Sentence examples for read for a role from inspiring English sources

"They asked me if I wanted to read for a role because they knew that I'd done a drag thing at one of my friend's clubs," Arquette said in a 1999 Index Magazine interview.

A lot of it is very political, where an actor can read for a role, and then sometimes there's an offer already out on a name.

After reading for a role on "30 Rock" that went to Elizabeth Banks, Ms. Munn was recommended to the "Perfect Couples" creators Jon Pollack (a former "30 Rock" producer) and Scott Silveri (a producer of "Friends") by Tina Fey, the "30 Rock" creator and star, and Robert Carlock, an executive producer.

By 1995, Mr. Morris said, when Mr. McConaughey was asked to read for a supporting role in "A Time to Kill," Mr. Morris, who had been working for him for nothing as well, urged his friend to "tell them you want to be the lead".

A cold reading is when you receive an excerpt of the script at our audition and are asked to read for a specific role, either with the director or another person auditioning.

I definitely read for a lot of lead roles back then, for sure.

Fuck!" Vanda says as she arrives onstage, hoping to read for the role of Vanda von Dunayev, an emancipated nineteenth-century Continental woman.

She then didn't work for six months, until Spike Lee called to offer her a chance to read for the role of his wife in "Jungle Fever".

After a second audition, Hatcher read for the role in front of network executives.

Alejandro and I had a lot of actresses from Spain read for that role.

I think of her as such a heavy hitter, and I thought, "Oh, what a privilege to hear Octavia Spencer read for this role".