Former Hollywood Agent Dishes Out Advice For All Actors in this Reddit “Ask Me Anything”
“You can’t compare yourself to your friends as every actor is different. Every role is different. With that being said, you need to brand yourself.”
Ian McKellen on Working with Child Actors and How He Transitioned from a Stage Actor to a Screen Actor
“And I think when I decided to become professional, my only aim, really, was to get better as an actor.” – Ian McKellen
New ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ Star Tyler Lea on Taking Over from a Tony Award Winner
“I haven’t done a whole lot. This is my first huge thing. This is my first bite. I was waiting it out and then I caught a really, really big fish.” – Tyler Lea
Master of None’s Noël Wells Talks Positive Attitudes and Having Nothing To Lose
Noel Wells starring role alongside Aziz Ansari in his Netflix series, Master of None, has audiences in stitches
An Actor Succeeds: A Book Full of Quotes on Acting Tips, Auditioning and More
If you’re looking for the book on acting that’ll inspire and set a fire to your actor juices, Boze Hadleigh’s ‘An Actor Succeeds’ is one to check out.
Watch: Conversations with Tom Hardy, Emily Browning and Brian Helgeland of ‘Legend’
Tom Hardy, Emily Browning and writer/director Brian Helgeland talk about ‘Legend’ and the complex shoot that required Hardy to switch between roles seamlessly.
Actress Kayla Nash on Her Video Series, ‘Self Tape w/ Lindsay Drake!’
“Whether you are starting out or you’re a seasoned actor, these will not only tickle your funny bone but also make ya think about those audition skills!”
Rooney Mara on Her Difficult Auditions and Playing Cate Blanchett’s Lover in ‘Carol’
“I thought, ‘If I don’t get a job soon, I’m just going to go back to New York.’” – Rooney Mara on her first years in LA
How Brie Larson Prepared for Her Role in ‘Room’
Larson felt it was important to show the gritty reality of Ma, even in her wardrobe.
5 Points Every Actor Should Embrace Before Their Audition
Remember: It’s about how hard you tried during the audition. If you tried as hard as you could, no one can take that away from you.
Ron Perlman on ‘Sons of Anarchy’, How Makeup Helps His Acting and His Father’s Influence on His Career
Perlman tells a funny story about how he was an overweight teenager, but he points out that being overweight actually helped him inhabit his roles in heavy makeup when he was older (and thinner).
Jason Segel on Doing Things Outside of His Comfort Zone
There was a line in the script that I thought was exhilarating: ‘I have to face the reality that I’m 34 years old alone in a room with a piece of paper,’” Segel says. “When I read that line I felt like, yes, that’s exactly where I am right now.”
Bryan Cranston on Preparing to Play Dalton Trumbo and Why He Won’t Play Walter White Again
Bryan Cranston on his actor preparation: “The character starts outside of you and [you use] your imagination and own personal experience.”
Eddie Yaroch Talks Moxie’s ‘The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence’ and His 2014 Craig Noel Award
Yaroch talks about ‘Watson Intelligence’, winning the Craig Noel award, San Diego theatre and more!
Paul Bettany’s ‘Shelter’ Starring Jennifer Connelly and Anthony Mackie
Connelly’s Hannah is the one who goes through the most change here. She doesn’t know “how to be in the world at all,” she says.
John Boyega on His ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Audition
“That was seven long months of training, of reading scripts that I wasn’t allowed to bring home, to create this character from scratch. So that for me was the emphasis.” – John Boyega
Toby Kebbell on the Negative Reaction to ‘Fantastic Four’: “I was disappointed, but the fans aren’t wrong”
“I don’t know if I learned anything from [playing] Doom, apart from, perhaps, when I see something I don’t agree with, to voice that immediately.” – Toby Kebbell
Bryan Cranston on His Proudest Achievement and Baring Everything (Literally) On-Screen
“As an actor you need to be willing to be embarrassed or humiliated when it’s appropriate, it’s called for — and it was for this film.” – Bryan Cranston
James Gunn Wants Fans to Stop Asking Him for a Part in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’
There’s one thing James Gunn won’t do: cast you in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy 2’, just because you asked.
Jesse Eisenberg Talks On-Set Improvising and His New Book, ‘Bream Gives Me Hiccups’
Jesse Eisenberg: “In acting, you can’t really act on your own. That’s the wonderful thing about writing; you can do it anywhere.”