There's a series of these, I'll post the others as I've watched them. This is the full hour-plus version (there are snippets on YouTube) and it's really interesting to hear the actors talking so candidly but most of all, to be all sat around the same table. A sort of compare and contrast.
Some highlights include Colin Firth saying that being an actor is basically like not growing up and spending your time play acting. But you have to remember that those around you are grown ups doing real grown up things. He also readily admits that he's acted in some stinkers. Hmmm wonder which films he could mean...
Jesse Eisenberg comes across as really nervy and twitchy and admits to being so hard on himself that during one film he made a note of every take and which of the one or two he was actually happy with.
James Franco is quiet and serious and recounts his 127 Hours audition in which he didn't think Danny Boyle was interested in using him and therefore he didn't fight for the role but that this was a misunderstanding and Boyle actually thought he was stoned.
And Ryan Gosling talks about Blue Valentine director Derek Cianfrance's approach to film making which is very organic. There were no rehearsals just the director following the actors around with a camera, just one take on every shot and then he'd pick out the gems for inclusion. The complete opposite to David Fincher who's approach on Social Network (and no wonder Eisenberg is so nervy) is to do each scene in around 50 different takes.
Anyway, it's worth the running time:
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