Archive for November, 2006

Acting for film – Michael Caine acting class videos

Video: Michael Caine on acting in film. Related book by Michael Caine – Acting in Film. More books on acting Related DVD: Acting in Film – An Actor’s Take on Movie Making – Michael Caine ~~ acting for film, acting performance, actor training, personal development for actors, acting books

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

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 [...]

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

“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 [...]

Building identity – Eva Green on life off the set

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 [...]

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

[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 [...]

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

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 [...]

Casting director book: A Star Is Found

Two of the top casting directors in the business, who most recently cast the new James Bond, Janet Hirshenson and Jane Jenkins reminisce about the many films they’ve cast, including Harry Potter, and A Beautiful Mind; the actors they’ve discovered, such as Tom Cruise, Leonardo DiCaprio and Scarlett Johansson; and some of the A-list directors, [...]

Multiple talents – Masi Oka (“Heroes”) and Dolph Lundgren: acting & technology

Masi Oka Masayori “Masi” Oka is an actor and digital effects artist, plays Hiro Nakamura in the NBC series Heroes, was born in Tokyo, graduated with a Bachelor of Science in computer science and mathematics with minor in theater arts from Brown University in 1997 and also works at George Lucas’ Industrial Light & Magic [...]

Character development – Rachel Weisz: “The actor’s job is to get into people’s skin.”

Rachel Weisz: If the woman is a bitch, and a sexy bitch, is there a way of finding humanity in that character? Mike Myers: The idea that they’re the hero of their own story. Rachel Weisz: Everyone walking around the planet is the hero of their own story. Mike Myers: And they can justify to [...]