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  1. role call
    Hank Azaria Answers Every Question We Have About GodzillaA giant, radioactive lizard is nothing compared to the wet nightmare that was five months of Hollywood rain.
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    Sheryl Lee Ralph Answers Every Question We Have About Sister Act 2On working with a teenage Lauryn Hill and how her own “strong immigrant” West Indian mother informed Mama Florence.
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    Kathleen Turner Answers Every Question We Have About Serial MomOn defying her agents, hitting Patty Hearst with a pay phone, hating Barry Manilow, and watching Shirley MacLaine eat a staggering number of crabs.
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    Scott Speedman Answers All Our Questions About UnderworldOn why he left the franchise after two films, the pressures of fame at a young age, and wild times in Budapest.
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    Tara Reid Answers Every Question We Have About The Big LebowskiOn beating Liv Tyler and Charlize Theron for the role of Bunny Lebowski and making the Coen Brothers laugh.
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    Debbie Harry Answers Every Question We Have About VideodromeThe Blondie legend on the “sticky” consequences of dyeing her hair, how James Woods annoyed David Cronenberg, and her work on Tron — whatever that is.
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    Steve Zahn Answers Every Question We Have About Out of SightOn warning J.Lo not to bother with the “actor-making-an-album crap,” George Clooney’s “birthday” prank, and his soft spot for vulnerable dimwits.
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    Elizabeth Hurley Answers Every Question We Have About BedazzledShe is an irreverent delight in a role that seems written specifically as a commentary on her public image.
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    Billy Zane Answers Every Question We Have About TitanicThe ever-quotable Cal Hockley on flipping that table in front of Kate Winslet, the props he took from set, and inspiring so much hatred.
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    Frances Fisher Answers Every Question We Have About TitanicOn the perils of corsets, the doily she borrowed from Prince Charles, and how one really can have too much caviar.
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    Lee Pace Answers All Our Questions About Pushing Daisies“When I got cast in The Hobbit, Peter Jackson said, ‘We loved you in Pushing Daisies. That’s why you’re here.’”
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    Sandra Bernhard Answers Every Question We Have About The King of ComedyOn beating out Meryl Streep for her part, improvising a kidnapping scene, and why Jerry Lewis wrote her an apology letter.
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    William H. Macy Answers Every Question We Have About Boogie NightsOn his visit to a porn set, Burt Reynolds’s “clueless” attitude, and making Paul Thomas Anderson laugh — and smell — during that killer shot.
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    Isabella Rossellini Answers Every Question We Have About Death Becomes HerOn using a body double, her critique of Madonna’s Sex book, and why she’s glad she missed out on a role in a certain “exploitative” film.
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    Kate Bosworth Answers Every Question We Have About Blue CrushOn competing for the lead role with Jessica Biel, eating sand during her audition, and surviving the “cruel” streak of the early 2000s.
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    Chad L. Coleman Answers Every Question We Have About The WireThe actor on navigating Cutty’s “Invisible Man complex” and the real Baltimoreans who added texture to his performance.
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    Kathy Najimy Answers Every Question We Have About Sister ActOn how Entertainment Tonight host Mary Hart inspired the character’s relentless pep and sneaking backstage in a bunny costume to meet Bette Midler.
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    William Sadler Answers Every Question We Have About Bill & Ted’s Bogus JourneyThe veteran character actor on the origin of Death’s Czech accent, creating some of the character’s most famous lines, and bonding with George Carlin.
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    Lance Reddick Answers Our Questions About Horizon Forbidden West and Destiny“Sylens was one of the first times I’ve watched myself as an animated character and thought, Wow, that’s a really cool character. I got a good deal.”
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    Wayne Knight Answers Every Question We Have About Basic Instinct“I feel like this film couldn’t be made today because the voice against it would be too strong and too listened-to.”
  21. it’s coming
    Erika Christensen Answers Every Question We Have About SwimfanOn the appeal of bunny boilers, which teen star got unnecessarily waxed for pool shoots, and the possibility of a sequel.
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    BD Wong Answers Every Question We Have About the Jurassic Park Films“The human desire to scratch certain itches is what makes cultural things happen. It’s not the Kardashians’ fault people are fascinated with them.”
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    Rosie Perez Answers All Our Questions About White Men Can’t JumpOn losing it in front of Alex Trebek, that time Woody Harrelson ratted her out to Wesley Snipes, and the trio’s upcoming Oscars reunion.
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    Sam Richardson Answers All Our Questions About Veep“The rhythm I tried to find was, Information, information, information … side note.
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    Judy Greer Answers All Our Questions About Jawbreaker“I was always — and probably still am — a little terrified of Rose.”
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    Matthew Lillard and Skeet Ulrich Answer All Our Questions About Scream“Looking back on this has been like looking back on the first love of your life.”
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    Julie Delpy Answers Every Question We Have About 2 Days in ParisOn tricking studio executives into making movies, dodging the word “crazy” throughout her career, and why she thinks she might be Larry David.
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    David Krumholtz Answers Every Question We Have About The Santa ClauseOn the ups and downs of life as Bernard the Head Elf, an unexpected sex symbol for a generation of weird and, often queer, young adults.
  29. this is my place
    Brenda Vaccaro Answers Every Question We Have About Midnight CowboyThe actress on John Schlesinger’s documentary-style filmmaking, what it was like to film her memorable sex scene, and that iconic fox-fur coat.
  30. where did i go right
    Matthew Broderick Answers Every Question We Have About The ProducersThe born-and-bred New Yorker feels about Mel Brooks’s musical movie the way people from Chicago feel about Ferris Bueller.
  31. just press a button
    Fred Williamson Answers Every Question We Have About Black CaesarThe Hammer remembers the guerrilla style of director Larry Cohen and how New York City provided a neighborhood full of free extras.
  32. surrender dorothy!
    Griffin Dunne Answers Every Question We Have About After HoursIt started with Martin Scorsese demanding he abstain from sex during the shoot and almost ended with Paul stuck in that sculpture.
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    Laura Dern Answers Every Question We Have About Citizen RuthOn Alexander Payne’s “equal-opportunity offender” abortion comedy, Miramax’s efforts to “kill” support for it, and its continued relevance.
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    Bianca Lawson Answers Every Question We Have About Pretty Little Liars“She’s in love with this other girl and that’s the truth.”
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    Alan Cumming Answers Every Question We Have About GoldenEyeOn dodging the Russian mafia, getting dry ice stuck to his scalp, and having no time for No Time to Die.
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    Krysten Ritter Answers All Our Questions About VampsAlso, she would like her fangs back, please.
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    Drea de Matteo Answers All Our Questions About That Episode of The SopranosYou know the one.
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    J. Smith-Cameron Answers Every Question We Have About Harriet the SpyOn impressing Rosie O’Donnell with her theater credits, hanging with Courtney B. Vance in Canada, and the enduring brilliance of the Harriet costumes.
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    Richard E. Grant Answers Every Question We Have About Spice WorldOn meeting Roger Moore and Meat Loaf, the biggest trailer of his career, the Spice Girls’ improv skills, and all the costumes he kept.
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    Kim Basinger Answers Every Question We Have About Being Tom Petty’s Lady Corpse“To be honest, it was the hardest role I’ve ever played in my entire life.”
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    Elisabeth Shue Answers Every Question We Have About Adventures in Babysitting On going out with Bradley Whitford, ending up at the Playboy Mansion, and saying “fuck” in a Disney movie against her dad’s wishes.
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    Rosie O’Donnell Answers Every Question We Have About Sleepless in SeattleOn forgetting her lines in front of Nora Ephron, attending the premiere with Madonna, and embracing the “funny friend” role.
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    Lori Petty Answers Every Question We Have About A League of Their OwnOn sharing a makeup trailer with Madonna, laughing at Jon Lovitz, standing firm on the film’s ending, and the possibility of a TV series.
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    Blair Underwood Answers All Our Questions About Sex and the City’s Dr. Robert“I didn’t think it was too soon. He wasn’t asking her to marry him — he was just giving her a big ol’ cookie!”
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    Hayley Mills Answers Every Question We Have About The Parent TrapThe actress talks working with Walt Disney, life as a teen icon in the ’60s, and her new memoir about a Hollywood that no longer exists.
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    Lesley Ann Warren Answers Every Question We Have About Clue“When it opened, we were all ravaged by disappointment. But ultimately, we got our revenge.”
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    Chad Lindberg Answers Every Question We Have About The Fast and the FuriousOn the 20th anniversary of the unlikely start of the now-monster franchise, the actor thinks it’s time to #BringJesseBack.
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    Shane West Answers Every Question We Have About A Walk to Remember“You want to be acknowledged for the work that you’re putting in, but I was never really a TMZ person.”
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    Harry Hamlin Answers Our Clash of the Titans QuestionsFor the actor, making the cult classic involved clashing with the producers over decapitations, apartheid, and robot owls.
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    Blake McIver Ewing Answers Every Question We Have About The Little RascalsThe former child actor on meeting Spielberg, fanning out over Marty’s mom from Back to the Future, and having lunch with Donald Trump on set.
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