Instead of the gratuitous blood and gore the horror genre is known for, this film raises the audiences adrenaline level by playing on the real human emotion associated with an average family.
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!
Vera Farmiga talks Source Code, if acting to a camera get’s any easier and how visuals help her create a character.
Amy Lyndon: “Actors are so afraid of “going over the top” that they actually put a cap on their own performance!”
Jake Gyllenhaal talks about his Source Code injury, how acting against a green screen was freeing and give us his advice to actors!
“I think I actually — I haven’t watched it back — maybe I had low energy. I honestly played those lines as well as I could.”
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!)
Why do we wait for things in life? Constantly put things off until they become long-lost dreams. Stop waiting for things to get better or easier or less busy!
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!
“It’s every conceivable color – an actors dream role.”
“The whole second act has been rewritten and there are new songs.”
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
“And I think that’s the truth for a lot of actors. It’s a calling, not unlike the priesthood.”
Alex Shaffer, Win Win’s bleached blonde wrestler, talks about how he almost didn’t audition for the part and working with Paul Giamatti!
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!
Elizabeth Mitchell talks about her guest starring role on Law & Order: SVU, her advice to actors and if V is coming back!
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.
Azazel Jacobs, director of Terri, talks to me about the casting John C. Reilly and what he thinks kills actors when auditioning!
Once the national board approves the plan, it will be sent out to all members of both unions for ratification.
Lane points out dancing was the real star of the film. “It was everything to the movie. It’s called “Black Swan.”
