‘Barry’ Star Stephen Root on His Career and Why He’s Always Thought of Himself as a Character Actor
Stephen Root spoke about his career, including why he prefers his character work to more serious roles.
Stephen Root spoke about his career, including why he prefers his character work to more serious roles.
“You always want to start a character in the moment. If you walk out on stage, you wanna bring with you that moment that happened to you before you walked out on the stage.” – Brent Jennings
“I view myself as a facilitator more than anything. That’s always been my thinking as an actor. I’m there to facilitate the story and I’m there to facilitate getting the crew home to see their family.” – Elizabeth Marvel
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“If you want to figure out where you fit in the acting ecosystem, you look at where you would have fit into the generation that came before you.” – John Carroll Lynch
“The system has changed now, there are more varied roles, partly because there’s so much more television and so much less theatre.” – Jim Broadbent
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Actress Amy Ryan: “I’m more of an observer. I like watching the people at the party. It’s the plague of being an actor — you’re never really living life, just taking notes”
Actor Stephen McKinsley Henderson has followed up his Tony-nominated role opposite Denzel Washington in the 2010 production of August Wilson’s Fences and long-running recurring role as judge on Law & Order with recent appearances in episodes of The Newsroom and a role in the highest profile film of his career, Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln.
Matt: “I have like very little self belief, I would say, as a performer. But I just try and act like that isn’t the case”
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Stephen: “I think probably determination is the greatest thing and talent isn’t”