Deborah Kara Unger Quotes

About her role in Crash: Shifted me as an individual? I was almost more inspired as an individual than as an actor.

When I graduated from high school, I had artistic and academic scholarships, and I was trying to figure out what to do. I decided to audition for the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, Juillard and the National Institute of Dramatic Arts in Sydney, Australia. As it happened, the National Institute`s were the first auditions because their seasons are the opposite of ours. I phoned them and said, `What is required?` and I remember this very, very taciturn secretary said, `Well, darling, basically you gotta be able to breathe and speak and be believable.` And I thought to myself, Faaaantastic! I happened to get in, and there`s about 3,000 people who audition and they accept between 12 and 15 and I was their first Canadian. So I decided to not look a gift horse in the mouth.

I actually love auditioning because I usually don`t get the part. I`ve tested with Daniel Day-Lewis, De Niro, Pacino, Tom Cruise. So I`ve gotten to that point, and I understand when I don`t get it. There are a lot of very talented people out there.

I`m not investigated as much as I get to investigate other people.