Gillian Jacobs on the Role of the "Conniving, Sexually Manipulative Girl"

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  • Опубліковано 11 лис 2024
  • Love's Gillian Jacobs talks to Sam Jones about navigating auditions early in her career where roles for women were often limited in scope.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 76

  • @anthony7960
    @anthony7960 7 років тому +223

    She was great on Love. One of my favorite shows in a while

    • @liseeasy3682
      @liseeasy3682 6 років тому

      Anthony Jacob do you maybe know a rebound show because i cant find anything to watch

    • @LOLatvid123
      @LOLatvid123 6 років тому +2

      Try "Man Seeking Woman". It's an FX show starring Jay Baruchel and Eric Andre. Super underrated and definitely worth a shot if you liked Love.

  • @moonlily1
    @moonlily1 6 років тому +150

    Why is her ability to do hair and makeup prerequisite for the role? She's not going to be the one doing it for the film. You should still be able to tell that she's pretty.

    • @tjchillot
      @tjchillot 4 роки тому +25

      I don't think it's a prerequisite so much as it's this - the goal of an audition is to make yourself look, sound, behave, etc so much like the character you're portraying that you seem like the only choice for the role. Your best chance to get a part is to BECOME the role in the minds of the casting director, director, writer, etc. so that it seems like it was written FOR you. It sounds as though she was auditioning for "done up" type roles, and getting the makeup done at Barney's was making it that much easier for the directors to see her as the part. I'm sure on the other hand, if she was auditioning for a tomboy type, it wouldn't make sense to show up in an evening gown. If she was on the other end of the spectrum than the character she was going in for, it probably made it harder for the directors to imagine her as the character. I'm sure the same thing goes for men, if they're going for the rugged, rough and tumble mechanic, it's probably best to go in with some stubble and a casual shirt, or if they're auditioning for James Bond, wear a tux. All about perception. The closer you can be in the audition to the character you'd like to portray, from looks down to voice down to quirks and personality, the better chance you have to get a role. It's just as much psychological as it is skill.

    • @Martykun36
      @Martykun36 3 роки тому +1

      I think it's more on the lines on that there are 200 girls auditioning for a role, so if you have a talented actress and a talented actress who looks just a tiny bit better you'll go for the latter.

    • @buffalojerad82
      @buffalojerad82 3 роки тому +6

      Because the producers who ultimately decide who gets the part care more about sex than talent.

  • @Phi1618033
    @Phi1618033 7 років тому +293

    Not pretty enough? WTF?

    • @TrumbullComic
      @TrumbullComic 4 роки тому +20

      Hollywood's got skewed standards, man.

    • @ThomasMueller999
      @ThomasMueller999 4 роки тому +7

      She is average-looking in terms of beauty standards but she embodies sexuality more than other women so I'd cast her for "sexually manipulative" roles too. But not as a beauty queen.

    • @sleptking1707
      @sleptking1707 4 роки тому +56

      ThomasMueller999 if she’s average looking where you live I want to be there

    • @qs4177
      @qs4177 4 роки тому +4

      @@sleptking1707 Oange County California, Orange Coast College. Go there and no matter where you go after your standards will be forever skewed

    • @Jorge23Costa
      @Jorge23Costa 4 роки тому +3

      @@qs4177 if you come to Europe , specially Scandinavian and Baltic countries your standards will be too damn high. I swear every girl in this country from age 20 to 40 looks like a Victoria Secret model.

  • @AnthonyRecenello
    @AnthonyRecenello 7 років тому +92

    She is my favorite actress right now. I am in love with her.

  • @FairyBogFather
    @FairyBogFather 3 роки тому +34

    Casting directors can be the cruelest people. I' ve had more than one casting director tell me, to my face, that I was ugly or tell me I was pretty, but then explain why they wouldn't pick me because of this-and-this other physical flaw. It hurt me so much at the time, but now I'm just like.... in what world is that at all appropriate to say to anyone?--much less, a STRANGER! And as though these arbitrary physical flaws had anything to do with my performance ability or anything else... it's just so shitty. That's a big reason I went into voice acting instead lol.

  • @jojo5821
    @jojo5821 4 роки тому +53

    This is still what it's like today. Whether you do Film, TV, theater, musical theater; this is what it feels like to be a young woman trying to break into the industry.

  • @truthseeker4666
    @truthseeker4666 7 років тому +68

    She is awesome on Love. I was very pleasantly surprised with how awesome that show is.

  • @joshliam1967
    @joshliam1967 6 років тому +30

    Gillian Jacobs is amazing. Love is one of the best shows around.

  • @sploofmcsterra4786
    @sploofmcsterra4786 6 років тому +46

    Aw poor girl. Heart to you from one nerd to another

  • @OatyReading
    @OatyReading 4 роки тому +73

    Gillian Jacobs?
    Not sexy enough?
    On what planet?

  • @renatodoho
    @renatodoho 7 років тому +44

    she's so lovely!

  • @zozo-vw9ik
    @zozo-vw9ik 7 років тому +32

    not a single dislike. says a lot.

  • @117neither
    @117neither 4 роки тому +21

    when she recalls acting at flirting successfully she demonstrates leering , but when she reenacts her awkward phase she does the nerd sneer of indignation, and she tops it off by describing sidling as her turning point! incredible actor

    • @gllyflower
      @gllyflower 3 роки тому +3

      It was like she really took those movement classes to heart! No shade meant, as she was speaking she was illustrating what she was saying with her movements. It was great.

  • @nathaliealeman3568
    @nathaliealeman3568 3 роки тому +6

    She’s so freaking adorable.

  • @fisch723
    @fisch723 6 років тому +20

    Britta FTW!

  • @frankusensei6550
    @frankusensei6550 4 роки тому +40

    Oh, Britta's in this!

    • @VideoGuy232
      @VideoGuy232 4 роки тому

      You’re not clever

    • @keretaman
      @keretaman 4 роки тому

      @@VideoGuy232 You're not clever

  • @divelostmind
    @divelostmind 6 років тому +11

    1:41
    _Study room flashbacks_

    • @sharee2789
      @sharee2789 5 років тому

      she lived in new york

  • @LeoSRL300
    @LeoSRL300 7 років тому +25

    WOW, she's so gorgeous!!! ❤

  • @nottangel
    @nottangel 2 роки тому +3

    It infuriates me so much that this is what the industry is like! As someone who want’s to go into acting. And these casting directors should be ashamed of themselves. Gillian is such an amazing actress and wholesome person i’m glad she didn’t let those bad moments keep her from doing what she loves.

  • @mertbalbal4624
    @mertbalbal4624 4 роки тому +10

    I get lost in those big beautiful eyes of hers

  • @thebob01
    @thebob01 5 років тому +5

    So beautiful

  • @user-ly2yh4ud3f
    @user-ly2yh4ud3f Рік тому +2

    Probably the only actress who is quite unaware of her beauty and popularity.

  • @ryanhowell4492
    @ryanhowell4492 2 роки тому

    She's beautiful

  • @deadprecedents1
    @deadprecedents1 4 роки тому +8

    Gillian Jacobs. Not pretty enough.
    Let THAT sink in.

  • @Armonis
    @Armonis 4 роки тому +1

    She looks like Lana Del Rey when she's in monochrome like this.

  • @muffinfighter3680
    @muffinfighter3680 4 роки тому +5

    I feel sorry for her :(

  • @000274400
    @000274400 4 роки тому

    everybody strut...strut...😀😁

  • @lazylank
    @lazylank 7 років тому +8

    2:17.... WHAT THE FUCK IS GOING ON WITH HIS KNEE?!?!?

    • @T3XACAN0
      @T3XACAN0 6 років тому

      lazylank Camera focus

  • @RunningRugby4
    @RunningRugby4 4 роки тому +13

    this game is so insanely, overtly sexist

  • @christiansmith7797
    @christiansmith7797 6 років тому +1

    The kids sold it because they wanted to cashiers check so they signed it away that day. My grandpa's lawyer knows my family will kill him if he sells away what he knows is mine

  • @gars129
    @gars129 4 роки тому +2

    I prefer her as a brunette.

  • @RealActorRob
    @RealActorRob 6 років тому

    I do a lot of pushups. Does that count?

  • @arthurheine6522
    @arthurheine6522 3 роки тому

    she reminds me of jigsaw, the guy on the tricycle

  • @MarvelousMusicmmusic
    @MarvelousMusicmmusic 6 років тому +1

    She Brittad it

  • @shrimpsizemoose
    @shrimpsizemoose 7 років тому +11

    What's with her eyes? The pupils are, like, huge

    • @andrewmilito2634
      @andrewmilito2634 7 років тому +18

      I think it's just the black and white. There's something really unique about her eye color in color photos of her.

    • @LeoSRL300
      @LeoSRL300 7 років тому +6

      Oscar Mozhayskij
      Yes. And they are perfect and beautiful! ❤

    • @mrbobcr
      @mrbobcr 7 років тому

      She's in love with Life.

    • @T3XACAN0
      @T3XACAN0 6 років тому +2

      She has huge beautiful blue eyes :)

  • @redrocker1055
    @redrocker1055 6 років тому

    Acting is a fucked up business.

  • @rorycalhoun6484
    @rorycalhoun6484 4 роки тому

    She Britta'd it. 🙄

  • @funguy29
    @funguy29 6 років тому +6

    "Just describe the time when you did get the part and then you made 100X the national median salary in a month..." If everyone loved their jobs all unhappiness would end.

  • @lordfarquaad8267
    @lordfarquaad8267 4 роки тому

    So not hurting for resources then.

  • @Dada13409
    @Dada13409 7 років тому +2

    lol like every woman^^

    • @c0ronariu5
      @c0ronariu5 4 роки тому +2

      Dada13409 if that’s your opinion, I feel sorry for you. It means you’re such an awful person that real women avoid you.

  • @thedemoninmybrain
    @thedemoninmybrain 7 років тому +3

    So self obsessed

    • @shkwave99
      @shkwave99 7 років тому +106

      She's answering interview questions...if you have an issue here, surely it's with the interviewer?

    • @cheesecake134
      @cheesecake134 7 років тому +91

      Only on UA-cam will you see someone call a person self obsessed for talking about herself DURING AN INTERVIEW.

    • @barryallen3311
      @barryallen3311 4 роки тому +3

      @@cheesecake134 very true

    • @lelatr85
      @lelatr85 3 роки тому +2

      @@cheesecake134 right! The audacity!