Steve Carell Kicks into “Another Gear” for “Crazy, Stupid, Love”
Crazy, Stupid, Love star Steve Carell opened up about his leading role in the upcoming flick and how his big-screen stardom has surpassed his initial expectations.
Rhys Ifans To Comic-Con Attendants: “You people disgust me”
Ifans, who plays the film’s main villain The Lizard, immediately began his rant by stating that he wanted to come to Comic-Con to see if comic book fans were anything like Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons.
Steve Carell on ‘The Office’: “The show will continue and will be great”
“It is a little weird that everyone else is going back to school and I have graduated. It will be interesting two weeks from now. I’m sure I’ll have some pangs.”
Jane Lynch: “I go through a line reading a trillion times over and over to find the right rhythm”
Jane Lynch talked about finding inspiration for the many parts she’s played over the course of her 30-year acting career and how she delivers her lines so flawlessly.
Neil Patrick Harris: “I’m not trying to climb a ladder — I’m casting a bit of a net”
“I like to make decisions based on things I’m interested in doing, not what seems like the next move in my quote-unquote career. I’m not trying to climb a ladder — I’m casting a bit of a net.”
“Jersey Boys” Swing Katie O’Toole: “You Just Need to Be On”
“You just need to be on,” explained the all-star understudy in a segment for NBC New York’s In the Wings. She took a week to learn each female role in the show, which has become one of the biggest Broadway hits of all-time since opening in 2005.
Tom Hanks: “A lot of actors are nuts”
“I sought to be creative without being at the mercy of the phone. Most actors have to wait for permission to go out and do their job. And I didn’t want to be a guy who was sitting in Los Angeles waiting for a call.”
Javier Bardem: “When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you’re really starting to abandon your own body and go to someplace else”
“When you are portraying somebody that has a very specific emotional weight, you feel like you’re really starting to abandon your own body and go to someplace else. And then when you come back to yourself, people that know you well, they ask, ‘Why did you say that?’ or ‘Why are you doing this?’ or ‘Why are you behaving this way?’ But you don’t realize. Because it’s so unconscious, you don’t have control over it,” he said.
Taraji P. Henson Would’ve Played “A Tree or a Rock” to Act Alongside Tom Hanks
In a recent interview with The Huffington Post, actress Taraji P. Henson talked about being cast in the latest Tom Hanks vehicle, Larry Crowne, and what it was like working with the legendary actor.
Peter Facinelli Discusses the Difference Between Acting for Film and Television
Peter Facinelli is currently playing two very different types of doctors; Dr. Fitch ‘Coop’ Cooper on Showtime’s Nurse Jackie and vampire-turned-doctor Carlisle Cullen in the Twilight franchise.
“Transformers” Rosie Huntington-Whiteley: “It was my first-ever audition. I went in completely not knowing what I was doing. I left feeling not confident”
Rose Huntington-Whiteley appears in this week’s Transformers: Dark of the Moon opposite Shia LaBeouf and Josh Duhamel, but there was a time when she thought she had no chance of landing the role of LaBeouf’s character’s new love interest.
“Brothers & Sisters” Star Matthew Rhys Heads “back on the audition trail”
Actor Matthew Rhys, who played lawyer Kevin Walker on the ABC drama, reports that he’s “back on the audition trail” now that the show’s five-season run has come to an end.
Tom Hanks on “Larry Crowne”, Hollywood Cynicism and Balancing his Roles as Writer, Director and Actor
The biggest challenge was not in the filming process, but in the preceding six-month preparation process. Hanks continued, “That’s when it’s hard to go back and forth between being a director who wants to tell a story with a specific sort of sound and look to it, as opposed to the actor just saying, ‘And what am I going to say here exactly and why am I saying it?…That’s where the battle between being a director and an actor is really fought.”
Edie Falco speaks out about the “celebrity” aspect of Hollywood: “Most [celebrities] haven’t really done anything to earn where they are”
“There’s an obsession with famous people who, oftentimes, are not worthy of a million people knowing who they are and what they think.”
Josh Gad Gets Physical in Broadway Hit ‘The Book of Mormon’
“I think physical comedy is an amazing asset because it tells a story that’s more universal than just language and dialogue. I grew up watching Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. They’re very powerful figures in my life.”
Robert Sean Leonard on Juggling TV and Theater Roles: “A Wonderful Problem to Have”
In a recent interview on Good Day New York, TV and theater actor Robert Sean Leonard talked about commuting between Los Angeles and New York City for roles on Fox medical drama House and in Broadway production Born Yesterday.
Christopher Plummer “Determined to Keep Crackin'”
As acting legend Christopher Plummer tells it, love for his work is what’s keeping him alive.
The Book of Mormon’s Nikki M. James on Her Tony Nomination and “Terrible” $75 Headshots
James desire to snag the trophy from the icon is fierce, “She has two, she can share the wealth,” laughs the actress.
Jonathan Groff Rocks His Way Back onto “Glee”
“Glee had been the longest job I’d ever done in front of the camera, and I really enjoyed it,” commented Groff. “It felt like it was time to take a risk and move out here to L.A., try and get some film and television going. I’m still keeping my place in New York because I couldn’t bear to give it up, and I love doing theater.”
‘The Book of Mormon’ Star Andrew Rannells Reacts to Tony Nominations
“We obviously were optimistic, but you never know how these things are going to play out, so I think we were all cautiously optimistic, but this is fantastic,” said an excited Rannells.