Ewan McGregor Talks Playing Jesus and the Devil in ‘Last Days in the Desert’
“I was just trying to play him like any other role, really. Who do I think he was? Who do I want him to be in this story?” – Ewan McGregor
Rose Byrne on Her First Audition, Broadway and the Science of Comedy
“I think comedy is very hard. It’s very scientific getting the beats of it” – Rose Byrne
Josh Gad Talks ‘Angry Birds’ and Voicing Animated Characters
“Animation is so liberating because you’re just left to your own voice and there’s nothing else you can fall back on” – Josh Gad
Cara Delevingne Had to Read a Scene from ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ for her ‘Suicide Squad’ Audition
“More is known about my life than the lives of the characters I play. My plan is to reverse that” – Cara Delevingne
Bryan Cranston: “From the age of 25, I became a working actor and never looked back”
“Heisenberg and Breaking Bad became this avalanche. And I had to step away from it so I didn’t get swallowed up by Walter White.” – Bryan Cranston
Russell Crowe Blasts Method Acting: “Seriously, it’s not that complicated”
“If you want to be an actor, work it out yourselves.” – Russell Crowe
‘Hamilton’ Star Leslie Odom, Jr.: “This is the show I was waiting for my whole life”
“There is a chance that this is the greatest role I might ever have in my life.” – Leslie Odom, Jr. While it’s fair that Lin-Manuel Miranda receives the lion’s share of the press for Hamilton — he is the writer and star behind the unprecedented Broadway musical — he
Gary Cole on ‘Veep,’ Improvising and His Early Career
“It was all like a dream. It didn’t make any sense to me, how I got there, but sometimes that’s the way that it goes.” – Gary Cole on getting cast in his first major TV role
Jack O’Connell on the “Tediously Frustrating” Han Solo Audition Process
“The most frustrating thing is when you feel like your full potential hasn’t been recognized.” – Jack O’Connell on Auditioning
Susan Sarandon on Acting: “If you always have to be watching yourself and judging, I don’t think you’re as free”
“I never really studied acting so I kind of kiddingly talk about ‘building your circle’ and ‘mooding up,’ because I really didn’t learn any technique.” – Susan Sarandon
‘Game of Thrones’ Actor Owen Teale: “I guarded myself not to get too emotional”
“The most important thing when playing the character was to just get rid of a whole section of feelings that I have as a human being” – Actor Owen Teale
Rachel Bloom on Her ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Character’: “She’s like this bubbly Walter White”
Bloom spoke about why she sees her Crazy Ex-Girlfriend character as a “bubbly Walter White” and how a vulgar song about Ray Bradbury launched her career.
Tilda Swinton: “I’m never really that interested in acting, to be honest with you”
“What I need is this feeling of not knowing what I’m doing. Genuinely this feeling of beginner’s mind, constantly.” – Tilda Swinton
Lin-Manuel Miranda on the Success of ‘Hamilton’: “We can’t rest on our laurels”
“If you for a second stop to think, ‘Hey man, 16 nominations,’ you’re going to get hit in the head with a chair or you’re going to get kicked by a dancer.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda
Margot Robbie on Career Highs and Lows: “There’s another mountain! The hustle continues”
“It’s so much more fun for people to describe it as winning the lottery and the overnight sensation. But it was all very strategic: These are the steps that need to be accomplished.” – Margot Robbie
Dan Fogler on His Long ‘Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them’ Audition
“I went to L.A and there was another test and they were just like we love you, we really like you, and then nothing happened!” – Dan Fogler
Broadway Veteran Lisa Gajda On Why ‘Tuck Everlasting’ Will Be Her Last Broadway Show
“For ‘Tuck,’ I don’t have to be young and pretty, and I don’t have to do anything that’s not true,” Gajda explains.
Chris Evans on the Challenges of Being Captain America Outside of Acting
“It’s part of the job, I’ve got to sell this thing. But it’s just a gross feeling. It makes me insecure.”
Julia Louis-Dreyfus: “Opportunity for women in television has increased. It’s because the landscape has widened”
“I did not come out of SNL as any kind of name. I didn’t do anything particularly great when I was there. I didn’t. It’s fine. But I learned a tremendous amount.”
Tituss Burgess on How He Landed His ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt’ Role
Burgess reveals how his role on 30 Rock led to ‘Kimmy Schmidt’ and whether or not he’d consider returning to Broadway.