Christopher Walken on Learning Lines, “Walkenized” Roles and the Advice He Offers Young Actors
Christopher Walken is very excited about A Late Quartet and has been talking about the film to just about anyone who wants to listen about the project.
Anthony Hopkins on Staying in Character Throughout a Film’s Production: “If actors want to do that, fine. If they want to be miserable, that’s up to them”
In a candid interview, Anthony Hopkins not only said he thought Oscar campaigning was “nauseating to watch,” he also was open about portraying such a famous cinema figure as Alfred Hitchcock in a movie and his thoughts on actors who choose to stay in character throughout a film’s production.
Don Cheadle Talks About the ‘Five Stages of an Actor’s Life’
Though most of the interview is focused on wristwatches (!), Don Cheadle has a few clever things to say about acting in films like Robert Zemeckis’ Flight and TV’s House of Lies in his recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter.
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Parker Posey: “A lot of people of my generation, who are part of the independent-film scene, the option is just to be a guest star on TV”
It’s hard to dispute that actress Parker Posey is the “Queen of the Indies”: Though she’s been a working film actress for twenty years, Posey’s work has almost entirely been in independent film. However, in the last several years she has also played a number of recurring and guest starring roles on television series, including Louie and New Girl.
Bradley Cooper on ‘Silver Linings Playbook’: “I had never been asked to do a role that demanded that kind of dexterity and truth”
After watching Bradley Cooper play a horndog in the Hangover films, a dreadlocked gangster in Hit and Run, and supporting roles in comedies (both romantic and otherwise), it would be easy to doubt that he has the acting ability to pull off a dramatic lead role in a David O. Russell movie.
THR’s Actors Roundtable featuring Denzel Washington, Matt Damon, Jamie Foxx, Richard Gere, John Hawkes and Alan Arkin
In this hour long, uncensored video, THR got Alan Arkin, Jamie Foxx, Richard Gere, Denzel Washington, John Hawkes and Matt Damon where they talk about their careers, advice to upcoming actors and a ton more.
Anthony Hopkins Calls Oscar Campaigning “Nauseating to watch” and “Disgusting to behold”
If you run into Anthony Hopkins anytime between now and February, try to avoid bringing up the fact that his role as master film director Alfred Hitchcock in Hitchcock is a potential Oscar favorite.
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Tommy Lee Jones on Starring in ‘Lincoln’, the Research He Did and Thoughts on Improvisation
Among the many familiar faces in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln is Tommy Lee Jones. Jones plays Thaddeus Stevens, a Pennsylvania Republican congressman who helped end slavery in the United States.
Chris Pine on Voicing His First Animated Film: “It’s a whole different art using your voice”
Pine spoke about why he decided to voice Jack Frost in the movie and what he got out of the gig
Laura Linney on Theater Acting: “There’s something about the routine of it that’s very comforting”
Native New Yorker Laura Linney may have been acting in Hollywood films since the early 1990s, but she refuses to spend too much time away from the city of her birth.
Ian McKellen Warns: “The current generation of actors won’t develop into good middle-aged performers”
Face it, we Americans are convinced that any middle-aged actor or actress with a classy British accent is automatically Oscar-caliber. Though in all seriousness, it’s not just the accent — some of the most respected actors in the world have a long history of practicing their craft in British theatre.
Christopher Walken on His Dislike of Punctuation and Filming ‘A Late Quartet’ in His Hometown of NYC
Every time I think I’m finished writing articles about one of Christopher Walken’s roles, in less than a month I find myself writing about another one of the prolific actor’s roles.
Keira Knightley: “I love it when you’re so lost in that moment that you’re somebody else”
Keira Knightley, star of the new adaptation of Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, knew she wanted to be an actress from an early age.
Taylor Lautner on the End of Twilight: “It’ll be tough to say goodbye to spending time with people that I love”
As Twilight fans are preparing themselves for the last installment, Breaking Dawn: Part 2, Taylor Lautner, who stars as werewolf Jacob Black, is also trying to cope with the end of the franchise. “It’ll be tough to say goodbye to spending time with people that I love,” Lautner said in
‘Batman Live’ Actor Talks About Dressing Up as the Caped Crusader
Just about everyone would like to be Batman, which is why thousands of Batman Halloween costumes for children and adults are sold every year. The costume is just awesome in every way, right?
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Bérénice Marlohe on Her ‘Skyfall’ Role: “It was very important to get rid of this ‘Bond girl’ title”
Bérénice Marlohe is the latest in a long line of incredibly sexy women who most men can only dream about, yet James Bond beds on a regular basis. She appears in the latest 007 film, Skyfall, as the “Bond girl” who gets her claws in Daniel Craig’s James Bond
Sally Field on Almost Not Getting Her ‘Lincoln’ Role: “I had a feeling they’d want someone who had less baggage”
Starring in a Steven Spielberg film opposite Daniel Day-Lewis might be as close as it gets to a “dream role” for an actress, and for two-time Oscar winner Sally Field Abraham Lincoln’s wife Mary Todd in Spielberg’s Lincoln was a role she wasn’t going to accept being passed over for.
Naomie Harris on Becoming a ‘Modern’ Bond Girl: “It’s the most freedom I ever felt. That’s one of the reasons the franchise survives so well. It’s what they enable you to do”
The James Bond movies are known for various trademarks, but perhaps none are so appealing as the Bond girls — the beautiful women who co-star alongside 007 himself, and usually end up in his bedroom. But while actress Naomie Harris is no stranger to franchises — she appeared in two of the four Pirates of the Caribbean movies — she is adamant that her character in Skyfall, the latest Bond film, is no stereotypical “Bond girl.” In an interview with USA Today, Harris talks about her action-oriented role and what sets her apart from other women in the long-running series.
Scarlett Johansson on Filming the Famous Shower Scene in ‘Hitchcock’: “You have got to be brave, get into the shower, and face Anthony Hopkins… jabbing you in the face with a 12-inch kitchen knife”
Famously, Janet Leigh, star of Psycho, is killed off much earlier in the landmark film than audiences ever expected in a gruesome shower scene, which has since become one of the most famous murder scenes in film history.
Sally Field on Playing Mary Todd Lincoln: “I did as much research as humanly possible”
Sally Field fought to play Mary Todd Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s biopic, Lincoln, so she was more than happy to do plenty of research in order to get the correct portrayal of the famous first lady.
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