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Bobby Cannavale on the Physical Challenge of ‘The Hairy Ape’ and the Advice Bruce Springsteen Gave Him

“I get to the theater two hours early and run the play in my head, because it’s a lot of words and it takes me there.” – Bobby Cannavale

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Watch: Drama Actor Roundtable With Rami Malek, Paul Giamatti and More

The actors talk about career mistakes, the lines that they won’t cross and the parts they’d love to land

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Bobby Cannavale on ‘Vinyl’: “I’ve never gotten to play a role that’s this dimensional”

“I feel like maybe 20 years ago I wouldn’t have been ready to do this part” – Bobby Cannavale on his role in ‘Vinyl’

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Bobby Cannavale on ‘Vinyl’, Working with Scorsese and Being “the spokesperson for cocaine”

Cannavale talks about how his role on Boardwalk Empire led to Vinyl, what it’s like to work with Scorsese, and how he manages to survive snorting so much fake cocaine.

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Screenplay: ‘Danny Collins’

Al Pacino stars as aging 1970s rocker Danny Collins, who can’t give up his hard-living ways. But when his manager (Christopher Plummer) uncovers a 40 year-old undelivered letter written to him by John Lennon, he decides to change course and embarks on a heartfelt journey to rediscover his family, find true love and begin a second act.

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Review: ‘Adult Beginners’ Starring Nick Kroll, Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale

Kroll is a master at playing smarmy jackasses and except for the opening scene, he plays it straight-laced here.

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SXSW Review: Jon Favreau’s ‘Chef’

As much as I like most of the big-budget films that Jon Favreau has directed, if he just stuck to smaller, personal films like Chef, you would never hear a complaint from me. Chef, written, directed and starring Favreau, is a little gem of a movie. Though, to be honest,

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Bobby Cannavale: “Every film I try to do something that I’ve never done before”

Though Bobby Cannavale has been an actor for many years, he’s recently caught the attention of bigger audiences after his Emmy win for his third season role in Boardwalk Empire and a major role in Blue Jasmine. He spoke to Rolling Stone about getting cast in the film and working

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Watch Bobby Cannavale in a Clip from ‘The Big Knife’

Bobby Cannavale and Reg Rogers in a clip from the Roundabout’s revival of Clifford Odet’s, The Big Knife.

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Bobby Cannavale’s Advice to High School Actors: “‘Say yes to everything,’ because you learn by doing”

Thirty Bronx Theatre High School students had the opportunity to pick the brain of one of New York’s top stage actors, Bobby Cannavale, when he visited with them on behalf of the Roundabout Theatre Company’s education program to chat about acting.

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Bobby Cannavale: “I’m fighting, whether it’s accurate or not, a perception that I get of people thinking I’m dumb”

There are few actors who can show emotion on stage as well as Bobby Cannavale. Despite a deep passion for the Broadway stage, Cannavale’s intensity makes him in demand for a variety of film and television roles, including a season-long stint on HBO’s Boardwalk Empire.

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Bobby Cannavale on Acting: ‘It was the only thing I ever wanted to do, really”

There are a handful of actors who scare the crap at me, and at the top of the list is Bobby Cannavale. It’s not just because he’s a tough looking guy, but he happens to be a phenomenal Broadway actor in addition to his television credits.

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John C. McGinley on His ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ Role: “Unless you are going to respect what David put on the page … I just think you might as well do a different play”

It’s been almost three decades since John C. McGinley last appeared on a Broadway stage, and he certainly didn’t choose to return under the radar. McGinley is starring in David Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross as Dave Moss alongside Al Pacino and Bobby Cannavale.

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What’s Al Pacino’s Weekly Salary for Broadway’s ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’?

Usually it pays for Broadway producers to cast big-name actors to draw huge houses. But how much exactly do those big names make? For Al Pacino, who stars in Glengarry Glen Ross as Shelly Levene, it’s money that most Broadway regulars could only dream about.

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