I suppose they had me act or read something... Maybe they gave me a small scene, the typical things they have you do at an audition.

貌似他们也让我略微即兴表演或朗诵了一小段；或者让我表演一段试镜中常有的场景什么的。

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I was getting help for the audition from a friend of mine. She said I really had a good chance of getting this character because he's so much like me in so many ways.

我在面试时一个朋友鼓励我说：你真的有一个很好的机会得到这个角色，这个角色在一些方面真的和你很像。

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"There was zero question in my mind to audition for the series of ads, because I had been a user of Apple products early on, " Hodgman tells me, seated behind an old grand piano that he'll end up playing with the soles of his shoes before the end of the shoot.

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