Josh Gad Talks ‘Angry Birds’ and Voicing Animated Characters
“Animation is so liberating because you’re just left to your own voice and there’s nothing else you can fall back on” – Josh Gad
Cara Delevingne Had to Read a Scene from ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ for her ‘Suicide Squad’ Audition
“More is known about my life than the lives of the characters I play. My plan is to reverse that” – Cara Delevingne
Bryan Cranston: “From the age of 25, I became a working actor and never looked back”
“Heisenberg and Breaking Bad became this avalanche. And I had to step away from it so I didn’t get swallowed up by Walter White.” – Bryan Cranston
Russell Crowe Blasts Method Acting: “Seriously, it’s not that complicated”
“If you want to be an actor, work it out yourselves.” – Russell Crowe
‘UnREAL’ Casting Director Barbara Fiorentino: “Having that ability to weave comedy into drama is so specific, and a lot of people can’t do it”
“I kind of had a bee in my bonnet about air space being taken up by real people when there are wonderful actors out there who needed jobs” – Casting Director Barbara Fiorentino
The One Thing You Need To Know About Auditions
What did you bring to the audition that sets you apart? What did you do differently to everyone else who walked into the audition room that day?
Actor Enlists People on the Street to Help Him Improvise a Movie Trailer
The first half of the video is devoted to Walsh recruiting people for his project, while the second half shows the actual trailer.
‘Hamilton’ Star Leslie Odom, Jr.: “This is the show I was waiting for my whole life”
“There is a chance that this is the greatest role I might ever have in my life.” – Leslie Odom, Jr. While it’s fair that Lin-Manuel Miranda receives the lion’s share of the press for Hamilton — he is the writer and star behind the unprecedented Broadway musical — he
Gary Cole on ‘Veep,’ Improvising and His Early Career
“It was all like a dream. It didn’t make any sense to me, how I got there, but sometimes that’s the way that it goes.” – Gary Cole on getting cast in his first major TV role
Watch: Megan Fox’s Audtion for ‘Transformers’
This is a clip from Megan Fox’s audition for ‘Transformers’, her first major starring role.
Jack O’Connell on the “Tediously Frustrating” Han Solo Audition Process
“The most frustrating thing is when you feel like your full potential hasn’t been recognized.” – Jack O’Connell on Auditioning
Susan Sarandon on Acting: “If you always have to be watching yourself and judging, I don’t think you’re as free”
“I never really studied acting so I kind of kiddingly talk about ‘building your circle’ and ‘mooding up,’ because I really didn’t learn any technique.” – Susan Sarandon
‘Game of Thrones’ Actor Owen Teale: “I guarded myself not to get too emotional”
“The most important thing when playing the character was to just get rid of a whole section of feelings that I have as a human being” – Actor Owen Teale
Dear Starving Actor…
“While others get paid in their chosen professions, you work to be able to afford yours.”
Actress Charlotte Rothwell: “Acting makes my heart beat and my blood pump around my body”
“Pursue what you love with reckless abandon, let the ‘no’s be fuel to the fire that makes you push towards your goals and keep going until you get there”
Rachel Bloom on Her ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Character’: “She’s like this bubbly Walter White”
Bloom spoke about why she sees her Crazy Ex-Girlfriend character as a “bubbly Walter White” and how a vulgar song about Ray Bradbury launched her career.
Tilda Swinton: “I’m never really that interested in acting, to be honest with you”
“What I need is this feeling of not knowing what I’m doing. Genuinely this feeling of beginner’s mind, constantly.” – Tilda Swinton
Lin-Manuel Miranda on the Success of ‘Hamilton’: “We can’t rest on our laurels”
“If you for a second stop to think, ‘Hey man, 16 nominations,’ you’re going to get hit in the head with a chair or you’re going to get kicked by a dancer.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda
Watch: This ‘Games of Thrones’ Audition Tape Will Show You Exactly Why These Actors Were Cast
These audition tapes, which include actors Natalie Dormer, Gwendoline Christie, Rose Leslie, are then cut to show the actual scenes from the show.
Margot Robbie on Career Highs and Lows: “There’s another mountain! The hustle continues”
“It’s so much more fun for people to describe it as winning the lottery and the overnight sensation. But it was all very strategic: These are the steps that need to be accomplished.” – Margot Robbie