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Actors on Acting

Over the years, some of the world’s most successful actors have shared their insights and advice on acting and their careers.
In this category, you’ll find articles on actors who share their thoughts on a wide range of acting topics, including:

  • What it means to be an actor
  • Different approaches to acting
  • How to prepare for a role
  • How to work with directors and other actors
  • How to deal with rejection and failure
  • And much more!

Whether you’re just starting out or a working actor, there is something for everyone in this category.

‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ Star Benjamin Walker on Acting: “If a magician tells you how he did his trick, it’s not magical any more”

While there’s no doubt that the big star of the current Broadway revival of Tennessee Williams’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is Scarlett Johnasson, who plays Maggie, Johansson’s co-star is Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson star Benjamin Walker.

‘Cat on a Hot Tin Roof’ Star Benjamin Walker on Acting: “If a magician tells you how he did his trick, it’s not magical any more” Read More »

Ashton Kutcher Studied Hours of Footage, Went on a Fruitarian Diet and Ended Up in the Hospital to Play Steve Jobs

Ashton Kutcher is another actor who has made the news recently for risking his health for a film role (ie: Anne Hathaway for Les Miserables and Matthew McConaughey for The Dallas Buyers Club.) In order to play Apple genius Steve Jobs, Kutcher adopted Jobs’ fruitarian diet.

Ashton Kutcher Studied Hours of Footage, Went on a Fruitarian Diet and Ended Up in the Hospital to Play Steve Jobs Read More »

Jodie Foster Praises Oscar Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis’ and says that, “I think people don’t really understand child acting”

Jodie Foster tends to be the actress people turn to with questions about child actors. After all, Foster began acting at the age of 3 and was nominated for an Oscar for her role as a child prostitute in Taxi Driver, a role she performed when she was twelve.

Jodie Foster Praises Oscar Nominee Quvenzhané Wallis’ and says that, “I think people don’t really understand child acting” Read More »

Stephen McKinsley Henderson Doesn’t Call Himself a Character Actor: “I’m what I like to call a story-line actor”

Actor Stephen McKinsley Henderson has followed up his Tony-nominated role opposite Denzel Washington in the 2010 production of August Wilson’s Fences and long-running recurring role as judge on Law & Order with recent appearances in episodes of The Newsroom and a role in the highest profile film of his career, Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln.

Stephen McKinsley Henderson Doesn’t Call Himself a Character Actor: “I’m what I like to call a story-line actor” Read More »

Daniel Day-Lewis on His Lengthy Breaks Between Roles: “I cannot do the work I love to do unless I take time away from it”

It’s odd to see Daniel Day-Lewis so chatty during awards season to promote Lincoln because he isn’t known for doing many interviews in his career. But Day-Lewis has also been participating in various revealing Q&A sessions, including the Santa Barbara International Film Festival to receive the festival’s Montecito Award for his career achievements.

Daniel Day-Lewis on His Lengthy Breaks Between Roles: “I cannot do the work I love to do unless I take time away from it” Read More »

Emmy Rossum talks ‘Shameless’ and saying, “My character wouldn’t do that” to the writers

Emmy Rossum admits that she wishes her show, Showtime’s Shameless, would get the same attention the network’s other hit, Homeland, gets. “They are a strong drama.  We were entered [in the Emmys] as a drama, because we’re an hour long,” she said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. 

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