As a third grader, Sarah Silverman had already narrowed her future career to three options: Comedian, actress or masseuse. She landed pretty quickly on comedian and never looked back, dropping out of college with the support of a father who financed her NYC apartment and three-year curriculum of comedy club work. Success came rapidly and […]
As a third grader, Sarah Silverman had already narrowed her future career to three options: Comedian, actress or masseuse. She landed pretty quickly on comedian and never looked back, dropping out of college with the support of a father who financed her NYC apartment and three-year curriculum of comedy club work. Success came rapidly and […]
As a third grader, Sarah Silverman had already narrowed her future career to three options: Comedian, actress or masseuse. She landed pretty quickly on comedian and never looked back, dropping out of college with the support of a father who financed her NYC apartment and three-year curriculum of comedy club work. Success came rapidly and […]
Banjo skills, editing skills, stand-up comedian skills, improv skills, writing skills…no, this isn’t the rejected dialog from the Napoleon Dynamite script. This is Ed Helms’ life. Ed is a multi-talented guy with multiple interests who just happened to pick “giant comedic star” as his (current) profession. Off Camera talks to the actor about his early days as a film editor, landing his dream job at The Daily Show, his skyrocketing career move to The Office and The Hangover, and about how he uses his own fear to inform his next move.
From inconsolable crying at age 12 when he didn’t get a part, to filling journals with elaborate fictional backstories of his characters when he did get the part, Michael B. Jordan clearly takes his career very seriously. In Fruitvale Station, his performance shows how that hard work has paid off. The exceptional young actor talks to Off Camera about early experiences on The Wire and Friday Night Lights, about finding the humanity in his characters, and about how he doesn’t want to be the next anybody.
From inconsolable crying at age 12 when he didn’t get a part, to filling journals with elaborate fictional backstories of his characters when he did get the part, Michael B. Jordan clearly takes his career very seriously. In Fruitvale Station, his performance shows how that hard work has paid off. The exceptional young actor talks to Off Camera about early experiences on The Wire and Friday Night Lights, about finding the humanity in his characters, and about how he doesn’t want to be the next anybody.
From inconsolable crying at age 12 when he didn’t get a part, to filling journals with elaborate fictional backstories of his characters when he did get the part, Michael B. Jordan clearly takes his career very seriously. In Fruitvale Station, his performance shows how that hard work has paid off. The exceptional young actor talks to Off Camera about early experiences on The Wire and Friday Night Lights, about finding the humanity in his characters, and about how he doesn’t want to be the next anybody.
Will Forte rose through the ranks of some of the most renowned comedies with the usual mix of persistence and absurdity, repeatedly clubbing people with his jokes until his humor was acknowledged – or until he was humiliated enough to stop. “People like me don’t get discovered,” he explains. Until now. And by director Alexander Payne, who cast him seemingly way against type in his acclaimed film Nebraska.
Off Camera asks the actor about how he managed not to become a financial broker, his transition from writing comedy to performing it and what he’s learned from an impressive and generous set of mentors along the way. In turn, Forte takes the celery out of his butt, stops humping innocent musical instruments and gets real about the role of a lifetime.
