Failed Audition Quotes

#1. As evidenced during my failed audition, I'm a thorough introvert who would completely hate living in a 'Real World' house. I would have taken my Ikea comforter to the confessional room and never come out.

Andrea Seigel

#2. "From what I have seen here," remarked Sancho, "justice is so good a thing that even robbers find it necessary."

Miguel De Cervantes

#3. I went to an audition for a Harry Belafonte Roaring Twenties special for choreographer Donald McKayle, but I failed.

Judith Jamison

#4. When the court is arrayed in splendor, The fields are full of weeds, And the granaries are empty. Some wear gorgeous clothes, Carry sharp swords, And indulge in food and drink; They have more possessions than they can use. They are robber barons. This is certainly not the way of Tao.

Lao-Tzu

#5. If you hate yourself and your desires, well, you know, God is your desires and God is your self. As long as you hate God, you'll never realize God.

Frederick Lenz

#6. I failed the audition to get into drama school.

Peter Capaldi

#7. I just try to get along with people and show the love that I would like to be shown to me.

Martin Lawrence

#8. With them the individual counted for nothing. No one was irreplaceable, because they drew no distinction between one man and another... In this community there was harmony, but no love.

Michael Ende

#9. Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly.

Will Thomas

#10. True beauty is a ray
That springs from the sacred depths of the soul,
and illuminates the body, just as life
springs from the kernel of a stone and
gives colour and scent to a flower.

Kahlil Gibran

#11. Yet none use their words more recklessly than the strong, who have not been sobered by the rebuffs and uncertainties of life.

George A. Smith

#12. 'Red Band Society' is inspiring, funny, and an uplifting story that makes you want to make the most of your life, love and live to the fullest, and that's a great message.

Nolan Sotillo

#13. To all the women that I've offended, I had no intention to be offensive, to violate any physical or emotional space. I was trying to establish personal relationships, but the combination of awkwardness and hubris led to behavior that I think many found offensive.

Bob Filner

#14. 'iCarly' was one of my first major jobs, actually. I went into that audition and completely failed at it. I completely bombed ... I forgot my lines. When I forget my lines, I kind of get angry. They had me do it again; I remembered them, and I booked it.

Matthew Moy

#15. I think it's interesting to see how things come into and go out of fashion.

John Hurt

#16. The American experience influenced my understanding of individuality, basic human rights, freedom of expression and the rights and responsibilities of citizens.

Ai Weiwei