Class-Action Lawsuits to be Filed in California’s “Pay-to-Play” Casting Director Workshop Fallout?
Lawyers in California are considering filing class-action civil cases against the charged firms on behalf of all the actors who claim to be victims
Giancarlo Esposito on Why He Initially Turned Down Reprising Gus Fring on ‘Better Call Saul’
“I don’t like to repeat myself. I try to always be original in my work.” – Giancarlo Esposito
Jake Gyllenhaal Talks ‘Life’, Preparation and Singing Sondheim
“My favorite actors are like artists” – Jake Gyllenhaal
Ewan McGregor on Playing Renton Again in ‘T2 Trainspotting’: “It all felt right”
“I feel being Renton again, he was just waiting inside me to come out.” – Ewan McGregor
Laura Linney on Her Acting Education, Advice from Kevin Kline, and Her Best Career Decision
“When people ask me, ‘What was your big break?’ I say it was going to Julliard.” – Laura Linney
Kal Penn’s Old Scripts Reveal Early Career Discrimination
Penn posted, “Found a bunch of my old scripts from some of my first years trying to be an actor.” Here are some scripts included projects that called for:
Mark Ruffalo on his Return to Broadway: “All I wanted to do was get on a stage with a group of people I trust and love and do a great play”
In the current Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s The Price, Mark Ruffalo returns to Broadway for the first time in over a decade (he last appeared in 2006’s Awake and Sing!)
David Oyelowo on Staying in Character During Filmming: “Different roles require different things”
“My ambition is to keep the audience guessing…that is my path to a long career.” – David Oyelowo
Watch: SAG Conversations with Kurt Russell
You can watch the Hollywood legend talk about his craft in the video!
Guy Pearce on Playing Villains: “The key is to find something they believe in and just run with it”
“It’s difficult to keep an audience engaged unless they see some vulnerability or some weakness.” – Guy Pearce
Susan Kelechi Watson on Her ‘This Is Us’ Character and Working with On-Screen Husband Sterling K. Brown
“I’m not going to worry about who she necessarily was in the last episode, but I’ll let it inform me in the next episode.” – Susan Kelechi Watson
Watch: SAG Conversations with Lauren Graham of ‘Gilmore Girls’
Graham speaks about returning to the role that brought her fame nearly ten years after the series ended.
Patrick Stewart Relates Playing Charles Xavier in ‘Logan’ to His Earliest Days as an Actor
“I loved shifting from character to character, type to type, emotion to emotion.” – Patrick Stewart on His Early Acting Career
How a Failed Audition Started Lucas Hedges’ Career
Hedges reveals how a failed audition jumpstarted his career and how he mastered that tricky Boston accent for the Massachusetts-set film.
Josh McDermitt on His ‘Walking Dead’ Character: “I’ve had to make decisions for myself because being an actor is all about making choices”
Josh McDermitt reveals that not even he knows the truth — and he wants to keep it that way in order to help his performance.
Michael Shannon on ‘Nocturnal Animals’: “From Day 1, I felt pretty locked into [the character]. It’s pretty mysterious”
“When you’ve got really great writing, it makes it easy.” – Michael Shannon
Why Giovanni Ribisi Never Intended to Do a Show Like ‘Sneaky Pete’ and When He Finally Decided to “Chase Being an Actor”
“A friend of mine introduced me to the Actors Studio and Marlon Brando and Robert De Niro and Gary Oldman. It really was a revolution for me.” – Giovanni Ribisi
Outlander’s Tobias Menzies on Preparation and the “Most Precious Commodity” of Filmmaking
Tobias Menzies: “One of the great luxuries when you have a bit of time is that you can give yourself a few different routes through a scene”
Watch: Conversations with Miles Teller and Aaron Eckhart of ‘Bleed for This’
Teller and Eckhart speak about preparing to portray a boxer and his trainer in this inspirational comeback story.
David Oyelowo on Memorizing Lines
“The only thing that works is hours and hours of saying them over and over and over again” – David Oyelowo