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Actors on Acting

Over the years, some of the world’s most successful actors have shared their insights and advice on acting and their careers.
In this category, you’ll find articles on actors who share their thoughts on a wide range of acting topics, including:

  • What it means to be an actor
  • Different approaches to acting
  • How to prepare for a role
  • How to work with directors and other actors
  • How to deal with rejection and failure
  • And much more!

Whether you’re just starting out or a working actor, there is something for everyone in this category.

Don’t Expect Michael Pitt to Don Superhero Wardrobe Anytime Soon, He Prefers his Indie Career

Michael Pitt has had a quirky career jumping from Dawson’s Creek to a successful stint in indie film with directors like Gus Van Sant, Bernardo Bertolucci and Michael Haneke. This summer, he’s headed to more mainstream fare with I Origins. The film portrays the story of a molecular scientist who

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‘True Blood’ Star Nelsan Ellis Speaks his Mind on Luke Grimes Exit from the Show over Gay Storyline

Even though True Blood is halfway through its final season, fans are rejoicing that lonely Lafayette finally gets his day of happiness. Actor Nelsan Ellis talked to Vulture about why his final romantic arc is so important to him. He explained, “I’m a very lucky actor, because this is my

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Scarlett Johansson on ‘Lucy’: “I think of myself as an actor for hire and I think of my career as being freeform”

Though Scarlett Johansson has been kicking butt in The Avengers movies as Black Widow, she has tended to star in dramatic films since her 2003 movie breakthrough Lost in Translation. However, in Lucy Johansson is finally starring as the lead in her first all-out action movie, which is directed by

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Zach Braff on His Polarizing Work and “Scrub” Status in the Industry: “I don’t need to get 200 million people to see what I’m doing”

Zach Braff has gone from a fan favorite actor on the cult TV series Scrubs to indie filmmaker and Broadway star in only a few short years. While Braff has gained thousands of fans in the meantime, he also remains a target of ridicule for using Kickstarter to partially fund

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Christopher Eccleston on Keeping Quiet About his Religious Beliefs and The Hardest Scene to Shoot in ‘The Leftovers’

Christopher Eccleston is no stranger to TV — after all, he is the actor who brought Doctor Who back to life after a sixteen year absence and was also on another cult favorite TV series, Heroes — and he recently returned to the small screen in the HBO series The

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Angela Bassett Makes Directorial Debut With a Very Personal Project about Whitney Houston

Angela Bassett struck up a friendship with Whitney Houtson back in 1995 when they shot Waiting to Exhale. Looking to make her directorial debut, the 55-year-old actress chose to make a project very close to her heart. She will be directing the biopic Whitney Houston for Lifetime. She talked to Entertainment

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True Blood’s Joe Manganiello: “If you do the math, in a final season, you want to kill as many people as possible”

If you haven’t seen the Season 7, Episode 3 of True Blood yet, this is your warning…spoilers ahead. Joe Manganiello said goodbye to True Blood last Sunday as his character Alcide was killed by a lynch mob in Bon Temps. The death was foreshadowed in Episode 2, but viewers had

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Don Cheadle Doesn’t Rest on the Success Of His Career: “I always feel like I’m grinding”

Don Cheadle is an actor’s actor. He comes in quietly, does consistently excellent work and then retreats back to his private life. His next project is one that he’s wanted to do for years, Miles Ahead, about the life of musician Miles Davis. Cheadle is writing, starring and directing the

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