Category: Film
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Taking Advantage of a “Career Lull”: Using My Words
What do I have in common with Steve Martin, Tina Fey, James Franco, and Andrew McCarthy? We’re actors who are also writers. You read that correctly, Andrew McCarthy is, in fact, a writer. He’s an award-winning travel writer. Check out some of his stuff on National Geographic Traveler. Now, I’m not talking about actors who…
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Getting Animated: “The Rescuers” (1977)
Before television, there was radio; and with radio came actors who were trained within the theater and learned to use their voices to act through radio. They painted a picture of the character using the words and vocal inflections and sounds that made that person come alive to the audience. Animated films have always been…
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From Character Actor to Leading Man: Richard Jenkins in “The Visitor”
There are certain actors I have a deep seeded need to work with. I want to learn as much as I can from them. Richard Jenkins is one of those actors. He’s “that guy” you’ve been seeing in movies and television shows for years. You definitely know his face, but not necessarily his name. His…