Cillian Murphy: “You have to learn your craft, learn your trade – and also you have to live a life and experience things”
Murphy admits that despite his long list of credits he does not yet feel like an actor
Chris Evans on How Characters Mirror the Audience
“Even though you’re on a giant movie with a huge budget and strange costumes, you’re still on a hunt for the truth of the character…” – Chris Evans
Woody Harrelson on Choosing Projects and What He’s Still Trying to Learn as an Actor
“There’s so much to nonverbal communication that I have yet to really understand as an actor” – Woody Harrelson
Joe Morton on Opportunities for Minority Actors: “It’s harder to break into the film world, whereas television has now changed its parameters”
“Television has decided that it will actually try to, as much as possible, make the world that it creates look like what the world actually looks like” – Joe Morton
How Laura Dern Avoided Typecasting
Dern reveals that she is simply following the advice given to her by her actor parents, Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, decades ago.
Giancarlo Esposito on Why He Initially Turned Down Reprising Gus Fring on ‘Better Call Saul’
“I don’t like to repeat myself. I try to always be original in my work.” – Giancarlo Esposito
Jake Gyllenhaal Talks ‘Life’, Preparation and Singing Sondheim
“My favorite actors are like artists” – Jake Gyllenhaal
‘Beauty and the Beast’ Star Luke Evans: “If there’s one thing I’m comfortable doing in this life it’s singing”
What fans might not be aware of, is that Evans started out in theater, and didn’t land his first film role until he hit 30.
Ewan McGregor on Playing Renton Again in ‘T2 Trainspotting’: “It all felt right”
“I feel being Renton again, he was just waiting inside me to come out.” – Ewan McGregor
Laura Linney on Her Acting Education, Advice from Kevin Kline, and Her Best Career Decision
“When people ask me, ‘What was your big break?’ I say it was going to Julliard.” – Laura Linney
Kal Penn’s Old Scripts Reveal Early Career Discrimination
Penn posted, “Found a bunch of my old scripts from some of my first years trying to be an actor.” Here are some scripts included projects that called for:
Mark Ruffalo on his Return to Broadway: “All I wanted to do was get on a stage with a group of people I trust and love and do a great play”
In the current Broadway revival of Arthur Miller’s The Price, Mark Ruffalo returns to Broadway for the first time in over a decade (he last appeared in 2006’s Awake and Sing!)
David Oyelowo on Staying in Character During Filmming: “Different roles require different things”
“My ambition is to keep the audience guessing…that is my path to a long career.” – David Oyelowo
Watch: SAG Conversations with Kurt Russell
You can watch the Hollywood legend talk about his craft in the video!
Guy Pearce on Playing Villains: “The key is to find something they believe in and just run with it”
“It’s difficult to keep an audience engaged unless they see some vulnerability or some weakness.” – Guy Pearce
Susan Kelechi Watson on Her ‘This Is Us’ Character and Working with On-Screen Husband Sterling K. Brown
“I’m not going to worry about who she necessarily was in the last episode, but I’ll let it inform me in the next episode.” – Susan Kelechi Watson
Watch: SAG Conversations with Lauren Graham of ‘Gilmore Girls’
Graham speaks about returning to the role that brought her fame nearly ten years after the series ended.
Patrick Stewart Relates Playing Charles Xavier in ‘Logan’ to His Earliest Days as an Actor
“I loved shifting from character to character, type to type, emotion to emotion.” – Patrick Stewart on His Early Acting Career
Dan Stevens: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and the Song He Sang at His Audition
For actor Dan Stevens, the Beast presented a set of challenges where he had to reenact his scenes multiple times so the motion capture could be realistic.
Christine Baranski: “I rarely play a victim”
“There’s always a feistiness to the characters I play and a real strength.” – Christine Baranski