Frances McDormand on “Being the Other” Actress
McDormand talks about her unique approach to her career and uses her latest acclaimed role as an example.
J.B. Smoove Tells the Story of His Audition For ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
“You don’t know how the universe is gonna work for us. But all this plays a part in our journey” – JB Smoove
Watch: Denzel Washington Explains Why He Passed on a Role Early in His Career
Washington explains why he turned down a role — and how it worked out for the best.
Willem Dafoe on Choosing Projects and Why He Doesn’t Do Television
Dafoe spoke about why he seeks out unique projects… and why that doesn’t include television work
Evan Peters Explains Why ‘American Horror Story: Cult’ Has “Pushed Him to the Limit”
“I’ve never worked this much in my life, period, and I’ve never been in the show this much and had so much thrown at me.” – Evan Peters
Jason Isaacs on the Highs and Lows of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’
“Weirdly, I don’t look at the lines ever before I go to set. You can always absorb it during rehearsal.” – Jason Isaacs
Idris Elba on Acting in Aaron Sorkin’s Directorial Debut: “I winged that performance, if I’m honest”
Elba makes two surprising admissions about his lack of readiness for the role and his belief that he wouldn’t be on Sorkin’s radar.
Casting Director Jennifer Euston: “I want to present trained people – actors who truly want to do this as a profession”
“I’ve never been one to find somebody on YouTube and hire them.” – Casting Director Jennifer Euston
Dylan O’Brien on His ‘Maze Runner’ Injury and Working with Michael Keaton on ‘American Assassin’
“Getting to play a character over a lengthy period of time is always a pleasure, especially if you like the character.” – Dylan O’Brien
Billy Eichner on His Unsuccessful Past as a Child Actor: “I was too tall. I was too this. I was too that”
Eichner reveals that he turned to comedy because his initial forays into acting proved unsuccessful.
Mackenzie Davis on Breakthrough ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Role: “It was one of my very first jobs. I was so nervous”
“When I started this job, I remembered looking up “how actors prepare for parts” because I just didn’t know!” – Mackenzie Davis
‘Stranger Things’ Casting Director Carmen Cuba on Casting the Young Stars and Finding Actors in Atlanta
“We didn’t settle on any single part, down to the one-year-old in the family that doesn’t speak.” – Casting Director Carmen Cuba
Michael Keaton on Choosing Roles: “If you overthink the money part, you tend to mess it up”
Keaton explains why material is so much more important to him than money.
Bill Skarsgard on Playing Pennywise in ‘It’: “It was by far the most exhausting character I’ve ever done, physically and mentally”
The Pennywise actor spoke about why it was such a difficult role to play, why the role terrified him, and what he has learned from his acting family.
Sophie Turner on Falling in Love with Acting and Playing Sansa on ‘Game of Thrones’
“To be able to flesh out a character for over eight or so years has been really amazing.” – Sophie Turner on Playing Sansa Stark
Kit Harington on Playing Jon Snow: “You take every scene as it comes”
The Jon Snow actor talks about acting subtle on a massive production and why he thinks his initial approach to the character was wrong
Dave Bautista on Shooting the Low-Budget Film, ‘Bushwick’
Bautista spoke about why he took the role even though he didn’t initially like the script and what he brought to the character.
Griffin Newman on ‘The Tick’: “When I got the call back and I moved along in the process, it made me more desperate to be part of it.”
“My lifelong quest has been to figure out how sad you can make things, and also be funny.” – Griffin Newman
‘Feud’ Casting Director Eric Dawson on Finding the Right Actors for the Series
“I would say out of the 150 people, probably 144 of them were auditions.” – Casting Director Eric Dawson
Aidan Gillen on Auditions, ‘Game of Thrones’, and Having a “Pinball” Career
“I’ve never been good at auditions and I’ve never really gotten many jobs from auditions.” – Aidan Gillen