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Archive for June, 2006

Insecurity and acting

Monday, June 26th, 2006

Kate Bosworth [photo from "Superman Returns"] thinks “all actors are insecure.. I certainly am… I think almost all artists are insecure. I don’t ever watch myself and think, ‘That was great, I hit it out of the park!’ Never…
“One of the things I love most about this job is that I don’t feel like you [...]

Portraying people’s depths

Friday, June 23rd, 2006

Daniel Dae Kim [photo from “Lost”] says that when he looks at a character to play, “I don’t necessarily look for his heroic qualities or his negative qualities. I am very aware of playing stereotypes and trying to stay away from those.
“But I think that wanting to play a hero or always wanting to play [...]

Debi Mazar on publicity

Sunday, June 11th, 2006

Debi Mazar plays publicist Shauna on the HBO series Entourage.
“The business has changed as far as the perception of celebrity,” she notes. “Before, you know, you were a working actor and it was cool, and people knew who you were. Now there’s all this tabloid bulls**t and perks that didn’t happen before. People are basically [...]

Embracing fear and discomfort as an actor

Sunday, June 4th, 2006

Many people, maybe most, want to avoid anxiety, fear and other “stressful” feelings. Except for the occasional roller coaster ride.
But talented actors (and other artists) often use those kinds of feelings to guide and energize their work.
Julia Stiles [left] says she chooses projects based on “ways I need to be stretched as an actor. I [...]