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
Bob Odenkirk on ‘Better Call Saul’: “I like… playing the moment, without a sense of where it’s going to go next”
Odenkirk reveals whether he sees himself as an actor or a writer.
Ewan McGregor on Playing Two Characters on ‘Fargo’: “It’s a great challenge as an actor, and there’s something very satisfying about it”
“…the challenge for me really as an actor was to try and play the two parts without it being a hindrance to the audience.” – Ewan McGregor
Sterling K. Brown on Becoming an Actor: “You get bit, and you just keep chasing that”
“I was used to being ‘that dude from that show, who got shot in that episode'” – Sterling K. Brown
Richard Dreyfuss on Winning an Oscar: “You’re riskier when you’re on the hunt”
“I had no doubt of my eventual success.” – Richard Dreyfuss
‘Stranger Things’ Star Shannon Purser on Getting Cast as Barb
“I had never booked anything, gotten close calls, and then one day I got an email about this new show called Stranger Things, asking for a tape.” – Shannon Purser
Ron Cephas Jones on ‘This Is Us’: “This gig is probably the best I’ve ever had in film and television”
“That was the biggest challenge, dealing with the emotion and not making it too melodramatic—letting the real emotion out, and trusting your partner that they’re going to care for it.” – Ron Cephas Jones
Watch: SAG Conversations on Broadway with Andy Karl
Karl recalls his highs and lows on stages and reveals the charming side that has made him a huge star.