‘Call Me By Your Name’ Star Timothée Chalamet: “What scares me is being boring”
“At a certain point I was able to come to grips with the idea to just ‘be.'” – Timothée Chalamet
‘Phantom Thread’ Star Lesley Manville: “It’s so easy to make someone bad look good on film. In theatre, there’s no hiding place”
“Filming is different. You’re getting a moment right. You can go in and create something very good, very quickly. That’s a different challenge to having five, six weeks to rehearse a play.” – Lesley Manville
Chadwick Boseman on ‘Black Panther’ and How He Refocused His Career
“As soon as I came to L.A., things immediately shifted for me.” – Chadwick Boseman
Documentary Review: ‘Where Have You Gone, Lou DiMaggio?’
The film is oddly motivating, yet after all the soul-searching and all the interviews, we’re left with an ending that’s a bit abrupt. But, the lead-up, like his life, is what’s really the point.
Bernadette Peters on Returning to Broadway and Why She is Still Trying to Improve Her Craft
“You have to do your best to fulfill the role, not fulfill yourself” – Bernadette Peters
Play Review: Lucy Kirkwood’s ‘The Children’
Kirkwood paints a vivid picture. You can visualize the cabin and her dialogue is brisk and reveal so much about her characters.
Ellen Pompeo: “Acting, to me, is boring”
“Anybody can be good on a show season one and two. Can you be good 14 years later? Now, that’s a f*ckin’ skill.” – Ellen Pompeo
‘Downsizing’ Director Alexander Payne on Casting: “I love having my mind blown”
“She can do it all on take one. It was as clear as the nose on our faces.” – Director Alexander Payne on Hong Chau
Casting Director Bonnie Timmermann on Trusting Your Instincts
“No one wants to be rejected. But if people reject you then that means it’s not the right fit for you” – Casting Director Bonnie Timmermann
Paul Thomas Anderson on Daniel Day-Lewis: “We’re all just trying to get it right”
When asked if he treats Day-Lewis different from other actors that he works with, Anderson answered
Danny McBride on His Early Career Struggles: “Looking back on it, I liked how dirty and grimy and dangerous it got”
After his first role in Green’s All the Real Girls, McBride thought he’d go back to writing
Annette Bening on Starting Her Career Relatively Late and How It Influenced Her Acting Process
“It took me a long time to feel comfortable working in movies. I felt kind of like I was a stage actress pretending I was a movie actress” – Annette Bening
Jon Bernthal on His Approach to Acting and How Investing Himself into a Role Makes for Better Performances
“One of the drawbacks of playing the Punisher would be the high exposure. There’s a real downside to that as an actor” – Jon Bernthal
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