Mark Ruffalo tells ‘Details’ he almost quit acting: “I’d had it with L.A. I got depressed. I was losing my love for it. So I said, ‘I’m done.’”
“I’d had it with L.A., and I really had it with the business side of acting, the machinery of it all.”
James Caan wants to be more than just the “tough guy”:”They said we don’t want a tough guy. I said excuse me, I am an actor”
“They said we don’t want a tough guy. I said excuse me, I am an actor. That is what I do for a living. You know it’s frustrating. “
“Insidious” raises the fear factor by playing with the audiences emotions
Instead of the gratuitous blood and gore the horror genre is known for, this film raises the audiences adrenaline level by playing on the real human emotion associated with an average family.
Franco tells Letterman about his Oscar appearance: “I love her, but Anne Hathaway is so energetic. I think the Tasmanian Devil would look stoned standing next to her”
“I think I actually — I haven’t watched it back — maybe I had low energy. I honestly played those lines as well as I could.”
Rainn Wilson on “Super” and the future of Dwight
“It’s every conceivable color – an actors dream role.”
More controversy over Natalie Portman’s dancing in “Black Swan”
Lane points out dancing was the real star of the film. “It was everything to the movie. It’s called “Black Swan.”
Sarah Lane, Natalie Portman’s Body Double in “Black Swan”: “Of the full body shots, I would say 5 percent are Natalie. All the other shots are me”
“Natalie is an amazing actress, for sure. I know that it’s not a personal thing against me. I know that it’s just a political thing. It’s just unfortunate that I kind of lost credit.”
Terry McMahon wanted to make a film so he turned to Facebook: his film just premiered at SXSW
“This is sincere,” he emphasized. “So bulls—-ers f— off in advance.”
Whoopi Goldberg admits to smoking weed before accepting her 1991 Oscar (with video)
“I know you’re not supposed to admit that you smoked pot…but just because I do it doesn’t mean you should.”
J. K. Simmons on his career and that “Spider-Man” reboot
How does he explain his good fortune? “Ultimately a lot of it is just right place, right time.”
“Mars Needs Moms” Seth Green: “I’m a 37-year-old man playing a 9-year-old boy”
“I’m a 37-year-old man playing a 9-year-old boy, it was always expected we’d get a real kid to re-record (my character) Milo’s dialogue, and that’s what we did.”
Red Riding Hood’s Shiloh Fernandez on almost being Twilight’s Edward
“I would’ve [done] far, far worse, and luckily, I had the opportunity to work with Catherine down the road and this character just suits me,” he said of his role.
Mia Wasikowska on ‘Jane Eyre’ and filming on location
“There’s something in her that makes her think she’s worthy of happiness, and that’s really an important thing for young women to remember, especially when they’re falling in love.”
Warner Bros. Offers Movie Rentals Through Facebook
Warner Bros. and Facebook team up to offer The Dark Knight as a digital movie rental.
Anthony Mackie: “As an actor in this business, you’re the last one to know how your stock has changed”
“As an actor in this business, you’re the last one to know how your stock has changed.”
Josh Radnor on his directing debut, ‘Happythankyoumoreplease’
Radnor is now a triple threat and his first film, “Happythankyoumoreplease,” became a favorite at The Sundance Film Festival earlier this year.
Thor’s Idris Elba calls the debate over his being cast as a Nordic god, “Ridiculous”
“Cleopatra was played by Elizabeth Taylor, and Gandhi was played by Ben Kingsley.”
Broadway and Warner Bros. wage war over Daniel Radcliffe
A source at the studio revealed, “Warner Bros. is furious that Radcliffe committed to Broadway when he should be promoting ‘Harry Potter.’
Guy Pearce candidly reflects on his career in Hollywood
“When I say to people, oh, I’m terrible in that movie, they say, oh, you wouldn’t be able to tell, and I go, well, I can tell you that I was good in “LA Confidential” and “Memento,” but I was crap in such and such, whatever. I just think, let’s not waste time, let’s just say how it is.”