Biography: Lauren Ambrose
With extensive experience in theater, television and film, Lauren Ambrose is one of the most versatile and poised actors of her generation.
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Biography: John Lithgow
John Lithgow’s roots are in the theater. In 1973, he won a Tony Award three weeks after his Broadway debut, in David Storey’s The Changing Room. Since then, he has appeared on Broadway 19 more times, earning another Tony, three more Tony nominations, four Drama Desk Awards, and induction into the Theatre Hall of Fame.
David Alan Grier: “I never wanted to be a comic. I wanted to be a leading man — the black lawyer, the black doctor, the black policeman”
He is currently utilizing his more dramatic skills in the role of the drug dealer Sporting Life in The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess, which is now on Broadway.
Oscar Winner James Cromwell on Academy Awards: “It isn’t a contest — we’re all in this together”
“It’s a lot of hoopla, which is not really what we do as actors and as artists. We like to do the work, and the work stands for itself, and then the industry takes over,” Cromwell opined
Interview: Kirby Bliss Blanton and Alexis Knapp talk ‘Project X’
Kirby and Alexis talk about how they got their start, auditioning for the movie and some really bad auditions!
Interview: Jason Isaacs on the Acting Challenges of ‘Awake’ and the Main Difference on UK & US Sets
Jason: “Living a life through other people’s challenges can be illuminating and invigorating”
Melissa Leo: “I have a hard time turning my back on anybody who says they have something for me”
Many actors and actresses do all that they can to keep from being typecast, but not Francine actress Melissa Leo
Q&A: Aisha Tyler Talks ‘Archer’, Stand-Up and Voice Work
Aisha: “With this show you pretty much just can’t wait to get in there and say these words”
What’s The Wish? What’s The Way? What’s In The Way?
In the pursuance of our desires, we often make what’s in the way, the way.
Study Shows How Actors Make Memorizing Lines Look Easy: Themes, Motivation and Blocking
You’ve heard all the jokes about acting — like how it’s just another word for being a waiter or waitress — but it seems like the one thing people just happen to ignore when they’re making fun of actors is memorization. After all, most of us have so much trouble