Watch: Kelly Marie Tran’s ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’ Audition
The video features clips of Tran’s audition and includes clips of director Rian Johnson explaining what he was looking for in casting Rose
Watch: Daisy Ridley’s ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Audition
Ridely was asked to perform one of the movie’s most intense scenes — the torture scene with Kylo Ren — during her audition.
Why You Should Embrace Failure as a Positive
Excepting failure is one of the critical things that an actor must embrace in order to be successful.
Actor Ashley Tabatabai on Learning and Appreciating the Craft of Telling Stories
Bruce Lee said that “To live is to express and to express you have to create.”
3 Tips on How to Break into the Voice Over Industry
Here are some tips on breaking into the industry and building a reputation as a reliable and professional voice actor
Daniel Day-Lewis on His “Final” Role in ‘Phantom Thread’: “The impulse to quit took root in me, and that became a compulsion”
“All my life, I’ve mouthed off about how I should stop acting, and I don’t know why it was different this time” – Daniel Day-Lewis
Adam Driver: “Basically, the only thing I try to do is know my lines”
“I never figure anything out. I do my job. That’s my goal, to be as economical as possible.” – Adam Driver
Bryan Cranston, Robert Pattinson and Armie Hammer on Working with Others
“You know, it’s not imperative that you get along with your co-stars; it’s like your in-laws — it just makes things easier” – Bryan Cranston
Margot Robbie: “I do timelines and backstories, I work with a dialect coach, a movement coach and an acting coach”
“I need to be with other actors, then my focus is on what they’re doing and all I need to do is react to it. I’m too in my head if I’m on my own.” – Margot Robbie
Movie Review: Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’
Characters and story blend together seamlessly and Ryan Coogler’s terrific Black Panther.
Interview: Jess Weixler on ‘Entanglement’, Juilliard and How Mediation Has Helped Her on Auditions
“When you film out of order, you just don’t want to wait for lightning in a bottle for a scene to kind of find its feet.” – Jess Weixler on why she works with an Acting Coach
Interview: Shawn Doyle Talks ‘Bellevue’, His First Day On-Set and One Crazy Audition
“The first day is always, ‘What the hell am I doing here? Who am I kidding? They’re gonna see. They’re gonna fire me!'” – Shawn Doyle on Acting Jitters
Interview: Johnathan Fernandez on ‘Lethal Weapon’ and the Self-Taped Audition That Got Him the Role
“I’m learning a ton, and the character is evolving a bunch, and I feel like I learn something new every time I learn a new script.” – Johnathan Fernandez on ‘Lethal Weapon’
Interview: Anne Winters on ‘Mom and Dad,’ ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ and Selma Blair Audition Stories
“Anytime I get a chance to play something completely different, or do something that’s so out of the ordinary, than I take that.” – Anne Winters on Choosing Her Roles
Jeff Daniels on ‘Godless’, Not Doing Research and Mixing Things Up in His Career
“Frank doesn’t know he’s in a Western, so I just tried to figure out what Frank was thinking and when he was thinking it” – Jeff Daniels on ‘Godless’
Lucas Hedges: “I feel like this responsibility to be a great actor, yet I have so much to learn”
“If I don’t go to work, I feel very lost and scared and confused.” – Lucas Hedges on Acting
Gary Oldman on Playing Winston Churchill in ‘Darkest Hour’: “You have a responsibility to the family to the people, to the icon, and to the image”
Oldman talks about how he got into character as the former Prime Minister.
Not Getting Lead Roles Made Emilia Clarke a Better Actor
Clarke says that while she was beginning her career as an actress, she was routinely passed over for lead roles.
Watch: Broadway Icon Harold Prince on “The Business”
Prince reflects on his decades of theater production.
Interview: Tamlyn Tomita on ‘The Good Doctor’, Learning From Mistakes and Her Long Career
Tamlyn Tomita also talks about The Good Doctor cast and how bad auditions are a “lesson learned.”