Yup. Nevermind that I’m on the fence on the whole taking money-from-the crowd thing anyway (when there are people out there with deep frickin’ pockets in the industry who are supposed to be at the ready to fund new stuff already), but hearing that an entrenched H’wood insider is raking from Kickstarter just turns my […]
This is also for our industry: casting, producers, investors, etc. The “We” he’s talking about here is also Them when they keep employing the same actors over and over and over. They have the opportunity to be an example to other industries and spread the casting net to those talented and experienced who really need […]
In his new movie, Everybody Has a Plan, Mortensen had to portray a character that carries the movie without a lot of dialogue. “When I prepare, I ask a simple question: ‘What happened between the character’s birth and page one of the script?’ And right there you can find most of the answers, even before […]
“In order to succeed in Hollywood, you honestly do have to get yourself an MBA in marketing. The truth is you will probably spend 99 percent of your time pounding the pavement and 1 percent of your time doing what it is that you were born to do. If this is indeed the environment in […]
“Starving Artist” – is not a term that should be taken literally, or taken advantage of. In the acting world, starving artists are those who are willing to forgo the stability of corporate paychecks, and certain material luxuries, in order to focus on their craft. The term refers to a hunger for pursuing excellence in […]
This is old, from 2002, just stumbled upon it. In practice, this seminar/showcase horseshit is corruption, unethical, a scam, what have you, but it’s also common practice nowadays and obv. not going away. Probably better for the Attorney General to tackle it then some in one ear and out the other news mag. In the […]
Not my cat, or Scar Jo, though, and I’m sorry, she sucks. She’s hot though, or used to be, I’ll give her that. She’s no Liz Taylor though, and I didn’t know Liz Taylor. All yucks aside, you can read this hilarious n’ timely Gawker article here. Tweet
Met and spoke some with John Hawkes recently, he’s a super nice guy, very genuine. Seems he’s had his own very unique road to success as well. He shares some of his thoughts on keeping a good head in this unruly business here. Tweet
Met her at a premiere a few years back, she was checking me out. Irascible, more than slightly inebriated, a fun quote about Cruise (and really all modern overpaid, overrated actors – he’s the “example”). Wish I knew her back in the day. Most sultry. Woman. Ever. Tweet
More on the stewing post mortem of the Shia Where’s LaBeouf trying-to-do-Theater fiasco here. Tweet