Actors on Acting Archives

Dave Bautista on Building His Career and Why He Looks For Ways to “Take Away” From His Physicality

Dave Bautista describes why he’s been able to maintain an acting career that is more interesting than the standard “action hero” path.

Elisabeth Moss spoke about directing episodes of The Handmaids Tale and what it was like working with her co-stars in a different capacity.

Evan Peters also talked about the difficulties of balancing two different television roles in a short period of time.

Brian Cox speaks about his entire career, with a strong focus on his dominating role on Succession.

Actor Jesse Plemons spoke about his more recent roles and the unique circumstances surrounding both of them in those movies.

Amanda Seyfried spoke about the career and explains that she has faced many challenges on her way to that Oscar nomination.

Riz Ahmed nearly quit acting before being cast in his breakthrough role in the 2014 film Nightcrawler because he was not making enough money.

Anthony Mackie says he’s followed a traditional career path as an actor, and feels he is finally enjoying the benefits of that groundwork.

When Gary Oldman worked with director David Fincher on Mank it was a positive thing that they were on the same page.

Rebecca Breeds admits that she didn’t have a handle on Starling’s accent at first because she misunderstood the sides for the audition.

Glynn Turman spoke about playing his part on both stage and screen and how his approach to playing Toledo changed.

The talk focuses on Rhea Seehorn’s Better Call Saul role, but she does speak about her long road to booking the series.

Jodie Foster went into detail about rehearsals with Robert De Niro on Taxi Driver and why it ended up being important to their characters.

Scott Glenn talks about his career, the military and reveals that he became an actor almost by happenstance.

Giancarlo Esposito details his early career struggles and what he had to do to adapt to the expectations people had of him as a performer

Kate Winslet went into detail about her early career and how the blockbuster film, Titanic, changed everything for her.

George Clooney points out that as an actor nearing sixty, he is now gearing toward a different caliber of roles.

Carey Mulligan explains how she feels about playing such an ambitious, and in some instances dark, character in Promising Young Woman.

Lupita Nyong’o chats to SAG about her work on Serengeti, 12 Years a Slave as well as her other acclaimed roles.

Sarah Paulson made her first major appearance on TV in Law & Order, but reflecting on that audition she reveals that she nearly blew it.