11.   Here, then, are a half-dozen examples of why casting directors for new Off Broadway plays may be the luckiest people in town.

12.   It was Reuben Cannon, a veteran casting director in Hollywood, and the dad of a good friend.

13.   Jacobs praises the speed and efficiency of on-line casting services where actors and agents post resumes, photographs and video clips for viewing by casting directors like himself.

14.   Just ask the Broadway casting directors who have to scour the earth for candidates.

15.   Leconte too took a risk by casting Bosnian director Emil Kusturica in the pivotal role of Neel, his first screen acting assignment.

16.   Ms. Shulman added that most casting directors have been widening their networks of scouts to places they would not have considered before.

17.   No Hollywood casting director could have conjured up a more prototypical Southern senator than Ervin.

18.   Not an easy role to fill, said a major independent Hollywood casting director, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

19.   Once in the sparse audition rooms, actors must sing with passion or emote for one to three casting directors.

20.   Penn as Eddie, a Hollywood casting director on the skids, eviscerates himself in a stunning performance full of tears, snarls and dripping nostrils.