Interview: Casting Directors Brett Benner and Debby Romano Talk ‘Shrinking’, Finding Actors and More
Benner and Romano talk about casting Harrison Ford and also get into auditioning actors and what it takes to bring them back again and again.
Benner and Romano talk about casting Harrison Ford and also get into auditioning actors and what it takes to bring them back again and again.
Actor Brian Dennehy also reveals the advice that actor Christopher Plummer gave him that he still uses today.
Russell Hornsby talks coming to set prepared, how he builds a character, The Affair and more!
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“I always say to actors, if you don’t get something, there’s a reason. It’s okay. It sucks in the moment. But it’ll all work out man.” – Michael Kelly
“You [get immersed in] a film and of course you think that that is it. And then you go away and you read a new script and you have a new crush” – Alicia Vikander
Why do some people succeed in the acting world when others do not? Is it always down to talent or are other things involved?
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Getting involved and saying yes to readings is one thing you can do right now to help boost your acting career.
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There are tons of articles out there for actors learn effective ways to crack into the entertainment business, but other jobs in the industry are a well-kept secret. Now, two casting directors are offering their advice to learn their trade. Paul Schnee and Kerry Barden, who cast the James Brown
This week acting legend Michael Caine appears in his sixth film directed by Christopher Nolan, Interstellar. In an interview clip from The New York Times that was shot around the release of the last movie Caine worked on with Nolan, The Dark Knight Rises, reporter Melena Ryzik spoke to Caine
The name Larry Moss is certainly not as famous as his clients’ — including Hilary Swank, Helen Hunt, Jim Carrey, Tobey Maguire, and Leonardio DiCaprio — but as an acting coach he’s influenced their award-winning performances. In a conversation with The Hollywood Reporter, he spoke about what advice he gave
As the actress who has played the best friend to some of Hollywood’s most familiar faces like Jennifer Garner and Jennifer Lopez, Judy Greer must know a thing or two about auditioning. She’s nailed the role countless times to become one of Tinsel Town’s most successful character actresses. She talked
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Judy Greer has played everyone’s best friend on-screen over the last decade, but the character actress has really found her own niche the last couple of years. She hit Los Angeles in 1997 after graduating from Depaul University. She talked about her first week in Hollywood, it’s a week most
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If you’re lucky enough to be among the small percentage of actors in the TV casting pool this summer, here are some tips to help you rise to the top, stay afloat and make a splash at your auditions.
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When asked if he likes to know in advance what’s going to happen to his character, he said that he “can’t act it as well if he knows too much.” He goes on to say that he “needs to know as much as Phil Coulson knows in any given scene.”
If you’re an actor interested in working in television, you probably know how important it is to do your research and stay up to date with current TV shows.
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I talked to him at a roundtable interview at Comic-Con where he talked about the show and his character.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2AZJQTsNTY Seth Rudetsky, actor, musician and a host on SiriusXM’s Broadway channel, has been teaching auditioning master classes this summer and he’s seen his share of bad auditions lately. In this video, he reveals the 5 worst audition mistakes you can make in a musical theater audition and how
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I could listen to Sir Ben Kingsley talk about acting and.. well, I could listen to him talk about anything. He’s starring in the new Laika stop-motion animated film, The Boxtrolls, and he and some of the cast (along with the director) joined in on a Comic-Con panel about the
Rubin spoke about what she looks for in casting a replacement actor and how prepared an actor should be for a first audition and a callback.
By Sarah Romine, author of Ghost Light Once upon a time, I was that girl: I picked up everything and moved to LA to pursue a career in acting. To offer a little back-story, I had a tumultuous breakup with my teenage love and ran to Chicago after college three
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