Michael Fassbender on ‘Steve Jobs’ and Aaron Sorkin’s Words
“It really was me spending time with the script. Whether we were rehearsing together as an ensemble and with Danny [Boyle] or myself at home.” – Michael Fassbender on ‘Steve Jobs’
Sutton Foster on Playing With Her Age in ‘Younger’: “I’m actually excited to be a 40-year-old on TV”
“I wasn’t pursuing television. I wanted to be onstage. And I was very lucky there. But my career’s unfolding . . . exactly as it’s supposed to.” – Sutton Foster
Rashida Jones on ‘Angie Tribeca’ and How Acting Can Be “Grind”
“It’s just that it’s a grind. To try for that to be your primary career, especially for women, it’s a bit of a grind.” – Rashida Jones on Acting
Ray Liotta on ‘Shades of Blue’, Typecasting and How He Got Started Acting
“I never, ever wanted to be an actor.” – Ray Liotta
Jennifer Jason Leigh on Her Career Before ‘The Hateful Eight’: “I am well over 40. I feel like the door was closed”
“A lot of times, this town, or this business, really only looks at your last three projects.” – Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Lawrence on Lack of Support Before Stardom: “I grew up in Kentucky, so nobody was like, ‘You’re gonna be a movie star”
“Developing a character is the only thing in the world I feel 100 percent confident in, that I understand.” – Jennifer Lawrence
Kurt Russell on ‘The Hateful Eight’ and the “Trust” He Had With Jennifer Jason Leigh
“You know, we did work hard and this one had become a long process. There was a read-through, a long rehearsal period, and then you do the thing” – Kurt Russell on The Hateful Eight
How an Abundance of Passion Brought ‘School of Rock’ Star Alex Brightman Success
“No one woke up a year ago and said, ‘We have to give Alex Brightman this job. We have to keep remembering that we chose to be here.
Watch: Kurt Russell Explains that Time He Auditioned for Han Solo and Luke Skywalker
“The rumor is that I ‘turned down Star Wars,’ and I didn’t turn down Star Wars. But that’s the fun history of that” – Kurt Russell
Leonardo DiCaprio Talks ‘The Revenant’: “It was the most difficult film I’ve ever done”
“We had months of rehearsal beforehand, but every day was like doing a play” – Leonardo DiCaprio on shooting ‘The Revenant’
The Danish Girl’s Alicia Vikander on Finding What to Play in Her Characters
“I don’t think so much about whether I’m playing a strong person or not – it’s not that the character needs to be loud or straightforward” – Alicia Vikander
James Brolin: “I was a person who was really unsuited to be an actor”
“I would go to five different workshops a week, spending every nickel I had, trying to be just decent at this side of the camera” – James Brolin
Annaleigh Ashford Reveals How Broadway’s ‘Sylvia’ Cast Responded to Show-Interrupting Cell Phone User
Ashford points out that since she plays a dog she has had a creative response to phones going off in the theater.
What Was Jennifer Jason Leigh’s Audition Like For ‘The Hateful Eight’?
“I wanted the part so badly — I’ve wanted to be in a Tarantino movie forever — and needed to give it my all, but it was quite a task set before me, and I was nervous.” – Jennifer Jason Leigh
How has Regina King Maintained a 30 Year Acting Career? “[I’m] an actor, not a celebrity”
“I saw that I was being stereotyped. I saw that a lot of us were being stereotyped. I didn’t want to be part of that” – Regina King
‘Orange is the New Black’ Gave Danielle Brooks the Confidence for Broadway’s ‘The Color Purple’
“Before Orange is the New Black, a year out of school, I was struggling to get a theater job.” – Danielle Brooks
Tom Holland’s Self-Taped Auditions Helped Him Land Spider-Man
“I rang up my agent and I said, ‘Just get me a self- tape. Please let me send something so that they can see me.” – Tom Holland
Jeffrey Tambor Talks His ‘Transparent’ Transformation and Being a “Young Actor Who Was Bald”
“I was scared stiff, and we began the makeup and they did the hair, and I remember Maura just appearing on my face” – Jeffrey Tambor on ‘Transparent’
Laurie Metcalf on Broadway’s ‘Misery’ and Finding Those “Two or Three Drops of Vulnerability” in Playing Annie Wilkes
“It’s such a theatrical character, which makes it a great fit for the theater. I don’t know what I would have even done in an audition room” – Laurie Metcalf
Jennifer Hudson on Making Her Broadway Debut in ‘The Color Purple’ and the Violence of ‘Chi-Raq’
“I’m always excited to see what I’m going to learn onstage with a different crowd.” – Jennifer Hudson