Chris McKittrick, Author at Daily Actor: Monologues, Acting Tips, Interviews, Resources

‘The Tick’ Star Griffin Newman on Acting in a Superhero Suit

“You very quickly realize there’s a certain iconography and a power to wearing one of these suits.” – Griffin Newman

John Carroll Lynch: “I seem to be asked to play complicated people. I bring a certain level of menace”

“If you want to figure out where you fit in the acting ecosystem, you look at where you would have fit into the generation that came before you.” – John Carroll Lynch

Why Idris Elba Believes His “best performance is yet to come”

“There was a time when I was a job actor and I didn’t know what I wanted to learn from it – I just wanted to get paid.” – Idris Elba

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.