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Actors on Acting

Over the years, some of the world’s most successful actors have shared their insights and advice on acting and their careers.
In this category, you’ll find articles on actors who share their thoughts on a wide range of acting topics, including:

  • What it means to be an actor
  • Different approaches to acting
  • How to prepare for a role
  • How to work with directors and other actors
  • How to deal with rejection and failure
  • And much more!

Whether you’re just starting out or a working actor, there is something for everyone in this category.

Breaking Bad’s Dean Norris: “How did Vince [Gilligan] know I could do the character Hank evolved into?”

Fans of AMC’s Breaking Bad are eagerly anticipating the series’ eight final episodes starting on Sunday.  Dean Norris, who plays Walter White’s unassuming brother-in-law Hank, is still somewhat surprised at the things he’s been allowed to do on the show. “I always thought to myself, ‘How did Vince [Gilligan, showrunner]

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Sharon Stone Talks Playing Her Age in ‘Lovelace’, Putting a Character Together and How She’s Still Learning on the Job

Sharon Stone has done a brave thing for an actress—she’s made herself look older for a film role.  In the new biopic, Lovelace, Stone portrays Linda Lovelace’s aged mother. “We had pictures of Dorothy Boreman, so we lent ourselves to not trying to duplicate her but trying to capture the

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Zachary Levi: “I’ve had casting directors call my agent and say, ‘Yeah, you know—he’s a little too Jewish”

With a name like Levi, it’s a no brainer that people will assume you’re Jewish.  So, it does come as a surprise when Zachary Levi admits he’s not Jewish—he just changed his name once he became an actor. Levi was born with the last name Pugh, which agents suggested he

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Lake Bell on Voiceover Work: “I always wanted to be an actor, but voice acting seemed like the ultimate acting tool, because you could be anyone”

Lake Bell is one of the growing number of actors who have decided to go into business themselves.  Bell is the star, writer, and director of her film In a World…, which is about the male-dominated world of voiceover acting.  She spoke to The New York Post about working on

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Cate Blanchett on Choosing Good Roles and Why She Thinks Being “Peculiar-Looking” is Good for an Actor (video)

Cate Blanchett is already generating Oscar buzz for her role in Woody Allen‘s Blue Jasmine even though the film hasn’t been released in most markets.  But that’s pretty standard for Blanchett, who is generally praised in most films that she appears in (she’s been nominated for five Oscars and won

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Julie White on Taking Sigourney Weaver’s Role for the Final Month of ‘Vanya and Sonia…’: “It’s like jumping on a speeding train”

Broadway’s Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike might have recently won this year’s Best Play Tony Award and extended its engagement until August 30, but the producers had to find a replacement for one of its main cast members, Sigourney Weaver, who is departing to work on other projects. 

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Taryn Manning on Being Typecast in Hollywood and the Research She Did for ‘Orange is the New Black’

Netflix’s Orange Is the New Black is an instant hit for the burgeoning network and one reason for its success is actress Taryn Manning. She plays Tiffany Doggett AKA “Pennsatucky,” the religious former meth addict who uses the prison’s cafeteria to perform her modern day miracles. The 34-year-old actress is

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How Actress Annie McNamara Got Her First Movie Role in Woody Allen’s ‘Blue Jasmine’

Many actors and actresses often have to wait years to work with Woody Allen, who is generally considered to be one of the top “actor’s directors” in film.  For example, Cate Blanchett starred in films for nearly twenty years before starring in Allen’s latest film, Blue Jasmine.  However, another star

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Vincent Kartheiser on Playing Mr. Darcy in ‘Pride and Prejudice’ On Stage: “In film, they would never ever ever ask me [to Play Darcy]”

Vincent Kartheiser, best known for portraying slimy ad exec Pete Campbell on Mad Men, is using his time off the show to tackle another challenging character—Mr. Darcy in a Minneapolis stage production of Pride and Prejudice.  Despite the difference in time periods, the actor was able to find common ground

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