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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.

‘Twilight’ Star Robert Pattinson Is Ready to Put His Paparazzi Days Behind Him

Robert Pattinson has been more famous for his former relationship with Twilight co-star Kristen Stewart than he’s been for his acting career. The 28-year-old actor is trying to change all of that. He recently shared with the Associated Press, “I’m just trying to not be in stupid gossip magazines, basically, and […]

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‘NCIS’ Star Barrett Foa on Spending His Summer Break Doing an Off-Broadway Play: “This is my vacation”

After shooting 24 episodes of NCIS: Los Angeles a season, most actors would take a break once production has wrapped. A few might do a small movie role or a commercial, but nothing that would take up too much into their off-time. Not many would do what Barrett Foa is

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Gedde “Long Duk Dong” Watanabe on Duping John Hughes to Get His Famed ‘Sixteen Candles’ Role

No director has ever offered teenager actors such well-written parts in movies as John Hughes, who is best remembered for writing and directing the “Brat Pack” films Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, as well as writing Pretty in Pink. Nonetheless, though known for writing substantial roles

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Marion Cotillard Shares the Challenges of Acting in a Foreign Language: “You cannot act if you don’t know exactly what you say”

As the Cannes Film Festival heats up in France, an entry in last year’s festival is finally seeing the light of day. The Immigrant, starring Marion Cotillard and Joaquin Phoenix, follows the story of a Polish woman who immigrates to New York only to be sucked into prostitution. Much of

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‘X-Men’ Star James McAvoy Talks Hair, Patrick Stewart and How YouTube Helped Him Portray Professor Xavier (video)

The summer blockbuster season is here and one of the most eagerly anticipated films is X-Men: Days of Future Past. James McAvoy, who plays the young version of Professor Xavier, talked about what it is like to be a part of a huge franchise and to share a role with

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‘Bullets Over Broadway’ Star Nick Cordero Talks About His Striking Height, Pink Socks and Playing a Mafioso

Nick Cordero is an unusual figure in the Broadway musical theatre community. Standing at a striking 6 feet, 5 inches tall, the actor is currently playing a mafioso named Cheech in Woody Allen‘s Bullets Over Broadway. Even though he’s had successful runs in Rock of Ages and The Toxic Avenger,

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Christina Hendricks on ‘God’s Pocket’ and Remembering Philip Seymour Hoffman: Some scenes “still stand out in Technicolor”

Christina Hendricks might have been on a summer break from Mad Men when she shot the film God’s Pocket, but she didn’t take a break from one of her co-stars. John Slattery directed the Sundance-premiered indie film that also starred the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hendricks reminisced with Vulture about the

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Broadway Veteran Christopher Sieber on Being the Go-To Guy for Quick Replacement Roles: “You don’t have time to cry”

Christopher Sieber has quite a reputation in the Broadway community. It’s a good one, but an unusual one. He’s become the go-to guy when a show needs a replacement quickly. Recently, he replaced Tony-nominated Terrence Mann as King Charles in Pippin without having seen the production or even auditioning. He said,

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Courtney Reed of Broadway’s ‘Aladdin’ on Being an Actor of Mixed Ethnicity: “They have a hard time putting you in certain categories”

Most young girls have their favorite Disney princess character, but few of them have the opportunity to play that princess on the Broadway stage. Courtney Reed, who plays Jasmine in the Broadway version of Aladdin, is one of those exceptions. Reed managed to find a moment in between playing sold

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Chris Colfer on Writing a ‘Glee’ Episode: “It was definitely an opportunity I couldn’t turn down”

After six seasons on the FOX show, Glee, Chris Colfer is taking his career to the next level. In addition to playing Kurt on the musical series, the 23-year-old actor was given the opportunity to write an episode of the show. While this wasn’t his first time as a writer,

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Harry Hamlin on his First ‘Mad Men’ Audition and Taking a Role Early in His Career to “pay the rent”

Older audiences might be familiar with Harry Hamlin‘s career-defining role on L.A. Law back in 1986 through 1994, but younger audiences know him as Jim Cutler on Mad Men. The 62-year-old actor talked with Speakeasy about how he earned his role on the critically acclaimed show. He shared, “I originally

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