Jeremy Strong speaks about what frightened him about the role, and the challenge of playing a character very close to the director.
Browsing: creating a character
Julia Crockett on the role of a movement coach, how she helps actors with characters and what you can expect from one of her classes.
Actor Chad Coleman talks about his podcast, how he got started in acting, his career, creating a role and bad auditions.
Gillian Anderson spoke about how she mentally and physically embodied the Iron Lady on the series, The Crown.
David Harbour points to the screenplay as presenting a three-dimensional person and that the script is where he starts building his character.
Al Pacino reveals how he approaches a role, particularly in a dialogue-heavy role, and how much influence a director has on his performances.
Alfred Molina first worked with Carey Mulligan when he played her father in Mulligan’s breakthrough film role, 2009’s An Education.
For Gary Oldman, one of the major steps in figuring out how to portray Mankiewicz was finding the right voice.
Amanda Seyfried spoke about getting into character as Marion Davies and how their careers are similar.
Hugh Grant talks about character actor work that he had done early in his career and why comedy is more challenging for an actor than drama.
Hugh Grant admits he couldn’t do much research into playing a scoundrel outside of reading the script.
Gary Dourdan also chats about filming on location in Morocco, creating a character and audition advice
To portray such a manipulative character, Billy Crudup has plotted his character’s actions to a minute level of detail.
Anthony Mackie reveals that he studied the flying habits of birds to determine how The Falcon would land after flying.
Kerry Washington talks about the role that posture played in her portrayal of Olivia Pope and Anita Hill in the 2016 HBO movie Confirmation.
Actor Sterling K. Brown shared something he learned while in graduate school about acting that has helped him on the hit NBC show, ‘This Is Us’.
Willem Dafoe spoke about portraying real-life figures in many of his films and how Wes Anderson could probably convince him to play just about any role.
Josh Radnor spoke about how costuming can aid an actor into portraying a particular character, particularly in a show that is a period piece like Hunters.
Jesse Plemons reveals that he discovered the character as he grew into the role because he wasn’t given much to start with from creator Vince Gilligan.
Michael Emerson chats about his career, detailing how he portrays his characters and shares the best advice he has for actors.
