Bill Hader on ‘Barry’: “When you push the comedy it starts to feel like you’re reaching for something that might not be there”
Hader speaks on how he developed Barry’s newbie acting technique
Casting Director Leah Daniels Butler on Diversity: “People are just tired of not seeing themselves reflected on television”
“You have to be more broad in your thinking, which is creating more opportunities for everybody.” – Casting Director Leah Daniels Butler
Bill Hader on Becoming an Actor: “I was afraid of failing”
“When I went to the Sundance screening of The Skeleton Twins it was the first time I said, ‘Wow, I’m an actor.'” – Bill Hader
Watch: Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heaughan’s ‘Outlander’ Screen Test
This was Balfe’s final screen test, while co-star Sam Heaughan had already been cast as Jamie.
Logan Shroyer on His Audition for ‘This Is Us’
“To come onto a show as a young actor, I just wanna get better.” – Logan Shroyer
Ellen Pompeo: “Acting, to me, is boring”
“Anybody can be good on a show season one and two. Can you be good 14 years later? Now, that’s a f*ckin’ skill.” – Ellen Pompeo
Jon Bernthal on His Approach to Acting and How Investing Himself into a Role Makes for Better Performances
“One of the drawbacks of playing the Punisher would be the high exposure. There’s a real downside to that as an actor” – Jon Bernthal
Jeff Daniels on ‘Godless’, Not Doing Research and Mixing Things Up in His Career
“Frank doesn’t know he’s in a Western, so I just tried to figure out what Frank was thinking and when he was thinking it” – Jeff Daniels on ‘Godless’
Jason Bateman Thinks He’s the “Worst” When Directing Other Actors
“I’m assuming they’re doing the best job they can. I’m assuming that they’re playing the part the way they want to play it.” – Jason Bateman
‘Stranger Things’ Casting Director Carmen Cuba on Casting Millie Bobby Brown and Finn Wolfhard
“I think that traditionally kids who look a particular way—’cute’ and ‘all-American’ are typical words used to describe what I mean—are encouraged to pursue acting and modeling and it results in a somewhat homogeneous representation of what a kid looks like.” – Casting Director Carmen Cuba
Rachel Bloom: “The way that I learned comedy was not rigid, but this very specific technique taught by the Upright Citizens Brigade”
“I went from being a person who was doing moderately successful videos online and working as a moderately successful TV writer and aspiring to do this to having a Golden Globe.” – Rachel Bloom
Lee Pace Hosted ‘Halt and Catch Fire’ Table Readings at His Home: “It finds its way into the work”
“I come from theater, and that’s my favorite part of doing a play, just rehearsing it.” – Lee Pace
D’Arcy Carden on the Complicated Audition Process for ‘The Good Place’
D’Arcy Carden reveals how technology has influenced her performance and reveals the complex audition process for the unique role.
Eric Stonestreet: “A tried and true process of who gets jobs is based on personal taste”
“In TV, I never wanted my size to be the butt of the joke, or my bigness.” – Eric Stonestreet
Sonny Valicenti of ‘Mindhunter’ on His Audition and Potentially Playing a Serial Killer
“The character that I play, and the behavior that he exhibits, was kind of all that I was told.” – Sonny Valicenti on His Audition
‘The Tick’ Star Griffin Newman on Acting in a Superhero Suit
“You very quickly realize there’s a certain iconography and a power to wearing one of these suits.” – Griffin Newman
J.B. Smoove Tells the Story of His Audition For ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’
“You don’t know how the universe is gonna work for us. But all this plays a part in our journey” – JB Smoove
Evan Peters Explains Why ‘American Horror Story: Cult’ Has “Pushed Him to the Limit”
“I’ve never worked this much in my life, period, and I’ve never been in the show this much and had so much thrown at me.” – Evan Peters
Jason Isaacs on the Highs and Lows of ‘Star Trek: Discovery’
“Weirdly, I don’t look at the lines ever before I go to set. You can always absorb it during rehearsal.” – Jason Isaacs
Billy Eichner on His Unsuccessful Past as a Child Actor: “I was too tall. I was too this. I was too that”
Eichner reveals that he turned to comedy because his initial forays into acting proved unsuccessful.