Joaquin Phoenix on Acting: “Don’t overthink it, let it be what it is”
“If you keep trying to find what’s unique in the moment, then the danger is that you miss that very thing.” – Joaquin Phoenix
Browsing: Actor Tips
How Richard Jenkins Unsuccessful Early Years as an Actor Led Him to Where He is Today
“Acting for me is something that is difficult, it’s complicated, and yet it’s very simple. It’s a strange thing.” – Richard Jenkins
Sam Rockwell: “People like to have labels for actors and, the truth is, every actor is a character actor”
“I think in every character, you’re finding a version of yourself.” – Sam Rockwell
Joaquin Phoenix on the Struggles That He Has as an Actor
“There’s not one approach. It depends on the scene” – Joaquin Phoenix
Malcolm McDowell: “You’re only ever one phone call away from the part that will change your life”
“Comedy is just telling the truth. It’s the situation really that’s comedic. So really, it’s just finding the timing of that, which is where the laughs are.” – Malcolm McDowell
Casting Director Bonnie Timmermann on Trusting Your Instincts
“No one wants to be rejected. But if people reject you then that means it’s not the right fit for you” – Casting Director Bonnie Timmermann
Jeff Daniels on ‘Godless’, Not Doing Research and Mixing Things Up in His Career
“Frank doesn’t know he’s in a Western, so I just tried to figure out what Frank was thinking and when he was thinking it” – Jeff Daniels on ‘Godless’
Watch: Broadway Icon Harold Prince on “The Business”
Prince reflects on his decades of theater production.
Daveed Diggs on the Advice He Would Give His Younger Self
“I think I’m getting to be selective about the things I’m working on because I’m pretty confident in who I am.” – Daveed Diggs
‘Game of Thrones’ Casting Director Nina Gold: “I love discovering unknown actors”
“Personally, I’m not interested in casting the most perfectly beautiful woman or someone who ticks all the boxes of what a person is ‘supposed’ to look like.” – Casting Director Nina Gold
Watch: Equity’s “How To” Self-Tape Guide
Equity UK has released this video filled with tips on how to make your self-tape videos look more professional.
Benedict Cumberbatch on “Failing” as an Actor: “If you can’t fail, you can never get better”
“I don’t think I had the full tool kit to do it justice.” – Benedict Cumberbatch on One of the Times He’s Felt Lost Doing a Role
Sam Rockwell on Playing His ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ Character: “It’s all in the details”
Rockwell talks about getting into character for his role as an incompetent, small-town cop.
‘Stranger Things’ Casting Director Carmen Cuba on Casting Millie Bobby Brown and Finn Wolfhard
“I think that traditionally kids who look a particular way—’cute’ and ‘all-American’ are typical words used to describe what I mean—are encouraged to pursue acting and modeling and it results in a somewhat homogeneous representation of what a kid looks like.” – Casting Director Carmen Cuba
John Carroll Lynch: “I seem to be asked to play complicated people. I bring a certain level of menace”
“If you want to figure out where you fit in the acting ecosystem, you look at where you would have fit into the generation that came before you.” – John Carroll Lynch
Casting Director Jennifer Euston: “I want to present trained people – actors who truly want to do this as a profession”
“I’ve never been one to find somebody on YouTube and hire them.” – Casting Director Jennifer Euston
‘Stranger Things’ Casting Director Carmen Cuba on Casting the Young Stars and Finding Actors in Atlanta
“We didn’t settle on any single part, down to the one-year-old in the family that doesn’t speak.” – Casting Director Carmen Cuba
‘Feud’ Casting Director Eric Dawson on Finding the Right Actors for the Series
“I would say out of the 150 people, probably 144 of them were auditions.” – Casting Director Eric Dawson
Ron Cephas Jones on ‘This Is Us’: “This gig is probably the best I’ve ever had in film and television”
“That was the biggest challenge, dealing with the emotion and not making it too melodramatic—letting the real emotion out, and trusting your partner that they’re going to care for it.” – Ron Cephas Jones
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
