily want a more recognizable commercial face. Sometimes, they want a lesser known person.

- Allyn Rachel

In a way, I don't want to know what's being said in casting offices, because it can get pretty brutal, and I don't want to have to think about the reasons why I don't get one job or do get one job.

- Anne Dudek

It is not like casting me in your movie is going to help you get financing.

- Adam Scott

If you believe that God put you here to act, then you have to be different. Go into casting offices, with something other girls don't have.

- Amber Tamblyn

When a casting agent sees me, he kind of knows what he's getting.

- Alexa Vega

I try to do more intelligent roles, unusual roles, and stronger women, and that's helped me a little bit with my casting opportunities.

- Aisha Tyler

For female directors, there's a whole other set of things we have to think about, particularly when we are casting men, because there are some actors who have never been directed by a woman. Crew members, too.

- Ava DuVernay