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Dev Patel: “I never went to acting school. Everything I’ve learned, I’ve learned from great directors and my co-stars”

“I’m 26 and, like most actors my age, hungry to show emotional range.” – Dev Patel

Michael Keaton on Playing Ray Kroc in ‘The Founder’

“You never do an impression, and yet I felt somewhat obligated to kind of simulate his attitude and his sound” – Michael Keaton on Playing Ray Kroc

Tom Hardy Talks About the “subtleties and complexities and paradoxes” of Playing Villains

“I have to find an identifier, a silhouette which immediately radiates something for me.” – Tom Hardy on Creating a Character

Viggo Mortensen on His First Movie Role and Why It Didn’t Bring Him Instant Success

“I’ve always stuck to a similar approach with each job. Show up on time and prepared, and pay attention.” – Viggo Mortensen

Octavia Spencer on Period Pieces: “I don’t come out of the time period; I stay in it”

“I listen to music of the time and I only deal with family and friends that are on the film” – Octavia Spencer

Tom Hardy on How He Prepared for His Role in ‘Taboo’

“I really think about acting in two different parts. There’s convincing and not convincing acting.” – Tom Hardy

Greta Gerwig’s Advice to New Actors: “Make your own things”

“When I suddenly feel like I can’t find my footing, I listen to a song or look at a photograph or read an essay, and reconnect with what I felt the essence of the character was.” – Greta Gerwig

Viggo Mortensen on How He Became an Actor

“It didn’t occur to me to try acting it until I was, for an actor, relatively pretty old — 22 or 23.” – Viggo Mortensen

Michael Fassbender on Finding a Character: “If I can make them logical to myself, then I apply them, and that’s really it”

Fassbender talks about his parents’ concern about his action aspirations and why he reject the idea that he is an “intelligent actor.”

Felicity Jones on How She Finds Inspiration For Her Characters

“As much as possible, I’m trying to understand who the characters are and why they’re making the decisions that they’re making.” – Felicity Jones

Scarlett Johansson on Choosing Roles and “Pushing Your Boundaries”

“Breathing life into a character means celebrating and recognizing the fullness of them…” – Scarlett Johansson

Casey Affleck on Finding a Character: “It’s such an internal and complicated and still mysterious process”

“The fun part for me is endlessly talking about why does he do this, or why does he do that, or why doesn’t he? I really get into that.” – Casey Affleck on Rehearsing

Ben Mendelsohn on His ‘Rogue One’ Villain and Finally Getting Work in America

Mendelsohn spoke about playing one of the Empire’s nefarious villains in the latest Star Wars film.

Andrew Garfield on What He Loves (and Hates) About Acting

“I want to know everything about everything, and that’s not possible and it won’t be possible.” – Andrew Garfield

Mahershala Ali: Our Job is “to consistently put ourselves in a position where we’re uncomfortable and going beyond our comfort zone”

Ali points out that having anxiety or fear about a role shows that he’s getting close to finding his character.