Q & A: Stephen Root on Working with His Wife, Choosing Roles and How Shakespeare Training Helped When He Played a Klingon
Stephen: “I think probably determination is the greatest thing and talent isn’t”
Q & A: Rockmond Dunbar talks ‘Son of Anarchy’, Character Choices and Tenacity
Rockmond on acting: “Be in it because you really love the work and the work keeps you up at night”
Michael Ornstein on ‘Sons of Anarchy’: “I was just hired to do that one show in Season 1 and that was it”
Michael Ornstein talks about the journey of Chucky, how he was only hired for the pilot and how his art and acting come from the same “zone.”
How to Use Facebook to Build Your Acting Business Without Offending Anyone
Approaching your industry target list through social media is not the problem here. HOW you approach them is.
‘Funny Girl’ is Postponed! Los Angeles and Broadway Productions Shelved
It was just announced that the planned Los Angeles and Broadway productions of Funny Girl has been postponed.
Interview: John Cho talks ‘Harold and Kumar’, Bad Auditions and Stumbling into Franchises
John: “You can never be too good at what you do”
Q & A: Jonah Hill Talks About His New Animated Comedy, ‘Allen Gregory’
Jonah: “Writing it is just improvising that you write down”
Q & A: Ving Rhames on Preparation, Actors vs. Movie Stars and Fighting Zombies
Ving: “If you’re working constantly at your craft you should always be growing, improving, learning”
SAG and AFTRA ‘Deplore Age Discrimination Facilitated by IMDb’
The Screen Actors Guild and AFTRA just issued a joint press release about the lawsuit brought on by the actress suing IMDb and Amazon for displaying her age on the widely used site.
Q & A: It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Kaitlin Olson on Improv, Line Delivery and the Evolution of ‘Sweet Dee’
Kaitlin: “I think it’s really important on our show to have either a natural improvising ability or an improv background”
What You ‘Get Out’ Is What You Put In
In an artistic career, we choose to quit not because we aren’t having fun or aren’t being challenged, but because we allow definitions of “success” determine our self-worth
Interview: Martha Marcy May Marlene’s Elizabeth Olsen and Sean Durkin on How She Was Cast, Her Training and the Odd Title
Elizabeth: “I’m really interested in trying to create a long career for my entire life”
Q & A: Sons of Anarchy’s Christopher Douglas Reed: “I’ve been very fortunate because this was my first job in television”
Christopher talks about his audition for the show, working with the cast and how he crashed on Charlie Hunnam’s place because he hadn’t moved to LA yet!
Q & A: ‘Whitney’ Star Chris D’Elia Talks About The Show and Having to Audition for a Part That Was Written for Him
Chris: “I like the challenge of no live audience because I can try and make the crew laugh”
Review: Craig Brewer’s ‘Footloose’
Aw crap, another remake. But guess what? With some terrific performances, you can’t go wrong in watching this.
Interview: Danny DeVito Talks ‘It’s Always Sunny’ and Committing To Being Your Best
Danny DeVito: “If the audience accepts you in the different genres, then I think you’re really fortunate to go back and forth”
Q & A: ‘Happy Endings’ stars Eliza Coupe and Damon Wayans Jr. on prime-time frustrations and if dramatic roles are in their future
Damon: “When you become an actor, you just get more and more insecure”
Q & A: Kathy Bates on ‘Harry’s Law’ and the surprises of being a lead in a network show
Kathy’s biggest challenge: “absorbing the lines and digesting them so that the lines disappear and Harry takes their place”
How to Bring Your Best Acting Skills to an Audition
Every actor is faced with the challenge of being as mentally and physically present as possible during their audition in order to show themselves at their best.