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Allison Jones

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
804 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

Because at that time, Phyllis was going to make like $630 for the day. And that was exciting, SAG scale.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

Yeah, in 2003, right about the time I met Dax Shepard. Yeah.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

Yeah, in 2003, right about the time I met Dax Shepard. Yeah.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

Yeah, in 2003, right about the time I met Dax Shepard. Yeah.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

Okay, good. I wouldn't have a clue. And if somebody says to me, oh, they have so many followers or they're this on Tic Tac, it's not a negative for me, but it means, well, they're not a trained actor. Maybe they're funny. I'll look at a clip and it's like that person's not going to be able to act. And I've been wrong many times. But usually it's a version of that.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

Okay, good. I wouldn't have a clue. And if somebody says to me, oh, they have so many followers or they're this on Tic Tac, it's not a negative for me, but it means, well, they're not a trained actor. Maybe they're funny. I'll look at a clip and it's like that person's not going to be able to act. And I've been wrong many times. But usually it's a version of that.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

Okay, good. I wouldn't have a clue. And if somebody says to me, oh, they have so many followers or they're this on Tic Tac, it's not a negative for me, but it means, well, they're not a trained actor. Maybe they're funny. I'll look at a clip and it's like that person's not going to be able to act. And I've been wrong many times. But usually it's a version of that.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

Almost 100%. Movies have to have a star attached to get it made. To get any financing, you probably need two or three, no matter how low the budget. Even maybe the lower the budget, you need the financiers to say, we got Kristen Bell.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

Almost 100%. Movies have to have a star attached to get it made. To get any financing, you probably need two or three, no matter how low the budget. Even maybe the lower the budget, you need the financiers to say, we got Kristen Bell.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

Almost 100%. Movies have to have a star attached to get it made. To get any financing, you probably need two or three, no matter how low the budget. Even maybe the lower the budget, you need the financiers to say, we got Kristen Bell.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

And TV frequently now for the streamers, they probably have a project attached to like I'm currently doing Bill Lawrence's show with Steve Carell, but we're casting everybody around him.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

And TV frequently now for the streamers, they probably have a project attached to like I'm currently doing Bill Lawrence's show with Steve Carell, but we're casting everybody around him.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

And TV frequently now for the streamers, they probably have a project attached to like I'm currently doing Bill Lawrence's show with Steve Carell, but we're casting everybody around him.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

It's so much more rewarding to give someone a break. Yes.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

It's so much more rewarding to give someone a break. Yes.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

It's so much more rewarding to give someone a break. Yes.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

I don't know about that. I couldn't speak for other people.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

I don't know about that. I couldn't speak for other people.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

I don't know about that. I couldn't speak for other people.

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
Allison Jones (Award-Winning Casting Director)

You might be more of an expert in that than I, but I know that... We all have our favorites based on how we perceive the talent and how they can deliver and how they haven't been given a shot to do it yet. I'll read something and think, oh, this is perfect for Monica Padman or this is perfect for Rory Scovel or something. And they haven't been given that huge shot yet. Yeah.