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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.

Biography: Catherine Zeta-Jones

Catherine Zeta-Jones received an Academy Award®, Broadcast Film Critics Association Critic’s Choice Award, Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award® and a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress for her performance as the murderous Velma Kelly in the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Chicago.

Biography: Charlize Theron

Oscar®-winner Charlize Theron is one of the great actresses of our time. With her ability to capture a plethora of characters, she relentlessly demands the audience’s full attention as soon as she appears on screen.

Biography: Ian McShane

With his portrayals of bad guys, scoundrels and thieves, a lawless saloon owner to the sexiest of beastly British mobsters, award-winning actor Ian McShane has, time and again, captured the public’s attention.

Biography: Josh Brolin

Academy Award®-nominated actor Josh Brolin has emerged as one of Hollywood’s top leading men. A powerful, sought-after film actor, Brolin continues to balance challenging roles in both mainstream studio productions as well as thought-provoking independents.

Biography: Hugh Dancy

Hugh Dancy most recently appeared in Our Idiot Brother directed by Jesse Peretz and Martha Marcy May Marlene, with both films receiving critical acclaim at 2011 Sundance Film Festival. In addition to his leading man role in Hysteria, in 2012 Dancy will voice the character of Marshall Mallow in the

Biography: Alexander Skarsgard

Alexander Skarsgard is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after actors in Hollywood. He began his acting career at the age of eight and worked steadily in films and on Swedish television.

Biography: Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson has become one of the leading international motion-picture actors today. Whether it is his Academy Award®-nominated role of Oskar Schindler in Steven Spielberg’s highly acclaimed Schindler’s List (1993), his award-winning portrayal of the legendary Irish Republican hero in Michael Collins (1996), or his role as controversial sex therapist Alfred Kinsey in the critically acclaimed Kinsey (2004), Neeson continues to display an acting range matched by few.

Biography: Jack Black

Jack Black returned as “Po” in Kung Fu Panda 2 for Paramount Pictures this past May grossing $125 million in its’ international opening weekend.

Biography: Mindy Kalling

Biography: Mindy Kaling is an actor, producer, writer and director on the critically acclaimed and Emmy Award-winning NBC show The Office. Additionally, she is a New York Times best-selling author and has recently written a pilot for FOX, which she will star in, write and executive produce.

Biography: Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Pfeiffer has received numerous honors for her work on the big screen, including three Academy Award® nominations. Her first Oscar® nomination, for Best Supporting Actress, came in 1989 for her portrayal of the long-suffering Madame de Tourvel in the Stephen Frears-directed period drama Dangerous Liaisons, also winning a BAFTA Award in the same category.

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