The two stars talk about the show, getting their parts and don’t miss what they had to say when I asked them what their first professional acting jobs were!
Glover won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Memphis, has recurred on ‘Smash’ and ‘The Following’ and performed for the President and First Lady.
“Being prepared, knowing the material well enough – whether it’s your own song or something they give you – the only thing you can do is prepare as an actor” – Lisa Howard
“As actors, you have to constantly work to redefine yourself. So, lately I’ve been redefining myself as just that, an actor” – Marc Kudisch
Haege, a native of Sydney, Australia, plays Donna and is loving doing the show, even after being on tour for a year and a half.
“I went into this profession with nobody in the business and no real expectation that it would be an easy ride” – Adrien Brody
“In my life, there’s always been these periods, where, ‘Oh my God, I’m never going to work again.’ And then things come out of nowhere. Especially if you’ve already arranged to leave the business and take a trip” – Mary Louise Wilson
“I always feel like I’m always a fight for everybody. Like, “Constance Zimmer? Constance Zimmer. Doesn’t she always play those bitchy women?” – Constance Zimmer
Dockendorf wanted an atmosphere where the young actors could grow, create and play and he did a fantastic job.
“Leave it at the door. Don’t take it with you afterwards. It just ruins your day and it’s really not meant to do that” – Jenna Ushkowitz on Auditions
“I find sometimes emotional scenes are not that difficult for me. I find a way of tricking myself to trick myself to make something happen.” – Robert Duvall
The director and cast talk about their original idea for the web series, the challenges of moving from the web to a film and how Daniel Dae Kim got involved
“I’m a lifer actor,” James Tupper told me. “I went to drama school and got a Master’s. I did the way of the less talented. I had to just find a way to keep it going where I could really break in.”
“You’re really just kind of in the story and letting it all unfold around you. It’s really wonderful. I love it” – Mary Elizabeth Winstead on shooting Faults in chronological order
“There’s no tricks. It’s very open, it’s very stripped down, it’s playing with the truth and without emotional truth no scene works” – Leland Orser
“I’m always trying to play that truth even if the comedy is extreme” – Aisha Tyler on Voicing Lana Kane on ‘Archer’
“This is a chance to play a character that’s a little closer to who I am in real life and be a real person” – Will Forte
“I still laugh out loud every time I read a new script and that’s really rare” – Judy Greer on ‘Archer’
“Finding where you need to be emotionally, or how grounded you need to be in a scene or how far you can actually go with the color of the Fish Mooney sometimes tend to be a bit challenging” – Jada Pinkett Smith
“It took me months to get into the flow of things and adapt to audition rooms here” – Nick Krause on moving to LA
