From heatvisionblog.com: What was your first reaction to being asked to do this film? I was thrilled. I went in along with a couple hundred other people and auditioned and had so much fun at the audition. And then I had the callback, which is where I met Micah, my […]
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“I generally just feel like I’m posing as an actor, to be honest.” – Adam Goldberg
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From GQ: On her career before Mad Men: ‘[With modeling] You’re like an object. They move you around. And I felt like, God, I’m miserable. I hate modeling,” she says. “When I moved back to New York, the agency said I owed them $20,000. So I left the agency and
“I had started doing theater in high school, and while I was doing that, I got my manager.” – Michael Rady
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“My character started out so small and I had such a small agent at the time that I didn’t really have any negotiating power.” – Kali Hawk
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From Movieline: This is a very different role in a very different movie for you. Was Zombieland part of an intentional effort to change up your career a little, or do you just take whatever role you like best that’s out there at the moment? You know, I really liked
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“I know him now, to this day, because, uh, he’s me. He is just a hair away from me.” – Ty Burrell on His Modern Family Character
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“To me, acting is acting. When the circumstances are ridiculous, then you are in comedy.” – John C. Reilly
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“There was a lot of pressure because it was the first time I had a lead role in a big movie.” – Jesse Eisenberg on ‘Zombieland
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“I hate watching me. I hate watching me. It just makes me feel awful.” – Jesse Eisenberg
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From Movieline: It’s no secret that 90210 went through a lot of retooling last season. How much input did you have in that? Last year, I was really nervous as to where my character was going because it didn’t feel like she was going very far. Like I said, a
From nytimes.com: Q. John, what was your reaction when you were approached to portray a madman who kills in multiples of three? MR. LITHGOW I felt like, “Oh, yeah. I know how to play this.” The fascination — which is the fascination of the whole series — is: How can
From Movieline: You P.A.-ed on TNT’s James Dean biopic and then Spider-Man, both featuring James Franco. Did he remember you later on during Pineapple Express or his SNL guest-hosting stint? No, he didn’t remember me. I wouldn’t have remembered me either; I was kind of a wallflower. You’re just a
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From Vanity Fair: When did you start acting? Were you pretty young? You know, kind of. My first acting job, so the story goes, was in first grade. I was picked by my teacher to be Winnie the Pooh in our first-grade production of Winnie the Pooh—back when, you know,
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From Vanity Fair: Bruce Handy: I’m curious what your discussions were like with [series creator] Matt Weiner about Pete, when you first signed on. In the pilot, it feels like Pete’s going to be the villain of the series, the young snake-y executive. And probably on a lot of TV
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From CNN.com: Bill Nighy “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” “Love Actually” “There was one that started out terrible, which was where I had to go to a disused tax office in Harrow [near London, England] very early in the morning and put on very tight velvet flared loon
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” I’m always nervous doing auditions — to be honest, I hate it.” – Daniel Bruhl
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“I think all of them can be pretty difficult, do you know what I mean?” – Michael Fassbender on Accents
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“I’m always stuck in the more straight roles, you know.” – James Brolin
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“I don’t really know how to play jokes as jokes; it’s easier for me to play all the comedy deadpan.” – Paul Giamatti
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