“The better you researched it – the better you are into the character before you land on the set, the easier it’s going to be. ” – Eddie Izzard on Preparing for a Role
Never wait for opportunities to come to you or for that one magic person to come and make your career.
“When I started this job, I remembered looking up “how actors prepare for parts” because I just didn’t know!” – Mackenzie Davis
“We didn’t settle on any single part, down to the one-year-old in the family that doesn’t speak.” – Casting Director Carmen Cuba
Keaton explains why material is so much more important to him than money.
Director Andrews has made an impressive film debut with this taught, crisp work.
“He really goes up there and puts everything on the line.” – Director Benedict Andrews on Ben Mendelsohn
The Pennywise actor spoke about why it was such a difficult role to play, why the role terrified him, and what he has learned from his acting family.
“To be able to flesh out a character for over eight or so years has been really amazing.” – Sophie Turner on Playing Sansa Stark
The Jon Snow actor talks about acting subtle on a massive production and why he thinks his initial approach to the character was wrong
Bautista spoke about why he took the role even though he didn’t initially like the script and what he brought to the character.
“My lifelong quest has been to figure out how sad you can make things, and also be funny.” – Griffin Newman
“I would say out of the 150 people, probably 144 of them were auditions.” – Casting Director Eric Dawson
“I’ve never been good at auditions and I’ve never really gotten many jobs from auditions.” – Aidan Gillen
Odenkirk reveals whether he sees himself as an actor or a writer.
“…the challenge for me really as an actor was to try and play the two parts without it being a hindrance to the audience.” – Ewan McGregor
If there is any doubt that Jake Gyllenhaal is one of the best actors working today, then you should see his new film, Stronger, the story of Jeff Bauman, immediately.
Disney’s The Little Mermaid is docked at the Civic Theater this week and judging from the reactions of the kids in the audience watching Ariel (Diana Huey), Sebastian (Melvin Abston) and Scuttle (Jamie Torcellini) come to life, it’s going to make a big splash here in San Diego. The story
With the frenetic action scenes and the original cast saving the day, the film will satisfy fans until part 3 rolls around.
“I was used to being ‘that dude from that show, who got shot in that episode'” – Sterling K. Brown
