How ‘The Good Lord Bird’ Casting Director Kim Coleman on Found Actors for the Period Series
Casting Society of America Award winner Kim Coleman spoke about casting the series and how the period setting made it more challenging to cast.
Ethan Hawke on Having the “Attitude of a Student” and How an Actor Can Have an “Interesting Career”
Ethan Hawke reflects on his career trajectory and offered insight on how an actor can have an “interesting career.”
Ethan Hawke on Career Ups and Downs: “I was only 30 years old, and I was washed up”
Hawke had a few lean years in which he discovered that it was harder for him to find roles.
Ethan Hawke Calls ‘Boyhood’ the “most special endeavor of my life”
Ethan Hawke is riding high with his fourth Oscar nomination for the Richard Linklater-directed Boyhood. In a recent “Ask Me Anything” on Reddit, the 44-year-old actor gave some thoughtful insight into his career and the 12-year creative endeavor that became the biggest film of the Oscar season. When asked what was
Screenplay: ‘Boyhood’
Boyhood: The joys and pitfalls of growing up are seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (Ellar Coltrane), his parents (Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke) and his sister (Lorelei Linklater). Vignettes, filmed with the same cast over the course of 12 years, capture family meals, road trips, birthday parties,
Watch: Patricia Arquette and Ethan Hawke Talk ‘Boyhood’
Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette, committing to star in Richard Linklater’s Boyhood was an easy decision.
Patricia Arquette on Her Emotional Twelve Years in the Making Performance in ‘Boyhood’
Actors often have trouble committing to projects that might take several months of their time. However, Patricia Arquette and the cast of Boyhood has that beat — the movie was filmed in pieces over the course of twelve years as it follows the youth of a young boy, Mason, and
2013: The Year of Shakespeare in New York
Based on how much Shakespeare that was being done in New York in 2013, one would never suspect that the Bard has been dead for nearly four hundred years. While Shakespeare in the Park is an annual summer tradition in New York, this year’s Love’s Labor Lost was just the
Paint It, Black: ‘Macbeth’ at the Vivian Beaumont Theater (NYC)
It’s the production design of this Macbeth, which is somehow both opulent and plain, but altogether unique, that sets this version of ‘Macbeth’ apart.
Ethan Hawke Tackles ‘Macbeth’ Revival on Broadway: “I’ve tried to make it as personal as possible”
Ethan Hawke is an actor who has never shied away from the theatre. This season he’s tackling a big role, playing the title role in Macbeth on Broadway at the Vivian Beaumont Theater at Lincoln Center. The Academy Award-nominated actor is taking an interesting approach to the role though. Instead
Ethan Hawke: Balancing Shakespeare, Horror Films and an Action Flick All in One Year
Actor Ethan Hawke is on a roll. He’s rolling into theaters today with his new film Getaway with co-star Selena Gomez. He’s also coming off of two big box office hits, 2012’s Sinister and this summer’s The Purge. He talked to Reuters about the film and what it was like
Ethan Hawke: “Everybody’s not rooting for you, and everybody doesn’t see your artistic growth as their number-one priority”
If you think that you haven’t seen much of Ethan Hawke on movie screens lately, you’d be right. However, Hawke’s lower profile in film is not a case of him not being offered work, but a case of Hawke’s increasing desire to concentrate on his theater work.
Ethan Hawke Disses the Oscars: “It’s so asinine”
Most actors in Hollywood have learned not to bite the hand that feeds them—namely the Academy Awards. But Ethan Hawke had no problem criticizing the Oscars in a recent interview with Gotham magazine.
Ethan Hawke: “I had an allergy to being famous and have been neurotically chasing a larger dream, a substantive life in the arts”
Though Ethan Hawke could have had a solid career by coasting on his fame from starring in films like Reality Bites in the 1990s, Hawke is making a return to the familiar New York stage in an extremely intimate setting. He stars as a troubled rock star in Clive, which he also directed, at the Acorn Theater.
Ethan Hawke talks ‘Sinister’ and Trying to ‘Act’ Fear
Ethan Hawke isn’t too macho to admit that he was scared to take on a horror movie, like his new film Sinister.