SXSW Interview: Simon Baker Talks ‘I Give It A Year’, Improv and the Luxury of Rehearsing
Simon: “I’d rather take the chance on something like I Give It a Year, take that risk, then go and do the standard tried and true”
Simon: “I’d rather take the chance on something like I Give It a Year, take that risk, then go and do the standard tried and true”
Elizabeth: “It’s kind of a Meisner approach to the whole thing but I just enjoy springing things on people, watching their reaction and reacting back”
McConaughey’s hot streak continues with the absolutely wonderful, Mud
Christopher Abbott: “I especially hate improv auditions. I don’t hate improv, but I do hate improv auditions”
Paul Rudd most recently starred in Judd Apatow’s This is 40, opposite Leslie Mann in a reprise of the roles they played for the filmmaker in the smash Knocked Up. He will soon be seen in David Wain’s They Came Together, opposite Amy Poehler, and Adam McKay’s Anchorman: The Legend Continues, again starring alongside Will Ferrell, Steve Carell, Christina Applegate, and David Koechner.
Tina Fey created, executive-produced, starred, and served as head writer on NBC’s 30 Rock for seven years. The critically acclaimed comedy won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series for three years in a row (2007-2009).
Walton talks Justified, acting and what he learned from Quentin Tarantino on Django Unchained
Sarah talks about how she got the cast to work for free and getting the actors to see her vision
Anna: “Usually in this business, the most talented person does not get the job”
Katey Sagal, who once sang back-up for Bob Dylan, Bette Milder and Etta James, has announced a 4-city tour called: Katey Sagal: An Evening of Music and the Cast of Sons of Anarchy.
All great things must come to an end. Steve Kazee, Cristin Milioti, Will Connolly and Elizabeth A. Davis, from the original cast of Once, will play their final performance on Sunday, March 24th.
Alison on the Dreamatorium episode: “It really was an amazing acting exercise”
If I had a drinking buddy as attractive, smart and cool as the character she plays in Joe Swanberg’s new film, Drinking Buddies, I’d be slamming a few back with her right now.
The teens in the film (which also include Maria DeCortis and Benjamin Papacare) are true teenagers, – all zits and gangly – and their performances were real and authentic, especially from Will Madden.
Jeffrey Schwarz’s doc is a tribute to Divine, his work and his life and it shouldn’t be missed.
Yeah, there’s nothing really new in the film but that doesn’t mean it’s not hilarious.
Idina Menzel is returning to Broadway for the first time since winning the Tony Award for Wicked! She’s starring in If/Then, an original Broadway musical which reunites Tom Kitt (music), Brian Yorkey (book and lyrics), and Michael Greif (director), the creative team behind the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical, Next to Normal.
Tom Wopat joins the growing cast of Horton Foot’s Broadway revival of The Trip To Bountiful. Wopat will join Cicely Tyson, Cuba Gooding Jr, Vanessa Williams and Condola Rashad.
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Ben Affleck, Best Picture winner for Argo