Actors on Acting Archives

Stephen Amell talks “Vampire Diaries”, playing Joran Van Der Sloot and almost getting cast as Spartacus

“It worked out because the Tuesday after I didn’t get “Spartacus,” I got a call to get on the plane to Georgia for “Vampire Diaries.”

Matthew Morrison: “I get frustrated with shows like American Idol”

“I’ve had people ask me, back in the day, why don’t you audition for Idol? No interest at all.”

Kristen Wiig: “Comedy is tough, and sometimes the more you try, the more it doesn’t work”

I had no experience, and this city is filled with people who have experience and who are trying and going out there and auditioning and taking classes and doing plays. And I was like, ‘I took Acting 101. Hi, L.A.! I’m ready to be discovered!’ Which didn’t really happen.”

Jim Parsons on his Broadway debut, “The Normal Heart”: “There’s something about this play… that, in many ways, is for me exactly why I got into acting to begin with”

“There’s something about this play, this particular production, and the effect it’s having on audiences that, in many ways, is for me exactly why I got into acting to begin with.”

Eva Mendes: “With every character, I go over the script with my acting coach and we break down a character”

That process of sitting down and breaking down a character and finding out the reason why someone does what they do.

Kat Dennings talks about how her character went from a minor to a major role in “Thor”

Kat Dennings provides a welcome dose of comic disbelief to the film “Thor,” providing the audience her character Darcy’s perspective of Thor as he elevates from mere superhero to godlike proportions.

Robert Pattinson talks about, what else? Elephants

In a recent sit-down with USA Today, Twilight star Robert Pattinson opened up on a variety of subjects, including everything from elephants to the music he’s been listening to lately.

Robert Redford Talks “The Conspirator”

With his new film, The Conspirator, director Robert Redford tells the tale a woman on the other side of John Wilkes Booth, who shot and killed President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. in 1865.

Emma Roberts Auditioned for Scream 4 via Skype: “It was the fastest job I’ve ever gotten”

“I get to his house and they told me it would be on Skype, which is so strange because his assistant was there, his casting director was there and he’s on a laptop.”

Bobby Cannavale discusses Broadway, Chris Rock and memorizing huge chunks of dialogue

“I don’t think it’s a secret that if we didn’t have a star as big as Chris, this play might not be on Broadway.”

Stephen Lang: “A lot of the characters I play, if I don’t love them, nobody will”

“And I think that’s the truth for a lot of actors. It’s a calling, not unlike the priesthood.”

Tony Hale, “I always want to be in a place just being grateful for being a full time actor”

“I think the older I get, the more I’m just so grateful to be working.”

’30 Rock’ guest star, Cristin Milioti: “They didn’t tell me Tina Fey was going to be in the callback, so I walked in and couldn’t speak. I cried afterward because I thought I had totally blown it”

The actress playing Abby, Cristin Milioti, made a huge splash in last weeks 30 Rock.

Dianna Agron of “Glee” on fame, her new movie and those tribute episodes

“I never solicited myself as a singer until I realized I could use that to a musical standpoint. I loved musicals growing up.”

“It is fun to explore these kick-butt characters,” says Liam Neeson

“Our business is feast or famine, and I’m choosing to make hay when the sun shines,” he adds, “I like working, and I relied on work a lot in the last few years to get through a rough personal time. I needed it.”

“Winter’s Bone” Oscar Nominee Jennifer Lawrence Could Have Been a “Badass” Bella

She lives in Los Angeles now, but “little redneck things still come out.” Like what? “I’m attracted to my brother. Stuff like that.”

Shawn Hatosy of TNT’s ‘Southland’: “It’s kind of up to the actor to deconstruct the scene and deconstruct the character and figure out how to make it real”

“You always have to find the character’s center. For Sammy, it always has been troubled kids, the youth in general and his need to try to help. Even in this troubling time, it’s all going to come back to that,” he says.