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The Business

Neil Patrick Harris; Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken on Acting

Neil Patrick Harris talks magic; Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken talk the business of acting.

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By Kim Masters • Nov 26, 2012 • 28m Listen

Neil Patrick Harris directs a new alternative magic show in L.A. He talks about being the president of the Academy of Magical Arts and how he managed to avoid the troubles that befall so many child actors. Plus, Catherine Keener and Christopher Walken, who co-star in the film A Late Quartet, talk acting; what makes for a good acting job, how they're used as bait to get financing for films and how Walken will never direct.

Banner image: (L-R) Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener and Philip Seymour Hoffman in A Late Quartet

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    Kim Masters

    partner/writer at Puck News, host of KCRW's “The Business.”

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