From Vanity Fair: When did you start acting? Were you pretty young? You know, kind of. My first acting job, so the story goes, was in first grade. I was picked by my teacher to be Winnie the Pooh in our first-grade production of Winnie the Pooh—back when, you know,
From Vanity Fair: Bruce Handy: I’m curious what your discussions were like with [series creator] Matt Weiner about Pete, when you first signed on. In the pilot, it feels like Pete’s going to be the villain of the series, the young snake-y executive. And probably on a lot of TV
Have you heard of The Examiner? Its a website where you can write articles and post it on the site, making you look like an expert in a particular field. Well, some idiot actually wrote this article below. I really hope she was trying to be funny. From The Examiner:
From CNN.com: Bill Nighy “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” “Love Actually” “There was one that started out terrible, which was where I had to go to a disused tax office in Harrow [near London, England] very early in the morning and put on very tight velvet flared loon
ParaAbnormal is coming to a laptop near you. Are you ready? Creators Eduardo Sanchez (Blair Witch Project) and Jamie Nash (Altered) answer my questions!
” I’m always nervous doing auditions — to be honest, I hate it.” – Daniel Bruhl
“I think all of them can be pretty difficult, do you know what I mean?” – Michael Fassbender on Accents
“For the most part when we were on set he would stay in character.”
Like horror films? If you do, Wrong Turn 3 might be something you don’t want to miss. Listen as I ask her them about the casting process, improvising on a horror movie and much more!
After the fake ad was spotted on Craiglist, Tyler Perry posted this warning.
“I’m always stuck in the more straight roles, you know.” – James Brolin
JON HAMM “Don Draper” Jon Hamm plays the lead character of ‘Don Draper’ in the award-winning, critically-acclaimed AMC original series “Mad Men,” created by Matthew Weiner, about the professional lives, social mores and sexual exploits of advertising executives on Madison Avenue circa 1960. Among his many accolades for his performance
Neely Gurman is someone every actor should know. She casts union and non-union projects, always tries to get her work-shoppers into her auditions and has tremendous knowledge of the business.
In this hilarious video from the show, Extras, Sir Ian McKellen describes his acting technique to Ricky Gervais.
“I don’t really know how to play jokes as jokes; it’s easier for me to play all the comedy deadpan.” – Paul Giamatti
Erin Cummings has some great things to say on training, getting a huge part like this and has something to say about actors who don’t stick to the script.
From LATimes.com: How he got started: He knew he wanted to act but had no idea how to get into it, so he wound up performing stand-up. Discovered quickly, he worked on sketch comedy television shows in Australia. After a few years he started feeling burned out, just at the
David Johnson is the screenwriter of the film, Orphan, starring Peter Sarsgaard and Vera Farmiga. He talks about writing for actors, how the stars surpassed his expectations and much more!
Amy Lyndon has appeared in over 40 films, produced, directed and is an acclaimed acting coach. Check out my interview with here here!
Luis Guzman can be in a single scene in a film and you walk away thinking he was in the whole movie. That’s the mark of a great actor. From kansascity.com: On his career: “I’ve been really fortunate, because I’ve worked on so many good movies with so many good
