Screenplay: Inception

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Director: Christopher Nolan

Cast: Leonardo DiCaprio, Ellen Page, Ken Watanabe, Marion Cotillard, Joseph Gordon Levitt, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy

Jesse Tyler Ferguson gets ready for the Emmys

Modern Family‘s Jesse Tyler Ferguson grabbed his camera and took CNN behind the scenes as he gets ready for Sunday’s Emmy Awards.

LA: Free Seminar from The Savvy Actor

Here’s a free event from our friends at Savvy Actor!

LA Free Seminar - Find Your Missing Link

Sept 25th from 12:00pm-1:00pm

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The Savvy Actor is FINALLY coming to Los Angeles!! Don’t miss out on this innovative seminar that will completely revolutionize the way LA actors do business.

By now you’ve figured out that being a working actor is more than going to auditions and mailing out headshots.

So what’s missing?

Odds are you can relate to one of the following or even have a friend who can -

You’ve tried everything and just keep hitting the wall.
You’re overwhelmed and spreading yourself to thin so you get stuck… or stop.
You’re caught up in figuring out what “they” want and driving yourself crazy!

This seminar is your answer, your reality check, your key to what it takes to get your acting career out of limbo and on the fast track to living your dreams.

“With the Savvy Actor seminar you’ll “cut to the chase” and not waste time, money,
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Join NYC’s Branding and Marketing experts for this free hour to learn what no other “acting business” workshop is talking about -

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Mark Ruffalo on why he took on The Hulk

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Mark Ruffalo told Australia’s Sunday Herald-Sun that if he had been offered the role of The Hulk in the first film, he likely would’ve passed.

“I probably wouldn’t have done this movie in the past. But because of what Robert [Downey Jr] had done and where that genre has gone since then, I did it”.

“I have always tried to stay ahead of being stereotyped and the more I felt you could f— with people’s expectations of you, the longer a career you have. I consider myself a blue collar actor that way. What I do really enjoy is that rhythm and style and family and I like that kind of nomadic existence. I have never really been one to go for the cash. If my dad knew how much money I had turned in my lifetime he would kick me in the a—”.

He also said that when he tests for something like The Avengers it has to feel like he’s “going for more than a job”.He says he’s a bit wary at the prospect of the green screen acting and the barrage of special effects he’ll be acting alongside when The Avengers starts filming.

Ernie Hudson on his worst non-acting job, auditioning and more!

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Ernie Hudson is probably best known for his role as Winston Zeddemore in Ghostbusters, the warden in OZ or his role in his current series, The Secret Life of the American Teenager.

But, he’s been on stage and screen for years also appearing in Las Vegas, Law and Order, Desperate Housewives, The Hand That Rocks The Cradle and was on Broadway in last year’s,  Joe Turner’s Come and Gone.

In his new film, Doonby, he plays Leroy, a blues musician who quits his life on the road to settle down with the woman of his dreams.

He’s a truly talented guy and gave a wonderfully candid interview. We talk about how he got his start, the worst non-acting job he’s ever had, if he still has to audition (and when he does, his tech savvy way around it), his new film Doonby and so much more!

For the full interview, click onto the audio link above or download from iTunes.

How did you get your start?

Ernie Hudson: I grew up in Michigan in a small town, Benton Harbor. Then through a series of life changes, ended up at Wayne State University and discovered theatre there and just fell in love with it. Started acting back in 67, somewhere around there, and worked in Detroit. I got a scholarship to Yale after I graduated from Wayne State, went there and came out to Hollywood and did a film with Gordon Parks. I went to University of Minnesota for a while because my wife at the time was working on her degree and then when that marriage ended me and my two sons came out to California. And we just got a little place and did what actors do.

Basically, I had got into college and was really trying hard to find– my grandmother raised me and wanted me to find a good job. And I really tried the good job thing and did a lot of different things and never really felt comfortable until I walked in the theatre one night and saw a play and I just felt at home. And I think it was when I did my first play, I just knew how to do that. I think all the jobs I had, I always felt like ‘they’re going to fire me at any minute and if they don’t they should fire me at any minute.’ Whereas, with this I just felt,  ‘okay I can do this.’

What was the worst real job that you had?

Ernie Hudson: Well, probably the worst job I had actually while I was in high school, I was working at a foundry. My brother got me a job there when I was in my senior year of high school and so I would leave school at noon and I would meet him and we would drive up and I’d work from 3 to midnight. And my job was shoveling dirt in a room that was filled with this black dirt that they would use for the molding machine. They had a conveyor belt that just kept going continuously, so I had to shovel through the dirt for nine hours a day, filling these things up. And you never had the satisfaction of filling anything up because the conveyor belt kept going and you were just shoveling all day.

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Michael Douglas discusses his cancer with David Letterman

Michael Douglas was on the Late Show with David Letterman last night promoting his new film, Wall Street 2.

Letterman asked him about his battle with throat cancer and he was pretty candid about it. When Letterman asked about why he didn’t sound like he had throat cancer, Douglas gave a great answer: “Because I’m on stage!” You can check it out at the 3 minute mark.

And it all ends with Letterman giving him a hug.

A Swarm Is Coming To Broadway

Are you on Foursquare? Are you in New York City?

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You’ll get to meet Tony Award winner, Gregory Jbara (Billy Elliot), and have a chance to win 2 tickets to shows The Scottsboro Boys, A Life in the Theatre, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, Chicago, Stomp and more!

Also, the first 50 people to check-in will receive a Broadway or Off-Broadway cast album.

I wish I were there. I love free stuff!

Sardi’s is located at 234 West 44th Street, New York, NY.

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Clip: The Town

The Town, directed and starring Ben Affleck, comes out September 17 and here’s a first look clip.

Here, Jem (Jeremy Renner) informs his partner in crime, Doug (Affleck), that the hostage they took lives in their neighborhood.

You can check out the trailer here.

Clip: Easy A

Here’s a cute clip from the upcoming movie, Easy A. It’s a re-telling of The Scarlet Letter but as a teen comedy.

In this clip, Emma Stone, Patricia Clarkson &  Stanley Tucci have their morning breakfast. Sit back and watch how awesome Tucci is.

You can watch the trailer here.

Don’t play the waiting game in your acting career!

Written by Dallas Travers

Every actor plays the waiting game.  Regardless of if you’re waiting to hear about a student film auditions, an agent offer, or whether or not your pilot was picked up, waiting is part of your job.  I know, I know, you’ve been told this a million times, but it’s true.  You must be patient while you pursue your dream.  Patience is indeed a virtue and it’s one that ironically becomes more challenging to master the closer you get to the finish line.

Develop the Habit
It has been said that it takes 21 days to form a habit.  In order to increase your chances of success and avoid show business burnout, you must commit to habits rather than attach to any specific result.  You must practice patience.

You cannot control when your agent will call, when you’ll get your big break, or how often those residual checks come in, but you can control your own daily activity.  Commit to developing the habits of a successful and balanced lifestyle.  This goes back to The Rule of Seven.  No one thing you do will make or break you, but you can create success by consistently doing one thing each day.

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