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Archive for November, 2006

Acting for film – Michael Caine acting class videos

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

Video: Michael Caine on acting in film.

Related book by Michael Caine – Acting in Film.
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Related DVD: Acting in Film – An Actor’s Take on Movie Making – Michael Caine

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Screenplays by actors – Joey Lauren Adams: “I wrote to get that feeling of passion.”

Tuesday, November 28th, 2006

Joey Lauren Adams makes her feature film writing and directing debut with Come Early Morning, starring Ashley Judd. In a recent interview, she talks about how satisfying this new area of creative expression has been for her.
Question: Is writing a script like this or any script for that matter in some ways a reaction to [...]

Artistic confidence – Helen Mirren: “I’m a would-be rebel.”

Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006

“Actors are rogues and vagabonds. Or they ought to be. I can’t stand it when they behave like solicitors from Penge. … I’m a would-be rebel. The good girl who’d like to be a bad one.”
Helen Mirren [imdb.com, unknown date]
But being “bad” [at least in a good way, not self- or socially-destructive] can require [...]

Building identity – Eva Green on life off the set

Monday, November 20th, 2006

Her character in “Casino Royale” is a woman of complexity, intellect and self-assurance. Eva Green has commented about some aspects of her life that help develop the kind of depth she has as a person to play such a role.
“I am many things. I can be quite mad, and young, but I’m not the kind [...]

Acting passion – Hayden Panettiere: “You need to really love it.”

Monday, November 13th, 2006

[Q: I really want to be a singer/actress, but how do u get started?]
Hayden Panettiere: First, I would make sure that you really love it because it makes you happy and not because you love what you think you might get from it. It is hard work, but if you set your mind to it [...]

Acting life experience – Vera Farmiga: “What interests me, are the contradictions..”

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

Speaking of her work in “The Departed” as an example, Vera Farmiga says, “Most of what I want to dwell on with all my characters, what interests me, are the contradictions, the inconsistencies of characters and the insecurity and confusion and fear which we all have.”
With her ability to disappear into her roles, Farmiga is [...]