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Inside the Actors Studio

  • TV Series
  • 1994–
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 5m
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James Lipton in Inside the Actors Studio (1994)
Inside The Actors Studio
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Famous actors, directors and writers reminisce about their careers and the philosophy behind their craft.Famous actors, directors and writers reminisce about their careers and the philosophy behind their craft.Famous actors, directors and writers reminisce about their careers and the philosophy behind their craft.

  • Creator
    • James Lipton
  • Stars
    • James Lipton
    • Ellen Burstyn
    • Elena Kobylina
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.6/10
    5.4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Creator
      • James Lipton
    • Stars
      • James Lipton
      • Ellen Burstyn
      • Elena Kobylina
    • 35User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 5 wins & 34 nominations total

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    James Lipton
    James Lipton
    • Self - Host…
    Ellen Burstyn
    Ellen Burstyn
    • Self - Audience Member…
    Elena Kobylina
    • Self
    Bradley Cooper
    Bradley Cooper
    • Self - Audience Member…
    Alec Baldwin
    Alec Baldwin
    • Self - Guest…
    Arthur Penn
    Arthur Penn
    • Self
    Deborah Dir
    Deborah Dir
    • Self
    Jay Leno
    Jay Leno
    • Self
    Dave Chappelle
    Dave Chappelle
    • Self…
    Eileen Grubba
    Eileen Grubba
    • Guest Audience…
    Billy Crystal
    Billy Crystal
    • Self - Guest
    Anthony Hopkins
    Anthony Hopkins
    • Self - Guest
    Tom Hanks
    Tom Hanks
    • Self - Guest
    Sarah Jessica Parker
    Sarah Jessica Parker
    • Self - Guest
    Nathan Lane
    Nathan Lane
    • Self - Guest
    Matthew Broderick
    Matthew Broderick
    • Self - Guest
    Holly Hunter
    Holly Hunter
    • Self - Audience Member…
    Robert De Niro
    Robert De Niro
    • Self - Guest
    • Creator
      • James Lipton
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    • Trivia
      During Robin Williams's interview, a man in the audience had to be removed from the theatre by ambulance. He'd laughed so hard, he'd acquired a hernia.
    • Goofs
      For every guest James Lipton is inconsistent on which acting credit is noteworthy to acknowledge because it is impossible to cover all the movies they've made in a single sitting especially if that actor has been in the in industry for decades.
    • Quotes

      Student: What is the importance of listening, and lastly, do you believe in aliens?

      Steven Spielberg: [laughs] Well, I was taught by my mom and dad that in Judaism, the most important prayer is Shema Israel, "Hear, O Israel! The Lord Our God, The Lord is One!", and it was taught to me - from childhood - that the most important thing I could do, as a Jew, was to listen. And that wasn't a way for a parent to say "I know more than you, I'm the boss, you shut up and I'll do all the talking". That wasn't that way at all. They meant listen to yourself. Listen to those little whispers that you tend to want to hear because they're too soft. We tend to somehow listen to the shout and not the whisper. So listening, carefully, is what I was taught all my life. I'm just saying that when people don't listen, it's not that they don't learn, they just deny themselves tremendous opportunities and glorious choices. They deny themselves this, and it's their own damn fault... I do believe in aliens.

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    9/10
    Very unique interview show
    Inside the Actors Studio is a show that airs on Bravo and hosted by James Lipton. It's a TV show but is also used as a teaching class for prospective actors and directors learning their craft at Pace University in New York City.

    The show gives you a far more in-depth interview with famous actors/actresses about their careers from start to present day and what lead them to be where they are today. This isn't your pre-interviewed talk show interviews with actors where they're just using it to promote their most recent project and then also some trivial funny thing that happened in their day to fill time. You can really get in the head of the actors and see what their motivations for a particular role were.

    At the end of the show the actors get to take questions from the audience of students and in a way become a teacher to them.
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    • Release date
      • June 12, 1994 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Ovation
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Inside the Actors Studio: The Craft of Theatre and Film
    • Filming locations
      • John L. Tischman Theater, The New School, New School University - 65 West 12th Street, Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Ovation
      • The Actors Studio
      • Triage Entertainment
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 5 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1
      • 16:9 HD

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