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
Watch the Acceptance Speeches from Julianne Moore, J.K. Simmons, Eddie Redmayne and Patricia Arquette
Of the four speeches from last nights Academy Awards acting categories, J.K. Simmons was my favorite. We’d heard him say some of the same things back when he won his SAG Award but the whole ‘call your parents’ moment really got me. Did I call my parents? No, but that’s
Watch: James Earl Jones Performs a Monologue From Broadway’s ‘You Can’t Take It With You’
You’ll definitely want to check out the video from featuring Jones performing his character’s closing monologue from the play.
Review: ‘The Last Five Years’ Starring Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan
Based on the musical of the same name, The Last Five Years is exactly what a fan of the show could ever want.
Review: ‘All the Wilderness’ Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Danny DeVito
Imagine if your father died when you were young. That event alone would transform your whole life, even more so your teen years. That’s the thrust of the story of writer/director Michael Johnson’s debut film, All the Wilderness. It’s a coming of age story about a kid named, James (Kodi
Anna Chlumsky on Her Broadway Debut: “For me, it was an opportunity to go in the direction that I hadn’t played in a while”
“I think my personality lends itself to ensembles” – Anna Chlumsky
James McAvoy Criticises the UK’s Private School Dominance of Acting World
James McAvoy has joined an important conversation that has a number of talented actors in the UK voicing their concerns and opinions about the future of the arts and high costs of drama school. The topic has emerged with great timing as this year’s Academy Awards is dominated by actors
‘Downton Abbey’ Star Joanne Froggatt on Creating Her Own Backstory and How She’s “Not a Big-Budget Hollywood Type”
“They want the model type, classically beautiful, and I’m not” – Joanne Froggatt on Working in Hollywood
Watch John Travolta in a 1971 Commercial for $13 Pants
Like all actors, Travolta had to start somewhere. Before he ever appeared in a TV show or a movie, Travolta appeared in this 1971 commercial for Haggar Slacks.
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
Casting Director Ellen Lewis on Finding the Right Actors and Working with Martin Scorsese
“There are so many cooks involved now in decisions and it can dilute the creative process” – Casting Director Ellen Lewis on the new realities of casting
Al Pacino on Acting: “It becomes such a part of your nature you rarely ever think about quitting”
After working infrequently in film over the last decade, Al Pacino appears in several films released in 2015, including The Humbling, an indie drama directed by Barry Levinson.
Julianne Moore Talks Her Research for ‘Still Alice’ and How the Movie Came Together
Moore talks about shooting Still Alice, research of Alzheimer’s patients and how she didn’t expect that the film would come together on such a small budget.
Alfred Molina on His Vast Filmography: “My problem is saying no”
“It’s not your job as an actor to feel anything. It’s your job to make the audience feel it” – Alfred Molina
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
Watch: Edward Norton on His Career, ‘Birdman’ and More
Norton tends to be a reserved person in interviews, so it’s actually very rare to hear him speak about his career at length as he does in this video.
Fresh Off the Boat’s Randall Park: “To actually go to work and see a family that looked like mine was really cool”
“The most common things I would go out for would be, like, ‘the Lab Technician’ on a crime procedural” – Randall Park