While filming, the director looked at me with a quizzical expression. Then back to the camera monitor. Back up at me. Back to the monitor. Once more up at me. Back to the monitor. Raises her eyebrows & blurts out, “Paul, you look so much better on screen than in real life.”
Left to right: Gollum, Paul Cram During a casting session for a television show, famed Lord of the Rings casting director Victoria Burrows asked Paul, “Where were you a few years ago when I was casting for Gollum?”
I’ve been asked a few times if horror movie acting is any different than acting in a drama or comedy. I’d have to say that acting in a horror movie usually means more fun for me while working on set. In the horror films that I have worked on, they’ve had me screaming and running …
Daily Actor asked me for 5 things actors can do to get cast over & over again. Here’s the resulting tip article: 1. Know Your Lines, No More FakingThis seems obvious, but about 30% of actors I’ve worked with didn’t know their stuff before they arrived on-set. Memorize ‘em and you’ll not only come off …
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I find wardrobe fittings to be a necessary evil. Necessary because it’s important to figure out what a character will look like in their clothes, and how they relate to other character’s clothes… etc. The awkwardness is that for me, the actor, I feel like am a human hanger during a fitting. I wonder if …
Sprawled on my back, I stare up at the unnatural glare of fluorescent lighting. I hear my name and feel a hand shaking my shoulder. At the same moment, flashing through my mind is that tidbit from CPR class about the importance of assessing someone’s injuries before moving them. I try slowly moving my jaw …
Looking in the full length mirror, I see my reflection staring back at me. I can’t help but chuckle as I am in a sherbert orange unitard. Taking a deep breath, I walk out onto set where I’ll be playing the role of an interpretive dancer. (For those that don’t know what a unitard is, …
Posted August 12, 2010 to DailyActor.com by Lance Carter4 Ways to Get Cast Without Improving Your Acting by Paul Cram 1. Don’t ApologizeWhen… You just performed a scene you think went awful. All too often at auditions, actors shoot themselves in the foot doing this. Do yourself a favor and shut up. Instead, focus your …
An Interview with Actor Paul Cram By: Joshua LeSuer, Minnewood writer Whenever Paul Cram hops state lines, something interesting happens. No, he doesn’t suddenly find himself hounded by a psychotic truck driver or picking up a supernatural hitchhiker. This isn’t The Twilight Zone, after all, although some of the things that happen to him are pretty dang surreal.When …
From the actor’s personal website: PaulCramActor.com I have a passion for embracing a character’s internal and external life, striving to find and expose their beauty & ugliness, to tell the most compelling story. This is achieved by listening and working collaboratively with directors & writers, and studying up. Early beginnings: I started out acting in skits …