My only intention is to just have a little bit more success so that my career is easier and I don't have to work so hard just to get a job.
Madeline ZimaMy sisters are my best friends and my most staunch supporters. They're always there to help me through every audition, through interviews and through everything. They are the best things in my life, and I would be completely lost without them.
Madeline ZimaI like living in California. I think it's the best state, although we're supposedly the most hated state of all.
Madeline ZimaWhen you do well at an audition, it is the highest high you can achieve because you just beat yourself. You became whatever it was, for a minute. It's a great feeling, when that happens.
Madeline ZimaThe stakes are so high because auditions are make or break. You get the job or you don't. The stakes are about as high as they get, for yourself and your own self-esteem.
Madeline ZimaCertain roles, I just won't invest in. I'll go in and audition, but I might not spend five hours trying to figure out what the character is really about or go so deep into it. I might just learn the lines and go in and try my best because I know it's not safe for me to love the character or to fall in love with the idea of the role.
Madeline Zima