"When we auditioned, they literally went crazy," Louis recalled.
"When we auditioned Jonas, we asked if he was from East or West [Berlin].
However, when we auditioned for the part of Jesse in New York, each of the 17 actors we saw asked the casting director about my colour and nationality - they could not distinguish either from the text.
When we auditioned and invited those four actresses they each said "it's me!" Her character I knew really well it has a lot of parts of me, and situations I was in life and relationships I was in life and one of the things that was difficult, if you're talking about relationships that didn't work is that you don't really understand the other side.
I first came across Laurence when we both auditioned for The Hole.
"When we were auditioning for the other two girls, I was, like, 'Make sure she's tiny enough for it to be funny when she's next to me.' " She reflected for a moment.
When we were auditioning actors for Enron, they'd talk to the director, not to me, and it occurred to me they thought I was a secretary taking notes.
When we were auditioning actors, some went, 'Oh, is this this internety thing?'" A few years later, in 2003, Lucy Prebble's The Sugar Syndrome looked at the multitude of temptations – mostly pornographic – available online; while three years later, Enda Walsh's Chatroom showed a suicide spurred on by cyberbullying.
I was asked by a fan why all of the alien guest stars are humanoid in shape -- to which I responded, "When we start auditioning actors who aren't humanoid in shape, that will change".
