ATWI... INTERVIEW SERIES
I spoke this afternoon with 61-year-old acting veteran Richard Jenkins, whose wonderful performance as Prof. Walter Vale in the critically-acclaimed indie gem The Visitor (Overture) has rendered him the year's first recipient of serious awards buzz. By clicking on the podcast at the bottom of this post, you can hear our entire half-hour discussion, which covers everything from the acting techniques that have guided him through 35 years in the business, to the unlikehood of getting to play his first leading role this long into his career, to the things he researched in order to understand Walter (a real Immigration Detention Facility, etc.) and the things he didn't have to research (he also played the drums—albeit as a child—and has had similar doubts about his life as an adult). You won't want to miss this one...
