"You can't get un-famous. You can get infamous, but you can't get un-famous."

zarq — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:59:03 -0800

James Lipton interviews Dave Chappelle. Dave Chappelle interviews James Lipton. And while we're at it.... The Show For 19 seasons, more than 200 performers and directors have been interviewed at length about their lives and craft before an audience of students at the Actors Studio Drama School. These interviews, conducted by the school's dean emeritus, James Lipton, are typically five hours long, but are edited to about an hour for broadcast on Bravo network as Inside the Actor's Studio. The show was parodied repeatedly on SNL and even remixed. The Interviews Currently, 249 episodes have been produced. (ITAS' 100th episode included clips from the previous 7 seasons. They're planning another clip show for #250.) More than 160 episodes are currently available on YouTube. Here they are, broken down by the season in which they appeared. Most do not include the film clip vignettes shown during the show. Season 1 Episode 1: Alec Baldwin Episode 2: Paul Newman Episode 7: Dennis Hopper Season 2 Episode 2: Matthew Broderick Episode 3: Glenn Close Episode 8: Christopher Walken Season 3 Episode 7: Tommy Lee Jones Episode 9: Mike Nichols Episode 10: Julia Roberts Episode 15: Harvey Keitel Season 4 Episode 1: 50th Anniversary Episode 6: Anthony Hopkins Episode 7: Danny Glover Episode 10: Jack Lemmon Episode 13: Robert De Niro Episode 15: Meryl Streep Season 5 Episode 3: Ron Howard Episode 4: Sharon Stone Episode 5: Sean Penn Episode 6: Steven Spielberg Episode 7: Tim Robbins Episode 8: Jennifer Jason Leigh Episode 14: Billy Joel Season 6 Episode 1: Sylvester Stallone Episode 2: Tom Hanks Episode 3: Geena Davis Episode 5: James Woods Episode 6: Andy Garcia Episode 7: Michael Caine Episode 8: Kevin Spacey Episode 9: Alan Alda Episode 10: Harrison Ford Episode 12: Val Kilmer Episode 13: James Caan Episode 15: Richard Dreyfuss Episode 16: Gabriel Byrne Season 7 Episode 1: Spike Lee Episode 2: Ed Harris Episode 3: Ben Affleck Episode 6: Mike Myers Episode 9: Helen Hunt Episode 10: Robin Williams (Previously) Episode 11: Francis Ford Coppola Episode 14: Gene Hackman Episode 18: Ben Stiller Episode 19: 100th Episode Season 8 Episode 1: Bruce Willis Episode 2: Kevin Costner Episode 3: Sissy Spacek Episode 5: Sarah Jessica Parker Episode 6: Will Smith Episode 8: Ben Kingsley Episode 10: Billy Bob Thornton Episode 11: Dennis Quaid Episode 12: Johnny Depp Episode 13: Hugh Grant Episode 14: Richard Gere Episode 15: Benicio Del Toro Episode 16: Samuel L. Jackson Episode 17: Ian McKellen Season 9 Episode 1: Juliette Binoche Episode 3: Pierce Brosnan Episode 4: Martin Scorsese Episode 5: Martin Sheen Episode 6: Edward Norton Episode 7: Julianne Moore Episode 8: Cast of 'The Simpsons' (Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria -- see notes on YouTube to explain the blackouts during the video.) Episode 9: Nicolas Cage Episode 10: Drew Barrymore Episode 11: Jeremy Irons Episode 12: Renee Zellweger Episode 13: Jeff Bridges Episode 14: John Travolta Episode 16: Diane Lane Episode 17: John Goodman Episode 18: Cast of 'Will and Grace' (Eric McCormack, Debra Missing, Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally, David Kohan, Max Mutchnich and James Burrows) Season 10 Episode 1: Jay Leno Episode 2: Clint Eastwood Episode 3: Barbra Streisand: Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Episode 4: Cate Blanchett Episode 5: Naomi Watts Episode 6: Charlize Theron Episode 7: Russell Crowe Episode 8: Jude Law Episode 9: Tom Cruise Episode 10: Hugh Jackman Episode 11: Kate Winslet Episode 12: James Gandolfini Episode 13: George Carlin Episode 14: William H. Macy Episode 15: Jennifer Lopez Episode 16: Jennifer Connelly Episode 17: Bette Midler Season 11 Episode 1: Natalie Portman Episode 2: Mark Wahlberg Episode 3: Jamie Foxx Episode 4: Morgan Freeman Episode 5: Salma Hayek Episode 6: Cameron Diaz Episode 7: Robert Redford Episode 8: Kiefer Sutherland Episode 9: David Duchovny Episode 10: Jane Fonda Episode 12: Michael J. Fox Episode 14: Angelina Jolie Episode 15: Jodie Foster Episode 16: Cast of 'Everybody Loves Raymond': Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garret, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Monica Horan, Phil Rosenthal) Season 12 Episode 1: Al Pacino Episode 3: Cast of 'The Producers (Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick and Susan Stroman) Episode 4: Martin Lawrence Episode 6: Dave Chappelle Episode 7: Ralph Fiennes Episode 8: Liza Minnelli Episode 9: Robert Downey Jr. Episode 10: Tim Allen Episode 11: Dustin Hoffman Episode 12: Don Cheadle Episode 13: The Cast and Creator of 'Law and Order' (Chris Noth, Dick Wolf and S. Epatha Merkerson) Episode 14: Teri Hatcher Episode 15: Hugh Laurie Episode 16: Tom Hanks Season 13 Episode 1: Forest Whitaker Episode 2: Eddie Murphy Episode 3: Matt Damon Episode 4: Diana Ross: Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Episode 5: Chris Rock Episode 6: Mark Ruffalo Episode 7: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Episode 8: Kyra Sedgwick Episode 9: Michelle Pfeiffer Episode 10: Charlie Sheen Episode 11: Anthony Hopkins Episode 12: Billy Crystal Season 14 Episode 1: Alec Baldwin Episode 2: Halle Berry Episode 3: John Cusack Episode 4: Dave Chappelle Episode 5: Brooke Shields Episode 6: Goldie Hawn Episode 7: Sarah Jessica Parker Episode 8: Mike Myers Episode 9: Christian Slater Episode 10: Daniel Radcliffe Season 15 Episode 1: Goldie Hawn Episode 2: 200th Episode: Dave Chappelle interviews James Lipton ("Tonight’s Guest is the creator, executive producer, writer, host... all of that shit... of 'Inside the Actors Studio'") Episode 4: Josh Brolin Episode 5: Laura Linney Episode 6: Ricky Gervais Episode 7: Conan O'Brien Episode 9: Denis Leary Episode 10: Danny DeVito Episode 12: Mickey Rourke Episode 13: Jason Bateman Episode 14: Cast of 'Family Guy' Season 16 Episode 1: Hilary Swank Episode 2: Bon Jovi Episode 4: James Cameron Episode 6: Betty White Season 17 Episode 1: Bradley Cooper Episode 2: James Franco Episode 3: Jim Carrey Episode 4: Colin Firth Episode 5: Cast of 'Modern Family' Episode 6: Jennifer Aniston Season 18 Episode 1: Cast of 'Glee' Episode 2: George Clooney / Bonus Clips Episode 3: Brad Pitt / Bonus Clips Episode 4: Cast of 'Mad Men'

Superstardom makes Brad Pitt easy to talk about.

shakespeherian — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 11:41:56 -0800

Brad Pitt Stars as Brad Pitt in New Brad Pitt Movie. With additional Pitt-related musings by Mefi's Own Bunny Ultramod.

"You're Adam, a five-year-old boy sneaking your pet rat into your seven-year-old sister's underwear drawer."

Captain Cardanthian! — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:23:52 -0800

In Character: Actors Acting is a series of photos featuring Jeff Goldblum, Jane Lynch, Laurence Fishburne, Geoffrey Rush and 26 other actors reacting to short character prompts from photographer Howard Schatz.

Shakespeare photographs

thomas j wise — Sat, 27 Sep 2003 09:47:24 -0800

Cleveland Press Shakespeare Photographs Er, no, not photographs of Shakespeare--that would be difficult--but of Shakespeare's plays in performance, 1870-1982. Covers productions in all media; photographs can be browsed by dramatic genre (tragedy, comedy, etc.). On a related note, see also Harry Rusche's Shakespeare Illustrated (outstanding and extensive site devoted to nineteenth-century paintings of scenes from Shakespeare's plays).

Anthony Hopkins cares less about his movies than you do.

skallas — Tue, 21 Aug 2001 19:43:30 -0800

Anthony Hopkins cares less about his movies than you do. Wow, I like his attitude toward acting and the industry. He's the polar opposite of the typical Hollywood pretentious types. What's wrong with some apathy in your life anyhow?

The Simpsons Get Respectable

rev- — Fri, 03 Aug 2001 09:53:13 -0800

The Simpsons Get Respectable in this play where all the characters from the show act out Hamlet? It's a one-man show in New Jersey, but I'd pay to see this. It proves Hamlet's weird universality, but seeing Apu as "the first murderer" has got to be a rush. (via TV Tattle)

Voices In My Head...

davidmsc — Fri, 18 May 2001 07:02:46 -0800

Voices In My Head... Call me crazy, but I think casting "celebrity voices" in animated flix is counter-intuitive. Think back to the classic Disney movies - "Pinocchio" and "101 Dalmations" come to mind - and the fact that they regularly used professional voice-actors, not a cast of celebrities-du-jour. With the new trend in animated movies, I find myself picturing the celebrity doing the voice, not the animated character of the story. Quick - what's the first thing that comes to mind when you think of the movie "Aladdin?" Robin Williams as the Genie, I'd wager. Your thoughts on this weighty matter?

Tom Hanks = the Jimmy Stewart of our day?

MattD — Fri, 12 Jan 2001 16:12:49 -0800

Tom Hanks = the Jimmy Stewart of our day? one of Salon's useful popular media pieces, but nothing you couldn't read on Sunday Arts section of the Times, such pieces being the Holy Ghost of Salon's Trinity (see inside for the Father and the Son)...

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