Linnea Berthelsen on Her ‘Stranger Things’ Audition and Keeping Her Role a Secret for a Year
Danish actress Linnea Berthelsen had to keep her role on the Netflix series, Stranger Things, a complete secret, something she says she didn’t mind too much
Eddie Izzard on Learning to How to Be an Actor
“The bottom line of drama is to be truthful, the bottom line of comedy is to be funny, and they are different.” – Eddie Izzard
Eddie Izzard on Creating a Character: “I should be able to come off script and improvise”
“The better you researched it – the better you are into the character before you land on the set, the easier it’s going to be. ” – Eddie Izzard on Preparing for a Role
Alison Brie on ‘Glow’: “I had to audition many times”
“Of course when you’re told that they don’t think your right for it, I was even more fired up to prove them wrong.” – Alison Brie on Auditioning for ‘Glow’
Marvel’s Inhumans: How Anson Mount Developed Black Bolt’s Communication
“I tend to be more interested in a character’s weaknesses than I do their strengths and in a comic book/graphic novel space, it’s easy to lose sight of that, you know?” – Anson Mount
Jodie Whittaker on Becoming the First Female Doctor Who
“To be asked to play the ultimate character, to get to play pretend in the truest form: This is why I wanted to be an actor in the first place.” – Jodie Whittaker
Ben Platt on How He Found Himself Starring in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
“Every day is a different sort of vibe and feeling. It can be impacted by anything from like, “Is it raining outside?” to “Are there a lot of old people?”” – Ben Platt
Geoffrey Rush: “In my theatrical repertoire, I rarely played the central character”
“I suppose I’m drawn to — I’d call them all outsider figures.” – Geoffrey Rush
Gal Gadot Recalls Her Audition for Wonder Woman
Gadot revealed what happened when she first attended a screen test for Batman v Superman director, Zach Snyder
‘Beauty and the Beast’ Star Luke Evans: “If there’s one thing I’m comfortable doing in this life it’s singing”
What fans might not be aware of, is that Evans started out in theater, and didn’t land his first film role until he hit 30.
Dan Stevens: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and the Song He Sang at His Audition
For actor Dan Stevens, the Beast presented a set of challenges where he had to reenact his scenes multiple times so the motion capture could be realistic.
Christine Baranski: “I rarely play a victim”
“There’s always a feistiness to the characters I play and a real strength.” – Christine Baranski
Patrick Stewart: “Always do the best work you can do, but don’t expect that it will lead to the next thing”
“It’s always for me been about performance and trying to produce the unexpected.” – Patrick Stewart on Acting
Susan Sarandon on Equal Pay: “There’s no equity in terms of value”
“It’s a sin what happens to these supporting actors through the years where they can barely exist on the pay they get” – Susan Sarandon
Zach Galifianakis on ‘Baskets’: “Not to sound too pretentious or actor-y but you want to kind of challenge yourself”
“As a comic — as a fat, bearded comic — you can paint yourself into a corner” – Zach Galifianakis
Dan Stevens Talks His Role in ‘Legion’ and Turning “Up the Dial” When Working with Green Screen
“I always sort of look at filmmaking as an exercise in collective madness” – Dan Stevens
Movie Review: ‘T2: Trainspotting’
Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, and Robert Carlyle are back as the Scottish anti-heroes.
Tom Hardy on How He Prepared for His Role in ‘Taboo’
“I really think about acting in two different parts. There’s convincing and not convincing acting.” – Tom Hardy
Felicity Jones on How She Finds Inspiration For Her Characters
“As much as possible, I’m trying to understand who the characters are and why they’re making the decisions that they’re making.” – Felicity Jones
Anna Kendrick on Why She Became a Actress and How She Got Her Role in ‘Up in the Air’
“It became the way that I learn about myself and the way that I learn about other people.” – Anna Kendrick on Acting