A Streetcar Named Rejection

Austin Pendleton and the "long arc"

Episode Summary

Join Andrew and Catherine as they discuss the career of an actor with legendary Austin Pendleton.

Episode Notes

From acting in films such as My Cousin Vinny, A Beautiful Mind, and Catch-22 to directing Elizabeth Taylor and Maureen Stapleton in The Little Foxes (while simultaneously working as an acting teacher and playwright), Austin Pendleton does it all. In this episode of ASNR, Catherine and Andrew sit down with Austin to discuss his acting career, having eight monologues at the ready, how actors really have no control whether they get the part, and how one must always think in the long arc as an artist.