Random Roles

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  Random Roles James Urbaniak on Venture Bros.’ return and Hal Hartley’s Lord Of The Rings

  “I have certain attractive qualities, but blond, open-shirted athleticism is not necessarily what they are.”

  May 16, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Jon Cryer on Charlie Sheen’s work ethic and correcting Gene Hackman

  “They were gonna reboot the franchise… after the debacle that was Superman III. Little did we know we were actually going to be working on the debacle to end all debacles.”

  May 9, 2013 | 11:00am -

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  Random Roles Ricky Schroder on public puberty, NYPD Blue, and re-watching his child-actor roles

  “I am thankful that Lonesome Dove came along. If it hadn’t, I’m not sure where my career would be.”

  April 25, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Mark Boone Junior on Sons Of Anarchy, Christopher Nolan, and playing a dirty cop

  “You can play a bad cop or a good cop, or you can play a bad robber or a good robber. Those are the options in a lot of movies.”

  April 24, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles John C. McGinley on 42, Oliver Stone, and missing the Oscars to watch the NCAA championship

  “I auditioned for ‘a John McGinley type’ five times.”

  April 22, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Donal Logue on Vikings, the Terriers movie, and being an out-of-work actor/janitor

  “If someone were to ask, ‘What do you do as an actor?’ I would say, “Watch the 13 episodes of Terriers.”

  April 19, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Martin Donovan on his directorial debut, playing Jesus, and figuring out Hal Hartley

  “One of the things that added to my performance was that I was pretty pissed off.”

  April 17, 2013 | 11:00am -

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  Random Roles Graham Yost talks Justified, Speed, and… Full House?

  The writer takes us through his many credits in a new type of Random Roles.

  April 2, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Futurama’s John DiMaggio on his new IFC show and making Robert De Niro laugh

  “I remember seeing the drawings [for El Superbeasto] and just being like, ‘Jesus, this is gonna be weird.’”

  March 29, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Giancarlo Esposito on Revolution and bullying Vince Gilligan on Breaking Bad

  “Mickey [Rourke] circled me like a dog. He circled me twice, like he was smelling me.”

  March 25, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Stacy Keach on Mike Hammer, John Huston, and his one irredeemable character

  “I was disappointed that everybody got out of prison after the first season [of Prison Break]. I was hoping that they’d be able to stay in jail for another two years.”

  March 11, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Random Roles Tom Sizemore on Point Break, True Romance, and getting yelled at by Pete Rose

  “Tough doesn’t mean shit to me. I don’t look forward to running up and down mountains, but the result is spectacular.”

  March 6, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Mae Whitman on TMNT, blending into Arrested Development, and acting with Coach Taylor

  “We do this so we get to be different people all the time, not to be the same beautiful person who goes from movie to movie.”

  March 1, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Linda Cardellini on Freaks And Geeks, ER, and homewrecking

  "I thought, 'Oh, my goodness. They hate you for a job you were so excited to get!'"

  February 21, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Jeffrey Combs on Re-Animator’s endurance, playing H.P. Lovecraft, and more

  “It was 30 days in that hideous, bald-headed, dog-dick-out-of-my-forehead thing. I hated it. It was so uncomfortable.”

  February 20, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Random Roles Eric Roberts on The Dark Knight, Shelley Winters, John Waters, and more

  “I go over to his trailer and knock on the door, and I hear him say, ‘Come in!’ I open the door and—whoosh!—hashish smoke in my face.”

  February 19, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Anthony Edwards on Zero Hour, ER, and being Top Gun’s “Mr. Lefty Liberal Peace Lover”

  “This character, he’s too central, he can’t just walk away from the show, so do you mind if we kill him?” And I was like, “Nope!”

  February 15, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Random Roles C. Thomas Howell on The Outsiders, blackface, and how Marlboros got him cast in E.T.

  “I’d say probably 70 percent of my Twitter followers are 13, 14, 15-year-old girls who have just discovered The Outsiders and have fallen in love with Ponyboy.”

  February 13, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Random Roles Patrick Warburton on Rules Of Engagement, Seinfeld, and why Family Guy upsets his parents

  “I do get there are those factions out there, those groups—and my mother’s one of them—that’s literally tried to get that show off of TV.”

  February 4, 2013 | 12:00pm -

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  Random Roles Bill Pullman on how to play the president and being the guy who doesn’t get the girl

  “The crew, who had been so friendly with me, suddenly seemed as though they didn’t so much as want to catch my eye.”

  January 10, 2013 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Mel Brooks on how to play Hitler, and how he almost died making Spaceballs 

  “George Lucas loves Spaceballs. He said it was ‘dangerous comedy’… ‘I was afraid I would bust something from laughing.’”

  December 13, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Random Roles Tess Harper on Breaking Bad, Tender Mercies, and shooting Kevin Bacon

  The accomplished actress doesn’t have a lot to say about Ishtar, though.

  December 12, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  Random Roles Corey Feldman on child actors, his favorite roles, and the Goonies sequel

  The actor reflects on his career and the nightmare of working with Dennis Miller.

  December 10, 2012 | 12:00pm -

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  Random Roles Devon Sawa on Nikita, Nerf, and going from teen heartthrob to SLC Punk!

  The star of Idle Hands and Slackers takes a trip down nostalgia lane.

  November 30, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Voice actor Rob Paulsen on playing Pinky, Yakko Warner, and two mutant ninja turtles

  “Not everybody gets to hang out with Optimus Prime and Megatron, you know?”

  November 27, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  Random Roles Dominic West on The Hour, John Carter, and yes, The Wire

  “I’m all over the place, aren’t I?”

  November 26, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Random Roles Patton Oswalt on his most memorable roles and giving life advice to Dane Cook

  “I’m in this business for two reasons: the money and the anecdotes. That’s all I want. I either want to do the best films or the fucking worst films.”

  November 19, 2012 | 12:00am -

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  Random Roles Richard Benjamin on Peter O’Toole, celebrity treasure hunts, and Woody Allen

  An actor whose career spans from Catch-22 to Pushing Daisies talks about directing Corman pictures and making his wife act with a broken arm.

  November 15, 2012 | 10:00am -

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  Random Roles Danny Huston on playing villains, Nick Cave, and more

  “My whole thing is usually villains that don’t know they’re evil. I think this guy does. He’s bad and he knows it.”

  November 12, 2012 | 11:00am -

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  Random Roles Mark Hamill revisits Sushi Girl, Batman, and The Simpsons

  In his second round of Random Roles, the actor discusses his latest film and the recent Star Wars news.

  November 8, 2012 | 10:30am -