“You can never fight for a part or can't beg them to do another auditio...” — Rita Moreno Quote

“You can never fight for a part or can't beg them to do another audition. You can try, but that rarely works.”

“When I was in my teens and into my early 20s, I had acne. I used to get those big purple jobs, but not a lot of them, thank goodness, because you really couldn't see them in the films that I did.”

“I first became aware of Gina Rodriguez when she was just starting out starring on 'Jane the Virgin,' and a friend sent me an article in which she mentioned me.”

“When I go to audition for voiceovers, I do dress as if I'm going to an on-camera audition because that's my way of showing that I do care and it means something to me.”

“There've been times where, like when I auditioned for 'Akeelah,' I think in the first audition I was a little bit afraid because it was, you know, I had seen girls in there that I had seen on TV before, and I was like, 'Man, I might as well just walk out of here now because I'm just a newcomer,' and this and that.”

“Whenever I audition, I don't get nervous. I think, 'If I get it, I get it. If I don't, I don't.”