SXSW Interview: Director Mike Mills on his film, ‘Beginners’
The Beginners director talks about Ewan McGregor‘s accent training, shooting in continuity and how you cast a dog!
Review: ‘Arthur’ starring Russell Brand, Helen Mirren and Jennifer Garner
Blurgh. Rent the Original.
SXSW Interview: ‘Detention’ Director Joseph Kahn: “Whenever you do something new and interesting, inevitably the vast majority of people will reject it”
The director talks about self-financing his new film, Detention, not finishing casting till 2 weeks into the film and finding the perfect actors!
SXSW Interview: Shiloh Fernandez and Heath Freeman talk ‘Skateland’, auditions and getting left on the cutting room floor!
Skateland‘s Shiloh Fernandez and Heath Freeman talk candidly about their careers, acting and more! Check out this great interview!
Q & A: Christian Slater is ‘Breaking In’ his new FOX show
Christian Slater discusses his new FOX show, Breaking In, how most of his characters are morally ambiguous and more!
Interview: The Killing’s Eric Ladin “You have to find representation that really understands who you are and how to sell you”
The Killing‘s Eric Ladin talks about going from day player roles to series-regular, how he found a manger who believed in him and his most embarrassing audition!
SXSW Interview: Vera Farmiga “If you’re frustrated with not working, then create your own opportunity”
Vera Farmiga talks Source Code, if acting to a camera get’s any easier and how visuals help her create a character.
Booking A Job Is Not The Same As Shooting The Job!
Amy Lyndon: “Actors are so afraid of “going over the top” that they actually put a cap on their own performance!”
SXSW Interview: Jake Gyllenhaal: “Finding out the ‘why’ is always the most important thing”
Jake Gyllenhaal talks about his Source Code injury, how acting against a green screen was freeing and give us his advice to actors!
SXSW Interview: Michelle Monaghan talks about ‘Source Code’ and getting her face melted off
Michelle Monaghan on the challenges of doing the same scene over and over and if she did any research in the Source Code (answer: No!)
SXSW Interview: Director Duncan Jones and Screenwriter Ben Ripley Explain the ‘Source Code’
Director Duncan Jones and Screenwriter Ben Ripley discuss the casting, the Source Code and how they put Jeffrey Wright‘s knee injury into the film!
Interview: Actor/Director Tom McCarthy on his new film, “Win Win”
Tom McCarthy, director of Win Win, talks about casting the film, hiring a non-actor in a lead role and how he decides whether he’s going to act or direct
SXSW Interview: Win Win’s Alex Shaffer: “It’s just crazy how this whole thing worked out”
Alex Shaffer, Win Win’s bleached blonde wrestler, talks about how he almost didn’t audition for the part and working with Paul Giamatti!
Q & A: Judy Greer on FX’s ‘Archer’ and nightmare auditions
Judy Greer talks about how she got started in animation, the joy of not having to wear make-up when doing voice overs and recalls a hilarious nightmare audition!
Q & A: Elizabeth Mitchell – “I spent 15 years doing theater before I ever got in front of the camera”
Elizabeth Mitchell talks about her guest starring role on Law & Order: SVU, her advice to actors and if V is coming back!
Life Is A Pratice
We’re so oriented toward the doing, toward the getting somewhere that we put such extreme pressure on ourselves to not only get there immediately – but at whatever cost.
SXSW Interview: Director Azazel Jacobs on his film, ‘Terri’
Azazel Jacobs, director of Terri, talks to me about the casting John C. Reilly and what he thinks kills actors when auditioning!
SXSW Interview: Director James Gunn on his new movie, ‘Super’
Director James Gunn on his film, Super, the casting of the film and how his ex-wife, Jenna Fischer, got Rainn Wilson involved!
Our Limitations Are Just Habits
It’s easy to get lost in our own ‘thoughts’. But repetitive thought doesn’t make something truthful. It just makes it a belief.
Q & A: Justified’s Walton Goggins: Boyd is “mysterious to me as well. I’m trying to make sense of it a word at a time”
Justified‘s Walton Goggins talks about the growth of Boyd Crowder, if he likes to know what is going to happen to his character and more!