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Bai Ling Interview

Bai Ling talks almost entirely in metaphor. No one will ever mention this to you, but she does. Chris Neumer attempts to make sense of this and gets into why it's occasionally necessary to eat maggots and when 'not thinking' is the best approach to something.

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Bill Paxton Interview

Bill Paxton has starred in Titanic, Twister and Apollo 13. Prior to Frailty though, he'd never gotten behind the camera to direct. Chris Neumer speaks to Paxton to get the story on being a first time director, how to create a ruse and the positive aspects of serial killing.

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Billy Bob Thornton Interview

Billy Bob Thornton has made a career out of playing what he calls "the asshole". Nobody has done it better than Thornton. From Mr. Woodcock to Bad Santa, what Thornton has, you don't see very often.

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Bob Balaban Interview

Actor/writer/director Bob Balaban is a true scholar and a gentleman. Balaban sat down to talk to Chris Neumer to get inside the state of American comedy today, the beauty of working with great directors and Brad Pitt's love life.

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Bruce Campbell Interview

Bruce Campbell is one of the most charismatic actors and tireless self-promoters on the planet. In between conversations about Sam Raimi, hitting Gene Hackman with a 2x4 and dealing with fans, Campbell pushed his new book, his old book and rewatching The Evil Dead. And, dammit, if they aren't all worth a look.

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Candace Cameron Bure Interview

In an industry where beauty and image are everything, actress Candace Cameron Bure stands out from the crowd thanks to her focus on doing the right thing. She sits down with Chris Neumer to get inside the perils of growing up on TV, putting on weight and why Tiger Woods' marital strife isn't all that surprising.

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Carsten Norgaard Interview

When actor Carsten Norgaard was cast in Alien vs. Predator, he realized his character was going to try to do something that only two men had done previously: fight the Predator and live. Norgaard talks to Chris Neumer about stunt choreography and what it's like to film a fight sequence for two days in a row with broken ribs.

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Charlie Hunnam Interview

Actor Charlie Hunnam knows what he wants and is doing his best to get it on his terms. Steering away from what he calls the 'disposable shit' and fighting for the projects that interest him, Hunnam's already ahead of the normal Hollywood learning curve.

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Curtis Armstrong Interview

Curtis Armstrong is one of the seminal actors of the eighties. He not only appeared in Risky Business and Better Off Dead but left his mark in history as The Revenge of the Nerds' Booger. Chris Neumer spoke to Armstrong about the preparation necessary for a role, by stand-ups make bad actors and what it's like to (literally) play God.

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Damien Nguyen Interview #1

Actor Damien Nguyen turns in one of the summer's finest performances in his first feature, The Beautiful Country. Nguyen (pronounced 'win') sits down with Chris Neumer to go over de-learning English, why you shouldn't get drunk and do press and the irony of a tragic movie with a very light-hearted and silly set.

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Dolph Lundgren Interview

Dolph Lundgren is one of the true action heroes of the late 80s and early 90s. He made a triumphant return to the big screen in The Expendables. Lundgren sits down with Chris Neumer to discuss why there aren't any new action stars, why Taken is a near perfect action flick and what stunts you have to cut out from your life as you age.

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Franky G Interview

Virtually no actor had a better breakout year in 2003 than Queens, New York native, Franky G (it stands for Gonzales... don't ask). The seventh letter of the alphabet starred in Manito, The Italian Job, Wonderland and Confidence. From here, the sky is the limit.

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Haylie Duff Interview

Being an actress is a most unusual job. Chris Neumer speaks to up-and-coming actress Haylie Duff to get the full story on creating her own unique brand. Together, the two touch on the pain of (audition) rejection, why casting directors can't see passed your last role and how to cry on command.

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Heather Graham Interview

Actress Heather Graham is a true free spirit. She flops down on a bed on location of her film, Baby on Board and talks to Chris Neumer about fleshing out a character, why actors have no idea what they're doing and why she doesn't like thinking too much.

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Holmes Osborne Interview

Holmes Osborne is one of those character actors who you’ve seen many times, but whose name you don't know. I spoke to him about his role as Donnie Darko’s father, Eddie, in director Richard Kelly’s first movie Donnie Darko. The role provided Osborne with some interesting acting moments, including the opportunity to spend an entire afternoon crying in front of teamsters.

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Jesse Jane Interview

Jesse Jane is one of the adult film world's biggest stars. So big, in fact, her movies are now being stripped of sex and released as R-rated movies. Chris Neumer talks to Jane here.

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Josh Lucas

Actor Josh Lucas has anchored the casts of movies both big (Glory Road and Poseidon) and small (Undertow and Little Murder). More impressively, he has done so while making a name for himself as a stylish, intelligent and charismatic on-screen force.

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Josh Lucas Interview #2

Josh Lucas is one of Hollywood's most talented actors. He can do the role of the psychopath better than anyone, can also do 'sweet', 'wholesome', 'gruff' and 'sexy'. Not only that, he holds his own opposite history in Glory Road and a boat in Wolfgang Peterson's Poseidon.

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Lou Diamond Phillips Interview

Actor Lou Diamond Phillips got his big break in 1988 in the Richie Valens biopic, La Bamba. Since then, Phillips has been involved in projects of every type, good and bad, big and small, as a star and in cameos. Chris Neumer went to lunch with Phillips to get the full story on his career.

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Luis Guzman Interview

Luis Guzman is one of the most recognizable character actors in Hollywood. He talks to Chris Neumer and gets the trust he needs to have in a director, why having fun on set is imperative and why he will drop everything for Steven Soderbergh.

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Martin Donovan Interview

Martin Donovan is one of the most soft-spoken and subtly charismatic actors at work in the film industry today. Donovan sits down with Chris Neumer to discuss the differences between working in New York and LA, what makes a film set focused and why getting paid more wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.

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Mike Vogel Interview

CHRIS NEUMER: I assume you are getting ready for an assload of talk about the movie that doesn’t even have a name yet. Possibly Cloverfield.

MIKE VOGEL: (laughs) Yeah, I’d tell you that name if I knew it. It’s …

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Nat Faxon Interview

There isn't another actor in Hollywood who plays more of a variety of characters that women do not want to date than Nat Faxon. Chris Neumer chats with Faxon about acting, writing comedy and the fear-based decisions that dictate what films and television shows get made.

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Nick Nolte Interview

The horror stories are everywhere. Nick Nolte is supposed to be many things, but not kind, focused and gentle. Chris Neumer learns that the real Nolte isn't anything like you'd ever expect.

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Ron Jeremy Interview

Ron Jeremy is the busiest man in America. When I met with him in December at Chicago’s House of Blues Hotel, he hadn’t been to sleep in nearly two days. So he more than made up for it during our …

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Scott Cohen Interview

Actor Scott Cohen plays the token male character in Kissing Jessica Stein, a role he relishes immensely. Cohen talks to Chris Neumer about the energy of New York City, playing dark characters and why you should never get arrested early in the morning after a late night of shooting.

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Shia LaBeouf Interview

Shia LaBeouf is Hollywood's fastest rising male star. His films Transformers and Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen have been some of the biggest hits of the last decade. We talk to him about life in the fast lane, why he feels that Michelle Trachtenberg is the female Garry Shandling and which leading actor is nicknamed "Glass Dick".

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Thomas F. Wilson

Actor Thomas F. Wilson struck it big in his first feature, playing Biff Tannen in Back to the Future. The immediate fame enabled Wilson to gain instant perspective on both stardom and the type of career he wanted. Chris Neumer chats with Wilson to get insight into what success really is.

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