Nanette Fabray on her acting style
Nanette Fabray on good advice she's gotten regarding her acting in her career
Nanette Fabray on working with a difficult director
Nanette Fabray on advice to aspiring actors
Edie Falco on not consciously doing research for roles
Edie Falco on what she likes in a director, as an actor
Edie Falco on what she likes in a director, as an actor
Edie Falco on why she prefers shooting single-camera television shows without an audience
Edie Falco on what she likes about acting
Edie Falco on advice to aspiring actors
Patricia Heaton on wanting to be a performer
Patricia Heaton on acting tips from William Esper
Patricia Heaton on what made her character on Everybody Loves Raymond a comedic force; the power of silence
Patricia Heaton on the benefits of performing in front of a live audience
Patricia Heaton on her advice to aspiring actresses
Ellen Holly on appearing as "Stephanie" in the Broadway production of "Too Late the Phalarope," and on how she played the role
Ellen Holly on being invited to join the Actors Studio by Lee Strasberg
Ellen Holly on what she learned at the Actors Studio, and why she didn't like Lee Strasberg as a teacher
Ellen Holly on what she learned from her time on One Life to Live, including advice she would give to young actors about the business-end of television
Monica Horan on how she always knew she wanted to be an actress
Monica Horan on memorable work experiences in television
Monica Horan on the impact and influence that working with different creative people has had upon her life and career
Monica Horan on advice she would give to someone starting out in acting
Felicity Huffman on what she likes about acting and the importance of storytelling
Felicity Huffman on advice for aspiring actors
Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy on Macy studying acting with David Mamet at Goddard College and how that led to Macy teaching acting in New York, where Huffman studied with him
Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy on how they help each other prepare for roles and the challenges of preparation as an actor
Felicity Huffman and William H. Macy on watching each other's work and their own, and how much they prepare for roles
Allison Janney on becoming interested in acting and doing a play directed by Paul Newman
Allison Janney on memorization's place in acting
Allison Janney on worries about being typecast
Allison Janney on her acting style
Allison Janney on the most important advice she ever received about acting
Allison Janney on advice to aspiring actors
Lisa Kudrow on realizing there was no "mystical truth" to becoming a working actor after seeing her brother's friend, Jon Lovitz, land a gig on Saturday Night Live
Lisa Kudrow on what she learned about acting from her work at The Groundlings Improv group and how invaluable the character monologues were
Lisa Kudrow on her first-ever performance in front of an audience
Lisa Kudrow on some realities of working in television and the expectations and challenges of coming in as guest-star on a long-running sitcom
Lisa Kudrow on the challenges of performing the same character for so many years, as on Friends with "Phoebe"
Lisa Kudrow on advice to aspiring actors "as long as it's not porn, do it"
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on her early interest in acting
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on the challenge of portraying a version of herself on Curb Your Enthusiasm
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on developing her character "Selina Meyer" on Veep; on speaking with actual Vice-Presidents and the research that went into creating the character
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on developing her character "Selina Meyer" on Veep; on speaking with actual Vice-Presidents and the research that went into creating the character
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on one of her favorite improv moments on Veep
Julia Louis-Dreyfus on advice to aspiring actors
Rita Moreno on how acting for television is different than acting for films, and appearing in Oz
Rita Moreno on having the "EGOT" (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) and on studying acting
Rita Moreno on what it is like for an actor to guest-star on a show
Marion Ross on her process for learning her lines
Marion Ross on acting in front of an audience
Marion Ross on how she creates her characters
Marion Ross on important advice she's received as an actress, and on the importance of having an agent
Marion Ross on advice to an aspiring actor
Yeardley Smith on her stage fright and how she's overcome it by being "over prepared"
Yeardley Smith on her early determination to find success as an actress, and feeling that she had a "gift"
Yeardley Smith on playing to your strengths as an actor and finding her way into a role
Yeardley Smith on the differences between television/film and theater, and appearing as a guest star on a TV show
Yeardley Smith on performing "Lisa Simpson"
Yeardley Smith on being on The Simpsons and wanting to get more on-camera roles
Gale Storm on her experiences working on the radio show, Gateway To Hollywood
Gale Storm on how Lindsey Parsons affected her career
Gale Storm on advice she received from Jackie Cooper about acting
Gale Storm on her My Little Margie character "Margie Albright"
Gale Storm on hosting the NBC Comedy Hour nine times
Cindy Williams on working with Penny Marhsall on the physical comedy of Laverne & Shirley
Cindy Williams on what she enjoys about acting
Cindy Williams on advice to aspiring actors
Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall on performing the physical comedy of Laverne & Shirley
