Will Forte and Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller Talk ‘The Last Man On Earth’
“This is a chance to play a character that’s a little closer to who I am in real life and be a real person” – Will Forte
Q & A: Judy Greer Talks ‘Archer’: “I feel like we’re just as fresh and funny as we started out being”
“I still laugh out loud every time I read a new script and that’s really rare” – Judy Greer on ‘Archer’
Interview: Talent Agent Josiah Akinyele on Finding Talent and Self-Taped Auditions
Agent Josiah Akinyele talks helping actors discover themselves, selecting new clients and his biggest bug bear – not being off book on self-taped auditions
Q & A: Jada Pinkett Smith on the Acting Challenges of ‘Gotham’ and Finding Fish Mooney
“Finding where you need to be emotionally, or how grounded you need to be in a scene or how far you can actually go with the color of the Fish Mooney sometimes tend to be a bit challenging” – Jada Pinkett Smith
Interview: ‘NOW: In The Wings On A World Stage’ Director Jeremy Whelehan
Whelehan on pitching the idea Kevin Spacey, the challenges of filming in the different theaters and an emotional sequence with actor Steven Lee Anderson
Interview: Casting Director Robert Ulrich on Discovering Unknown Actors and Tips on Self-Taping Auditions
“Even if I know the character well, I pre-read fifty people or at least a great deal of people, sometimes even for a one line role” – Casting Director Robert Ulrich
Interview: Nick Krause Talks ‘White Rabbit’, Moving to LA and His Advice to Young Actors
“It took me months to get into the flow of things and adapt to audition rooms here” – Nick Krause on moving to LA
Interview: Jessica Pimentel on Winning a SAG Award and How ‘Orange is the New Black’ Could Have Been Her Last Audition Ever
Pimental also has the greatest story ever about auditioning for Maria in ‘Orange is the New Black’
Writer/Producer Diane Ademu-John on Casting Fresh Faces and How the Right Character Can Bring Out the Best in an Actor
Diane Ademu-John, the writer/producer of Body of Proof & Medium talks writing, casting fresh faces and how character can bring out the x-factor in an actor
Interview: Ari Stidham on His “Crazy” Casting for ‘Scorpion’ and That Time His Phone Rang During an Audition
The Scorpion actor talks about his “crazy” audition for the show, a nightmare audition for the Farrelly Brothers and how he got cast in ABC Family’s Huge as a non-union actor.
Interview: Rainn Wilson Talks ‘Backstrom’: “I’ve never worked as hard in my life”
“To get a role this interesting for an actor such as myself was just a Godsend” – Rainn Wilson
Interview: Acting Coach Paul Kampf Talks Directing Films with Students and Releasing Them on VOD
Paul talks about his decision to stream the films, profit participation for actors, shooting 25-pages a day while filming.
Interview: Emilio Rivera Talks ‘Water & Power’, LA Theater and ‘Sons of Anarchy’
Eight years ago, Emilio Rivera was just another actor cast in a small part in a new play called Water & Power at the Mark Taper Forum.
Interview: Social Media Whiz Patrick Carson On the Top Three Things Actors Should Do On Social Media and More!
Patrick Carson, the social media master behind some of the highest rated shows in 2014, talks the importance of social media for actors
Q & A: Jay Baruchel Talks ‘Man Seeking Woman’, Seeing Himself In His Characters and Acting Opposite “Crazy Monsters”
Baruchel talks about if he was looking to get back into TV, how he finds himself in his characters and acting opposite the “crazy monsters” in the show
Interview: Writer/Director Michael Walker Talks Casting, Finding Talent and the Type of Actors He Loves
Writer/Director Michael Walker on the type of actor he loves to cast and that ‘x-factor’ quality that he’s looking for in an actor
Interview: Natalie Alyn Lind Talks ‘The Goldbergs’, Bad Auditions and Her Advice to Young Actors
Natalie talks about auditioning for The Goldbergs, growing up with parents in the business and more!
Interview: Writer/Director Mark L. Mann on the Secret to Being an Engaging Actor and What He Looks for When Casting
Emmy nominated writer/director Mark L Mann talks about the secret to being an engaging actor and the ‘x-factor’ that a director is looking for when casting
Interview: Doug Carpenter on Watermelons, Going from Opera to Musical Theater and the ‘Dirty Dancing’ National Tour
Doug Carpenter on the National Tour of ‘Dirty Dancing’, his audition, advice to Musical Theater singers and what it was like being a gondolier in Las Vegas
Interview: Talent Manager/Producer Geoffrey Soffer on Finding Actors, Self-Taping Audition Tips and More!
Geoffrey Soffer talks about his transition to talent mangement/producing, discovering new talent and what to avoid when doing a self tape audition