What if the goal of an audition isn’t to get the job? In this powerful conversation with Steve Cuden at Point Park University, Bryan Cranston explains the mindset shift that fundamentally changed the way he approached auditions. Instead of walking into the room...
“Because a lot of times I think we as actors go into the room thinking that, you know, it’s a trap, it’s a trap. And I think if you go into the room thinking they want me to do good, they want you to do good, they want you to have a good audition....
“So using improv in that moment, I was able to discover my own story that I had and I felt I needed to tell.” ~Samuel A. Simon Samuel A. Simon started his career in Washington, DC, as a lawyer for Ralph Nader’s first advocacy group, becoming part of the...
“What is a successful writer? I always describe it as like, when you’re sitting there with your fingers on the keyboard, you’re looking at the screen, you’re in that world, the voices are in your head. It’s playing out and, and you got...
“Everything that this business allows me to do to be creative, if I can do it, I’ll do it. I was born to do what I do. That’s the only way I can explain it. And for me not to do what I do, I’d be six feet under.” ~Suzi Quatro For our...
