Interview: Director Norman Buckley on Being Present and the Real Job of an Actor
“I want an actor with a skill set, who is trained to do it and really understands the process of acting.” – Director Norman Buckley
Interview: Max Adler on ‘Glee’, Why He Became an Actor and the Message of Acceptance in His New Film, ‘Saugatuck Cures’
“Oh, I always get nervous. The jitters always come and the heart rate always speeds up.” – Max Adler on Auditioning
Interview: Local Talent Connect’s Todd Wharton on Treating Yourself as a Business and Brand
“People are working hard online to further their careers. They are forgetting that if you don’t get off your computer especially in this industry, it’s killing the art of conversation.” – Todd Wharton
Interview: Atticus Shaffer on Brick, ‘The Middle’ and Being a “Voiceover Geek”
“The animation, the people that you get to work with and the fun that you get to have in the booth when you’re bouncing off of each other, doing these different voices. It is phenomenal.” – Atticus Shaffer
Interview: Josh Gad Talks ‘The Comedians’, His “First Love” Theatre and Playing a Fictionalized Version of Himself
“I cut my teeth doing theatre. I went to Conservatory at Carnegie Mellon for four years. I trained to be an actor first and foremost, theatre will always be my first love” – Josh Gad
Interview: Douglas Taurel on Creating His Solo Show, ‘The American Soldier’
Taurel has created his own solo show called ‘The American Soldier’ and we talked about creating the show and more!
Nick Offerman on Voicing FXX’s ‘Axe Cop’ and His Love of Live Theater
“There’s no greater recompense than the live audience telling you that you’re delivering the medicine, and then their response is my medicine, and for me that’s the greatest” – Nick Offerman on Theater
Interview: Joe DiPietro on His New Broadway Show, ‘Living On Love’
“There’s nothing like sitting in an audition room when the right actor walks in, reads the scene, and knocks it out of the ballpark” – Tony Winning Writer Joe DiPietro
WonderCon Interview: Reed Diamond on ‘Wayward Pines’: “As an actor, what’s most satisfying is to play nuanced characters. And we have that in spades”
Reed Diamond talks about the secrets of the show, his character and working with the cast.
WonderCon Interview: Tim Griffin on FOX’s ‘Wayward Pines’, His Character and More!
Actor Tim Griffin talks ‘Wayward Pines’, his character, the secrets of the show and how he feels like Desmond from Lost and more!
Interview: Composer Lucy Simon Talks Broadway’s ‘Doctor Zhivago’
‘Doctor Zhivago’ opens on Broadway next week and its composer, Lucy Simon, took some time out of her busy schedule to talk about the show.
WonderCon Interview: ‘Wayward Pines’ Executive Producer Donald De Line
At WonderCon, I joined in on a roundtable interview with Executive Producer Donald De Line where he talked about the upcoming FOX show, getting the great cast to sign on and more!
Interview: Director Jordan Rubin on ‘Zombeavers’ and Why “There’s No Excuse For Not Acting”
“Create your content, put it online and show us what you can do. There’s no excuse for not acting. Dare to fail. Dare to suck.” – Director Jordan Rubin
Interview: ‘Helix’ Star Neil Napier Talks Backstory, His Audition for the Show and What Sports Taught Him About Acting
“It’s very much like team sports. I did all my preparation and practice, I know all the plays, I know how the game works and I don’t have time to think. I only have time to react.” – Neil Napier
Interview: Kate Reinders Talks an Awkward Audition, Leaving College to Move to NYC and Broadway’s ‘Something Rotten’
Reinders, who’s previously starred on Broadway in ‘Wicked’ and ‘Gypsy’, described the show as “if ‘The Book of Mormon’ and ‘Spamalot’ and 42nd St. all had a baby.”
Q & A: Becki Newton and Zachary Knighton on Their First Acting Jobs, ‘Weird Loners’ and more!
The two stars talk about the show, getting their parts and don’t miss what they had to say when I asked them what their first professional acting jobs were!
Interview: Montego Glover on Her Worst Audition, Performing for the President and Broadway’s ‘It Should Been You’
Glover won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for Memphis, has recurred on ‘Smash’ and ‘The Following’ and performed for the President and First Lady.
Interview: Lisa Howard Talks Broadway’s ‘It Shoulda Been You’, Survival Jobs and More!
“Being prepared, knowing the material well enough – whether it’s your own song or something they give you – the only thing you can do is prepare as an actor” – Lisa Howard
Interview: Marc Kudisch on Broadway’s ‘Hand to God’, His Early Years in New York and How Musical Theater is “Exhausting”
“As actors, you have to constantly work to redefine yourself. So, lately I’ve been redefining myself as just that, an actor” – Marc Kudisch
Interview: Georgia Kate Haege Talks Touring with ‘Mamma Mia!’
Haege, a native of Sydney, Australia, plays Donna and is loving doing the show, even after being on tour for a year and a half.