Eddie Redmayne Talks ‘The Danish Girl’, Broadway and the Best Piece of Acting Advice He Ever Received
“As an actor, you never go, ‘Oh, I need to do this.’ You ask yourself, ‘Is this story worth telling? Does it hit me?'” – Eddie Redmayne
Michael Caine: “I can’t work with bad actors, I can only work with good ones”
“If you get the hair and the costume right – you put that costume on long before you start the movie – you look in the mirror and you go, ‘There he is, I know exactly who he is.'” – Michael Caine
Harrison Ford on Playing Han Solo Again in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: “Another day at the office”
When asked if he ever wondered about another actor taking on his Han Solo role, Ford responds, “I never thought about it.”
Michael Shannon on Acting: “Just pay attention. That’s the chief principle. Pay attention all the time”
“I mean honestly I look at acting like it’s my job to disappear. The best acting is invisible.” – Michael Shannon
Former Hollywood Agent Dishes Out Advice For All Actors in this Reddit “Ask Me Anything”
“You can’t compare yourself to your friends as every actor is different. Every role is different. With that being said, you need to brand yourself.”
Ian McKellen on Working with Child Actors and How He Transitioned from a Stage Actor to a Screen Actor
“And I think when I decided to become professional, my only aim, really, was to get better as an actor.” – Ian McKellen
New ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ Star Tyler Lea on Taking Over from a Tony Award Winner
“I haven’t done a whole lot. This is my first huge thing. This is my first bite. I was waiting it out and then I caught a really, really big fish.” – Tyler Lea
Watch: Conversations with Tom Hardy, Emily Browning and Brian Helgeland of ‘Legend’
Tom Hardy, Emily Browning and writer/director Brian Helgeland talk about ‘Legend’ and the complex shoot that required Hardy to switch between roles seamlessly.
Rooney Mara on Her Difficult Auditions and Playing Cate Blanchett’s Lover in ‘Carol’
“I thought, ‘If I don’t get a job soon, I’m just going to go back to New York.’” – Rooney Mara on her first years in LA
Ron Perlman on ‘Sons of Anarchy’, How Makeup Helps His Acting and His Father’s Influence on His Career
Perlman tells a funny story about how he was an overweight teenager, but he points out that being overweight actually helped him inhabit his roles in heavy makeup when he was older (and thinner).
Bryan Cranston on Preparing to Play Dalton Trumbo and Why He Won’t Play Walter White Again
Bryan Cranston on his actor preparation: “The character starts outside of you and [you use] your imagination and own personal experience.”
John Boyega on His ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Audition
“That was seven long months of training, of reading scripts that I wasn’t allowed to bring home, to create this character from scratch. So that for me was the emphasis.” – John Boyega
Toby Kebbell on the Negative Reaction to ‘Fantastic Four’: “I was disappointed, but the fans aren’t wrong”
“I don’t know if I learned anything from [playing] Doom, apart from, perhaps, when I see something I don’t agree with, to voice that immediately.” – Toby Kebbell
Watch: Conversations with Sir Ian McKellen
Sir ian McKellen covers all facets of his long career on stage and screen, including what’s it like playing Gandalf for approximately twenty hours of screentime!
Watch: Rachel McAdams’ Audition for ‘The Notebook’
In this 2003 audition for The Notebook, McAdams displays the romantic intensity that won her the role.
Margo Martindale on Finding Success as an Older Actress: “I’m having a blast”
“My dream was always to get on a show and be on a show, but I think I landed in a place I actually didn’t expect” – Margo Martindale
Jeff Daniels on Aaron Sorkin’s Dialogue and Working with Michael Fassbender in ‘Jobs’
“You’ve got to get those lines so embedded inside you that it’s second nature.” – Jeff Daniels on working with Aaron Sorkin
‘Broadway Sings Sara Bareilles’ Sells Out NYC’s Highline Ballroom; Next Up: ‘Broadway Sings Billy Joel’
The singers were backed by musical director Joshua Stephen Kartes, who led an eleven-piece band and three powerful backup singers.
Aziz Ansari on Diversity and Being Asked to Audition for ‘Transformers’ With an Accent
Ansari recalls a specific instance when he was asked to use an accent in an audition and he refused.
Preview: ‘Misery’ on Broadway Starring Bruce Willis & Laurie Metcalf
‘Misery’ on Broadway: Check out our preview of the new play starring Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf!