‘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
Idris Elba Led His Young Cast “By Example” on ‘Beasts of No Nation’ Set
In the film, Elba stars as Commandant and by his side is a young orphaned boy named Agu, who’s played by first-timer, Abraham Attah.
Chris Hemsworth on His Weight Loss for ‘In the Heart of the Sea’
“You don’t have to convince yourself that you’re exhausted and hungry; you feel it.” – Chris Hemsworth on losing weight for In the Heart of the Sea
Michael Fassbender on Macbeth the “Massive Insight” He Found in How He Was Going to Play Him
Fassbender views Macbeth’s tortured visions as Shakespeare’s take on PTSD.
David Tennant Talks ‘Jessica Jones’ and His Acting Process
“Within the small range of choice you have as an actor, I do tend toward things I haven’t done before.” – David Tennant
Eddie Redmayne Talks ‘The Danish Girl’, Broadway and the Best Piece of Acting Advice He Ever Received
“As an actor, you never go, ‘Oh, I need to do this.’ You ask yourself, ‘Is this story worth telling? Does it hit me?'” – Eddie Redmayne
Steve Carell’s Take On His Career and the Characters He Plays
“A character doesn’t know whether they’re in a comedy or a drama.” – Steve Carell
Michael Caine: “I can’t work with bad actors, I can only work with good ones”
“If you get the hair and the costume right – you put that costume on long before you start the movie – you look in the mirror and you go, ‘There he is, I know exactly who he is.'” – Michael Caine
Chiwetel Ejiofor on His Busy Schedule and How You Have to Be “Open to the Experiences Offered to You”
“I’m very happy to see what happens, and the not knowing is what I think makes being an actor exciting.” – Chiwetel Ejiofor
Idris Elba: “Drama is therapy”
“How is it possible for me to be in one state of mind, and then say ‘Action’ and go into another state of mind?” – Idris Elba on acting
Harrison Ford on Playing Han Solo Again in ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’: “Another day at the office”
When asked if he ever wondered about another actor taking on his Han Solo role, Ford responds, “I never thought about it.”
Jena Malone on Researching PTSD and Where Her ‘Hunger Games’ Character Started to “Click”
One of her first and most talked about scenes in the series was when she disrobed in front of Katniss and Peeta without a care in the world.
Matthew McConaughey Reveals How He Came Up With His Catchphrase, ‘Alright, alright, alright!’
“My character, David Wooderson, he has three lines in the entire film. Alright, but one of those lines is what I like to call a launch pad line.” – Matthew McConaughey
Michael Shannon on Acting: “Just pay attention. That’s the chief principle. Pay attention all the time”
“I mean honestly I look at acting like it’s my job to disappear. The best acting is invisible.” – Michael Shannon
Jennifer Jason Leigh on ‘The Hateful Eight’, Quentin Tarantino and Playing People in “Extreme Circumstances”
“I think that’s an incredible thing that we can do as actors—to feel empathy toward someone that you may otherwise detest, you know?”
Ian McKellen on Working with Child Actors and How He Transitioned from a Stage Actor to a Screen Actor
“And I think when I decided to become professional, my only aim, really, was to get better as an actor.” – Ian McKellen