Alicia Silverstone on ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ and Working on Broadway
“My agent called and said, ‘You need to go on this thing. It’s worth it. You should start preparing immediately” – Alicia Silverstone
Denzel Washington on ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’ and Why He Keeps Coming Back to Broadway
“I’m interested in different challenges, and challenging myself and just trying to get better.” – Denzel Washington
Laurie Metcalf on Acting: “I love it as much now as I did when I started, and I feel so lucky to be able to do it”
“I think that I experience things much more intensely when I’m acting. I get into the work and feel things very deeply, more so than I do in my own life.” – Laurie Metcalf
Watch: SAG Conversations on Broadway with Andy Karl
Karl recalls his highs and lows on stages and reveals the charming side that has made him a huge star.
Rachel Bay Jones: “Everything we’re trying to do on stage as actors is tell the truth”
Jones revealed the various anxieties she had about her career and how she learned that it was important to be herself.
Rachel Bay Jones on Finding Her ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Character
“We always try to find the recognizable thread. The thing that we relate to is always the strongest point to start from.” – Rachel Bay Jones
Laura Linney: “The thing that makes the theater different from any other art form: it’s time”
Linney cast’s some light on why revivals in theater are looked at differently than their television and film counterparts.
Sally Field on Performing on Broadway: “You’re so totally and utterly and completely alive”
Field reveals how the lack of intermission helps her maintain her energy and why she decided to return to Broadway after a nearly 15-year break.
Danny DeVito Demonstrates How He Eats a Hard Boiled Egg on Stage in Broadway’s ‘The Price’
DeVito reveals his onstage egg-eating technique and talks about performing for a Broadway audience.
Mark Ruffalo on his Return to Broadway: “All I wanted to do was get on a stage with a group of people I trust and love and do a great play”
In the current Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s The Price, Mark Ruffalo returns to Broadway for the first time in over a decade (he last appeared in 2006’s Awake and Sing!)
The Role That Got Away: Will Chase on Returning to ‘Something Rotten!’
“I know that I am a poor man’s fill-in-the-blank. And I know that there are poor man’s Will Chases out there. That’s just the nature of the business” – Will Chase
Ali Ewoldt on Her ‘Phantom of the Opera’ Broadway Milestone: “It feels much bigger than me getting to play a dream part”
“I want to make sure that I am doing the best job that I can every night when I’m telling the story.” – Ali Ewoldt
Javier Muñoz on Taking the Lead in ‘Hamilton’: “This is just fun, and glorious”
Muñoz talks about his feelings on playing Alexander Hamilton full-time and his relationship with Lin-Manuel Miranda.
Adrienne Warren on Her Tony Nomination and Playing Two Characters in Broadway’s ‘Shuffle Along’
“Someone will never hire me to just stand and sing. They will hire me to dance and sing. They will hire me to flip and sing, tap and sing. Never just stand. I’m OK with that.” – Adrienne Warren
Watch: SAG Conversations with Jeff Daniels
Daniels got his start on the stage and he has been appearing on Broadway stages since the late 1970s.
Michelle Williams on Her Tony-Nominated ‘Blackbird’ Role: “A 6 ½-page monologue! I didn’t know how or if I could do it”
“It’s the defining quality I look for when I’m choosing work: If I don’t know how to do it, that’s the hook – that’s what gets me excited” – Michelle Williams
Jessie Mueller on Following up ‘Beautiful’ with ‘Waitress’: “I think early on I did feel little bit of pressure”
“I was taken with theater from the beginning, it was the coolest thing for me.” – Jessie Mueller
Sean Hayes on Why He Loves Theater and His Return to Broadway in ‘An Act of God’
“I think one of the worst mistakes an actor can make is run away from the role that made them beloved in the first place, that gave them an audience.” – Sean Hayes
Zachary Levi on Starring in Broadway’s ‘She Loves Me’: “Honestly, the biggest challenge is just my own brain”
“My whole life, all I’ve ever wanted to do was be an actor and an entertainer and make people happy and also feel like I belonged” – Zachary Levi
Rose Byrne on Her First Audition, Broadway and the Science of Comedy
“I think comedy is very hard. It’s very scientific getting the beats of it” – Rose Byrne