Hilary Swank on ‘Amelia Earhart’, Playing a Real Person and Immersing Herself into Her Characters
“I think her accent was the most challenging accent that I’ve ever done in my career of accents.” – Hillary Swank on Playing Amelia Earhart
Actors on Acting
Adam Goldberg: “I feel very bizarre acting”
“I generally just feel like I’m posing as an actor, to be honest.” – Adam Goldberg
January Jones On Life Before “Mad Men”, Betty Draper and Why You Should Not Listen To Ashton Kutcher
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Michael Rady on Melrose Place and Not Booking a Role For a Year
“I had started doing theater in high school, and while I was doing that, I got my manager.” – Michael Rady
Kali Hawk: How She Built a Career From a One-Line Audition
“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
Ty Burrell: “Modern Family”, Improvising and Single-Camera Comedies
“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
John C. Reilly Talks Comedy and Not Being a ‘Who’
“To me, acting is acting. When the circumstances are ridiculous, then you are in comedy.” – John C. Reilly
Jesse Eisenberg On Watching His Own Work and Reading Bad Scripts
“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
Jesse Eisenberg On OCD & Not Having “Natural” Talent
“I hate watching me. I hate watching me. It just makes me feel awful.” – Jesse Eisenberg
90210’s Shenae Grimes: “A character that’s one-note is the most boring character to play, and it was very frustrating for me”
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Daniel Brühl on Audition Nerves
” I’m always nervous doing auditions — to be honest, I hate it.” – Daniel Bruhl
Michael Fassbender Talks ‘Inglourious Basterds’ and Difficult Accents
“I think all of them can be pretty difficult, do you know what I mean?” – Michael Fassbender on Accents
James Brolin Still Gets Typecast
“I’m always stuck in the more straight roles, you know.” – James Brolin
