Paul Dano on How He Created His Character in Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Fabelmans’
Paul Dano speaks about his conversation with Spielberg about the role and how he stepped into the character in the critically-acclaimed film.
Jeremy Strong: “There’s infinite ways really to play any part. So you have to discover what feels necessary”
Jeremy Strong speaks about what frightened him about the role, and the challenge of playing a character very close to the director.
Interview: Movement Coach Julia Crockett on Finding Characters Through Physicality and Her Advice to Actors
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.
Interview: Chad Coleman on Acting, Creating a Character and His New Podcast, ‘Humble Hollywood w/Chad’
Actor Chad Coleman talks about his podcast, how he got started in acting, his career, creating a role and bad auditions.
Gillian Anderson on Portraying Margaret Thatcher and the One Thing That “Informed Everything”
Gillian Anderson spoke about how she mentally and physically embodied the Iron Lady on the series, The Crown.
David Harbour on Building a Character, Finding Contradictions and Mastering an Accent
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 on Creating a Character and Why He “Usually Defers” to a Director
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 on Carey Mulligan and How He Approached His Character in ‘Promising Young Woman’
Alfred Molina first worked with Carey Mulligan when he played her father in Mulligan’s breakthrough film role, 2009’s An Education.
Gary Oldman on Creating ‘Mank’ and Finding the Right Voice: “The process is still a bit of a mystery”
For Gary Oldman, one of the major steps in figuring out how to portray Mankiewicz was finding the right voice.
Amanda Seyfried on Creating and “Stepping” into Marion Davies
Amanda Seyfried spoke about getting into character as Marion Davies and how their careers are similar.
Hugh Grant on Comedy, Character Acting and His Process of Creating a Role
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.
How Does Hugh Grant Create a Character?
Hugh Grant admits he couldn’t do much research into playing a scoundrel outside of reading the script.
Interview: Gary Dourdan on ‘Redemption Day’ and What He Does to Get “Centered” in Auditions and On Set
Gary Dourdan also chats about filming on location in Morocco, creating a character and audition advice
How Does Emmy Winner Billy Crudup Prepare for His ‘The Morning Show’ Character?
To portray such a manipulative character, Billy Crudup has plotted his character’s actions to a minute level of detail.
Anthony Mackie Credits His Juilliard Training for Helping Him Maneuver Crash Landings as Marvel’s Falcon
Anthony Mackie reveals that he studied the flying habits of birds to determine how The Falcon would land after flying.
Kerry Washington on Finding Her Characters and the Importance of Getting the Right Shoes
Kerry Washington talks about the role that posture played in her portrayal of Olivia Pope and Anita Hill in the 2016 HBO movie Confirmation.
One Acting Goal ‘This Is Us’ Star Sterling K. Brown Uses for All of His Characters
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’.
When Playing Real People, It’s All About Research and Interpretation for Willem Dafoe
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.
‘Hunters’ Star Josh Radnor on How His Wardrobe Helped Him Find His Character
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 on How He Created Todd, His ‘Breaking Bad’ Character
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.
