Steve Buscemi’s “Ask Me Anything” Chat on Reddit: “I don’t think you can point to any one character and say that that’s ‘me'”
“With any role I play, I only have myself” – Steve Buscemi
Sally Field On Improvisation, How She Chooses Her Roles and ‘Hello, My Name is Doris’
“There’s a dearth of roles for women. I turn down a lot of stuff because there’s just nothing in it for me to do.” – Sally Field
Lily James on Auditioning for ‘Cinderella’ and the Hardest Scenes She Had to Shoot
“The good thing is wearing something like that sort of changes how you stand and it gives you a sense of grace that you can use to your advantage as an actor” – Lily James on wearing corsets
Christian Bale on Not Having a Script for ‘Knight of Cups’: “I never had any lines to learn”
“I never knew what I was going to be doing each day” – Christian Bale on working with Terrence Malick in ‘Knights of Cups’
Helen Mirren on Winning an Oscar: “It’s an indescribable moment”
“It’s hard to say, because you don’t know what would have happened if you hadn’t won” – Helen Mirren When Asked If Winning an Oscar Changed Her Career
Al Pacino on Acting: “It becomes such a part of your nature you rarely ever think about quitting”
After working infrequently in film over the last decade, Al Pacino appears in several films released in 2015, including The Humbling, an indie drama directed by Barry Levinson.
Alfred Molina on His Vast Filmography: “My problem is saying no”
“It’s not your job as an actor to feel anything. It’s your job to make the audience feel it” – Alfred Molina
Oscar Isaac on His Childhood Dream of Starring in ‘Star Wars’
“It’s never about aliens and mutants and robots (for me), it’s actually about the human condition” – Oscar Issac on Star Wars and Sci-Fi Movies
Sarah Silverman Gets Dramatic in ‘I Smile Back’
“I’m not one of those actresses out to prove something” – Sarah Silverman
Julianne Moore on Her Oscar Buzz for ‘Still Alice’: “It’s hard not to think about it when people keep bringing it up”
Moore also talks about the research she did for her Oscar Nominated role.
Al Pacino on Stage Acting: “There’s kind of a freedom in it that I haven’t found anywhere else”
Pacino, who will turn seventy-five this year, points out that for actors there are two tools that they need to depend on to continue working.
Two-Time Oscar Winner Dianne Wiest on the Lack of Work for Older Actresses: “I have to move out of my apartment soon”
Whether it’s because of the lack of acting roles for older actresses or if it’s because the shine eventually wears off on many Oscar winners, there are many once-acclaimed actresses who struggle to find meaningful work when they are middle aged and older. According to two-time Oscar winner Dianne Wiest,
Benedict Cumberbatch on the Lack of Diversity in UK Film: “Something’s gone wrong”
Black actors Chiwetel Ejiofor, David Oyelowo, and Idris Elba have all achieved recent success in American film and television despite concerns about the lack of diversity in entertainment. However, what makes their successes especially curious is that all three are not American — they are all English. Fellow Brit Benedict
Bradley Cooper’s Physical Transformation in ‘American Sniper’: “It changes the way you walk, the way people relate to you”
“I had to get to the point where I believed I was him” – Bradley Cooper American Sniper continues to heat up the box office as well as Bradley Cooper‘s already hot career. To play the role of Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, the actor had to bulk up quite a
Director Clint Eastwood Narrates a Scene from ‘American Sniper’ Featuring Bradley Cooper
Director Clint Eastwood narrates a scene where Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) arrives back in the U.S. and receives a call from his wife, Taya (Sienna Miller)
Randall Park on Playing Kim Jong-Un in ‘The Interview’: “It was crazy to turn on the news and to see my face”
Though Randall Park has been an actor for over a decade and has appeared on popular shows like Veep and The Mindy Project and in movies like Sex Tape and Neighbors, he was hardly a household name… that is, until The Interview became the biggest film news story of 2014.
Patricia Arquette Wants Hollywood to Know: “I gotta get old, people”
Golden Globe winner Patricia Arquette is aging gracefully in Hollywood. She isn’t fighting the years that most actress battle against once they leave their 20s. It is a strategy that is working well for the former Medium star. “This idea of the world expecting you to remain an ingénue forever
Rene Russo: “I probably haven’t embraced my career like I could have”
Rene Russo is back on the big screen thanks to a role of lifetime in the film Nighcrawler, directed by husband Dan Gilroy. The 60-year-old actress portrays an overnight news director who will stop at nothing to get the story. Her work is aided by the equally immoral news stringer,
Watch: David Oyelowo on ‘Selma’ and Staying in Character During Filming
In Selma, David Oyelowo portrays Martin Luther King, Jr. in the events surrounding the 1965 Selma voting rights marches.
Brie Larson on How Her Career as an Actress Has Changed: “Before I had to spend so much time auditioning and proving myself”
For a few years Brie Larson was one of those “I know that actress!” people. In other words, the type of actress who you recognize from many different projects like Scott Pilgrim vs. the World and Rampart, but don’t yet know her name. That has certainly changed in the past