Richard Dreyfuss on Winning an Oscar: “You’re riskier when you’re on the hunt”
“I had no doubt of my eventual success.” – Richard Dreyfuss
‘Stranger Things’ Star Shannon Purser on Getting Cast as Barb
“I had never booked anything, gotten close calls, and then one day I got an email about this new show called Stranger Things, asking for a tape.” – Shannon Purser
Ron Cephas Jones on ‘This Is Us’: “This gig is probably the best I’ve ever had in film and television”
“That was the biggest challenge, dealing with the emotion and not making it too melodramatic—letting the real emotion out, and trusting your partner that they’re going to care for it.” – Ron Cephas Jones
Jane Lynch: “I was 40 by the time I started making money at this”
“I love to act; it’s my calling if there’s such a thing.” – Jane Lynch
Andy Serkis on Performance Capture: “You can’t be vain and do this”
“Acting is acting at the end of the day, but playing these kinds of characters, there’s an element of being fearless to play them.” – Andy Serkis
Rachel Bay Jones: “Everything we’re trying to do on stage as actors is tell the truth”
Jones revealed the various anxieties she had about her career and how she learned that it was important to be herself.
Alison Brie on ‘Glow’: “I had to audition many times”
“Of course when you’re told that they don’t think your right for it, I was even more fired up to prove them wrong.” – Alison Brie on Auditioning for ‘Glow’
Marvel’s Inhumans: How Anson Mount Developed Black Bolt’s Communication
“I tend to be more interested in a character’s weaknesses than I do their strengths and in a comic book/graphic novel space, it’s easy to lose sight of that, you know?” – Anson Mount
Jodie Whittaker on Becoming the First Female Doctor Who
“To be asked to play the ultimate character, to get to play pretend in the truest form: This is why I wanted to be an actor in the first place.” – Jodie Whittaker
Rachel Bay Jones on Finding Her ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ Character
“We always try to find the recognizable thread. The thing that we relate to is always the strongest point to start from.” – Rachel Bay Jones
Corey Hawkins on Using His Classical Training in Television and Film Roles: “You have those tools ready to go”
“…you’re not feeling inspired as an actor and not having that magic moment where it all comes together, then that’s when you have to pull the techniques.” – Corey Hawkins
Ted Danson on ‘The Good Place’ and Why He Doesn’t Need to Know His Characters Backstory
“On this show, you’re constantly walking in with a new script with a new backstory and a new revelation on who you are. You’re constantly discovering.” – Ted Danson
Marisa Tomei on Playing Aunt May in ‘Spider-Man’ and Typecasting
“I’m always fighting whatever stereotypes one gets into and trying to change it up.” – Marisa Tomei
Naomi Watts on ‘Gypsy’, ‘Twin Peaks’, and When She Says “Yes” to a Role
“What did I do last? Did I get that out of my system? What is this going to lead me to next?” – Naomi Watts on Choosing Parts
Laura Linney: “The thing that makes the theater different from any other art form: it’s time”
Linney cast’s some light on why revivals in theater are looked at differently than their television and film counterparts.
Corey Hawkins: “I grew up a theater nerd”
“The fun of it and the challenge of it is to take the play — to take the text — and make it your own, to find it your own way” – Corey Hawkins on Theater
Sally Field on Performing on Broadway: “You’re so totally and utterly and completely alive”
Field reveals how the lack of intermission helps her maintain her energy and why she decided to return to Broadway after a nearly 15-year break.
‘This Is Us’ Casting Director Tiffany Little Canfield on Casting Sterling K. Brown and Chrissy Metz
“For a casting director, that’s your—the actor that you have loved for decades getting their shot, and then not only taking it, but killing it, as Sterling does each and every week.” – Tiffany Little Canfield
Ben Platt on How He Found Himself Starring in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
“Every day is a different sort of vibe and feeling. It can be impacted by anything from like, “Is it raining outside?” to “Are there a lot of old people?”” – Ben Platt
Geoffrey Rush: “In my theatrical repertoire, I rarely played the central character”
“I suppose I’m drawn to — I’d call them all outsider figures.” – Geoffrey Rush