Emma Stone Uses Acting to “Understand Human Behavior”
“You can’t play a regular person and live only in circumstances where people are only talking about movies,” explained Stone
Blake Lively on her role in “Green Lantern”: “As soon as I got the role, I was quickly humbled about how naïve I was”
“I actually knew nothing about Green Lantern, and I imagined that nobody else in the world knew anything about Green Lantern.”
Mark Strong talks about “Green Lantern,” prosthetics and working with green screens
“You walk on pretending you’ve just been somewhere else, it’s not real it’s about imagination.”
For nearly a decade Emmy winner Ellen Barkin was too afraid to audition: “The critics completely crushed me”
“At 15, you’re young. You’re not formed. You’re only just finding out who you are barely.”
Spider-Man Musical Set to Open Next Week After Months of Delays
If Spider-Man were ever frozen in place by icy enemy Coldheart, the world would be in grave danger. However, when troubled Broadway production Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark was recently “frozen,” cast and crew members rejoiced.
RIP Jeff Conaway
I remember watching Grease and thinking he and John Travolta were the coolest people in the world when I was younger. He was perfect as Keneckie. So much so that whenever I see a performance of the show, I’ll always compare the actor to Conaway.
Jennifer Lawrence opens up about her fear of taking on “The Hunger Games”: “I knew that as soon as I said yes, my life would change”
“I walked around an entire day thinking ‘It’s not too late, I could still go back and do indies, I haven’t said yes yet, it’s not too late.’”
Paul Bettany talks about his new film “Priest” and his diverse resume
“I went to drama school and studied for three years and then I had a relatively easy time of it. I feel incredibly lucky – really.”
Denzel Washington’s inspirational Commencement speech: “Do you have the guts to fail?” (video)
“No one ever tells a graduating class, ‘You’re going to fail.’ But it was very important for everyone to hear that.”
“Bridesmaids” director Paul Feig: “If people are reacting in a believable way you can kind of take an audience anywhere”
Feig guided the cult TV show “Freaks and Geeks” to become a critical darling. After working on smaller films, he graduated to working with A-list producers like “Bridesmaids” Judd Apatow.
In Will Ferrell’s new film, “Everything Must Go” the actor shows off his serious side
“There’s a reaction to watching me in a role like this where people think, “Oh, were your impulses to go crazy at some point?” It’s really easy: You read the script and you see that it doesn’t call for any of that. It was a pretty easy transition.”
Daniel Radcliffe says he doesn’t feel snubbed by Tony Awards: “The people that do this job for awards and recognition are kind of worshipping at the wrong altar”
“I think I speak for 99% of actors when I say that… while it’s lovely to get recognized by your peers, it’s not the reason why we do it.”
Melissa McCarthy on “Bridesmaids” and hitting her stride at 40
With several projects in the works, from her hit sitcom to co- writing a comedy with Mumolo to Feig creating a romantic comedy for her, the actress could not be more thrilled.
WhoSay offers celebrities the right to retain control over their images
People on Twitter can use services like TwitPic, Yfrog or Plixi to share photos with their friends and family. Celebrities have concerns with these services because they aquire ownership rights to uploaded photos and can place ads alongside them.
Tom Hiddleston auditioned for Thor but got Loki: “When I see what Chris [Hemsworth] has delivered I know I could never have done that”
“He offered me the part right there and then! Let me tell you, this never happens. Never. An official offer usually comes in weeks later. I had to ask him to repeat it.”
Chris Hemsworth describes how it felt to beat out little brother Liam for the role of “Thor”:“We’re competitive,” Chris says, “but in the best way.”
“We’re competitive,” Chris says, “but in the best way.”
Johnny Depp returns as Captain Jack Sparrow: “I felt if we were going to do a 4, that more than anything we owed the audience a fresh start”
“I did see the first one. I have not seen the second one or the third one.”
Robert Downey Jr. to be Honored for Contributions to the Art of Motion Pictures
At the Beverly Hilton Hotel on October 14th, Robert Downey Jr. will be presented with the 25th American Cinematheque award for his considerable contributions to the art of the motion picture.
Terri White, “Follies” at the Kennedy Center
“Knowing the history of black performers,” White explains, “actual follies didn’t have black female dancers. If you were black, you only did a specialty act—if you were lucky. I put that knowledge into Stella.”
Peter O’Toole Honored: What Took So Long?
Recently during the TCM Film Festival in Hollywood, the great Peter O’Toole was immortalized with his hand and foot prints in his own cement block in front of the famous Grauman’s Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard.