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Inside the Actors Studio Episodes on Bravo

1994, TV Show

Episode Detail: Sidney Lumet - Inside the Actors Studio

"There are no unimportant decisions in moviemaking," says director Sidney Lumet in an interview that includes clips from "Dog Day Afternoon," and "The Verdict." Included: comments on the importance of casting, camera lenses and scale.

Episodes: Inside the Actors Studio - 245 total Episodes

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11/3/2008: Goldie Hawn
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5/19/2008: Sarah Jessica Parker
12/3/2007: John Cusack
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10/22/2007: Alec Baldwin
10/15/2007: Anthony Hopkins
10/8/2007: Billy Crystal
9/17/2007: Charlie Sheen
8/6/2007: Michelle Pfeiffer
6/11/2007: Kyra Sedgwick
6/4/2007: Julia Louis-Dreyfus
3/19/2007: Mark Ruffalo
3/12/2007: Chris Rock
2/19/2007: Diana Ross
1/2/2007: Matt Damon
12/18/2006: Eddie Murphy
12/11/2006: Forest Whitaker
10/2/2006: Al Pacino
9/18/2006: Teri Hatcher
7/31/2006: Hugh Laurie
7/9/2006: Robert Downey Jr.
6/25/2006: Dustin Hoffman
5/28/2006: Tim Allen
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5/7/2006: Cast of Law & Order
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2/5/2006: Liza Minnelli
1/22/2006: Martin Lawrence
1/15/2006: Ralph Fiennes
1/8/2006: Queen Latifah
12/18/2005: Barbara Walters
12/11/2005: Cast of 'The Producers'
10/30/2005: Michael J. Fox
10/23/2005: Rosie O'Donnell
10/16/2005: Elton John
9/25/2005: Jodie Foster
6/19/2005: Everybody Loves Raymond
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4/24/2005: Jane Fonda
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1/30/2005: Robert Redford
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1/23/2005: Kiefer Sutherland
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11/21/2004: Natalie Portman
11/14/2004: Mark Wahlberg
11/7/2004: Jennifer Connelly
10/31/2004: George Carlin
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3/14/2004: Kate Winslet
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12/28/2003: Naomi Watts
12/21/2003: Jude Law
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9/14/2003: John Goodman
8/10/2003: Martin Sheen
7/20/2003: Jeff Bridges
6/29/2003: Jeanne Moreau
6/22/2003: Drew Barrymore
5/11/2003: Joanne Woodward
5/4/2003: Jeremy Irons
4/13/2003: John Travolta
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12/22/2002: Julianne Moore
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11/24/2002: Pierce Brosnan
10/27/2002: Juliette Binoche
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6/30/2002: Benicio Del Toro
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5/5/2002: Richard Gere
4/21/2002: Ethan Hawke
4/15/2002: 100th Guest Celebration
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4/7/2002: Dennis Quaid
3/10/2002: Sissy Spacek
3/10/2002: Ben Kingsley
3/3/2002: Sarah Jessica Parker
2/17/2002: Debra Winger
2/10/2002: Bruce Willis
1/27/2002: Stockard Channing
1/13/2002: Will Smith
12/1/2001: Kevin Costner
11/4/2001: Kevin Kline
9/30/2001: Ben Stiller
9/16/2001: Mike Myers
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8/6/2001: Burt Reynolds
8/5/2001: Antonio Banderas
7/15/2001: Melanie Griffith
6/10/2001: Robin Williams
5/6/2001: Francis Ford Coppola
5/5/2001: Gérard Depardieu
4/15/2001: Helen Hunt
3/11/2001: Gwyneth Paltrow
3/4/2001: Gabriel Byrne
2/18/2001: Michael Douglas
1/14/2001: Mike Myers
1/7/2001: Ned Beatty
12/24/2000: Billy Joel
12/17/2000: Spike Lee
12/10/2000: Steven Spielberg
12/10/2000: Ed Harris
12/3/2000: Steven Spielberg
12/3/2000: Ben Affleck
11/19/2000: James Caan
11/12/2000: Bernadette Peters
10/29/2000: Sigourney Weaver
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3/5/2000: Kevin Spacey
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11/14/1999: Billy Joel
10/24/1999: Mary Tyler Moore
9/12/1999: Jerry Lewis
8/8/1999: Peter Falk
7/25/1999: Ellen Barkin
7/18/1999: Kim Basinger
7/11/1999: Jennifer Jason Leigh
4/25/1999: Gary Sinise
4/4/1999: Kathy Bates
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1/10/1999: Sharon Stone
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10/25/1998: Jack Lemmon
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8/23/1998: Danny Glover
5/24/1998: Anthony Hopkins
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5/18/1997: Mike Nichols
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6/19/1996: Carol Burnett
6/12/1996: Jessica Lange
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1/24/1996: Glenn Close
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Billy Crystal
Sidney Lumet
Shelley Winters
Norman Jewison
Julia Roberts
Dennis Hopper
Anjelica Huston
Mark Rydell
Meg Ryan
Matt Dillon
Lee Grant
Matthew Broderick
Neil Simon
Stephen Sondheim
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Martin Landau
Tommy Lee Jones
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Ellen Burstyn
Arthur Penn
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Premiered: June 12, 1994, on Bravo

Rating: TV-PG

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Premise: Performers and directors discuss their lives, inspirations and craft as they weather a shower of compliments from host James Lipton before an audience of students from New York's Actors Studio. Along with ample film clips and his stack of blue index cards, Lipton's borderline obsequiousness became the show's trademark (and fodder for 'SNL' parody), and a hit with viewers, who turned the series into a consistent ratings grabber for Bravo.