Nicolas Cage on Using a “More Quiet and Measured Performance Style” in ‘Pig’
Actor Nicolas Cage admits that he doesn’t miss big studio films, comparing it to the creative freedom he enjoys in independent film.
Nicolas Cage Talks Acting and How He Finds Inspiration
When it comes to acting, Nicolas Cage suggests that if you’re going to borrow, you might as well borrow from the best.
Nicolas Cage on Developing his “Nouveau Shamanic” Acting Style
Nicolas Cage touches upon facets of acting – influences from his pets, a director’s vision, his “nouveau shamanic” acting and how other actors can use it
Interview: Anne Winters on ‘Mom and Dad,’ ‘Thirteen Reasons Why’ and Selma Blair Audition Stories
“Anytime I get a chance to play something completely different, or do something that’s so out of the ordinary, than I take that.” – Anne Winters on Choosing Her Roles
At 17, Tye Sheridan Already has a Career Many Veteran Actors Would Envy
Tye Sheridan is one fortunate 17-year-old kid. He’s worked with directors Terrence Malick on The Tree of Life, Jeff Nichols in Mud and David Gordon Green in Joe. That’s pretty significant list for someone who kicked off his career with such respected talent. He talked to Indiewire recently about his incredible success in the industry. Sheridan explained to the Indiewire about what he learned from working with Malick. He said, “Well I feel like it was a learning
Director David Gordon Green Narrates a Scene From ‘Joe’
Director David Gordon Green narrates a sequence from his new film, Joe, featuring Nicolas Cage and Tye Sheridan. In the video, he mentions his reasons why he likes to hire non-traditional actors. He likes people who have real skill-sets and not actors who have the skills on their resume. He also talked about this in the featurette we posted the other day.
Director David Gordon Green: “I find actors in unusual places”
I keep missing screenings of director David Gordon Greene‘s new film, Joe. I hear it’s really good so I’m looking forward to catching it at some point. Joe stars Nicholas Cage as ex-con Joe Ransom, who isn’t the greatest of role models until he meets a 15-year-old boy (Mud‘s Tye Sheridan). In this featurette, Green talks about hiring non-actors for his films and Cage, who is also interviewed in the video, discusses what it’s like
Adam Sandler Tops Forbes’ 2013 List of Overpaid Actors
Each year Forbes releases a list of the most “overpaid” actors — in other words, actors who deliver the least amount of box office for the investment to cover their hefty paychecks. Last year the list was topped by Eddie Murphy (big surprise), who doesn’t make the list this year because he wisely decided to take a little break from movies. But this year another Saturday Night Live veteran took his spot at the top:
Nicolas Cage Wants to Make a Few Things Very Clear
Nicolas Cage wants to make a few things very clear. “There is a misperception, if you will, in critical response or even in Hollywood, that I can only do exaggerated characters. Or what they call over-the-top performances,” he said in an interview with The Guardian. “Well, this is completely false. Another misconception about me is that I just do movies to pay checks. That I’m obsessed with comics. The other big misconception, which needs to
Watch: ‘And Introducing… Famous Faces in Their Film Debuts’
Here’s a cool video featuring a bunch of well-known actors in the very first on-camera roles.
