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Quiz about Inside the Actors Studio 100th Guest Celebration

'Inside the Actors Studio' 100th Guest Celebration Quiz

In honor of the 100th Guest Celebration of 'Inside the Actors Studio' here's a quiz about the show. All of the answers to this quiz can be found in the 100th Guest Celebration episode (as well as in the individual shows themselves).

A multiple-choice quiz by ltc717. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
ltc717

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
54,766

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

Plays
538

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 15

1. Who was the 100th guest on 'Inside the Actors Studio'? Hint

Paul Newman

Sally Field

Gene Hackman

Kevin Kline

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Question 2 of 15

2. Is 'Inside the Actors Studio' a class that Actors Studio students are able to take or an optional lecture series they are able to attend because they are part of the Actors Studio?

Answer: (One Word -- Class or Lecture)

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Question 3 of 15

3. What acting coach did Robert DeNiro say taught him about being true to the character? Hint

James Lipton

Lee Strasberg

George Morrison

Stella Adler

4. Harrison Ford talked about being private regarding his personal life but about how a character needs to be completely accessible. In discussing this, he said 'You have to be willing to _____ in front of people.' Hint

Breakdown

Live

Be Open

Cry

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Question 5 of 15

5. While discussing a role in which he played an alcoholic which actor disclosed that he was an alcoholic?

Answer: (Two Words)

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Question 6 of 15

6. Which of his movies did Tom Hanks say is now very difficult for him to watch? Hint

'Philadelphia'

'Apollo 13'

'Saving Private Ryan'

'Cast Away'

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Question 7 of 15

7. True or False: Anthony Hopkins finds Shakespeare difficult.

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 8 of 15

8. Lipton asked Steven Spielberg about the fact that characters are often looking off camera in his films, and Spielberg said that he 'likes to watch people _____.' Hint

Being Distracted

Acting

Thinking

Staring

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Question 9 of 15

9. Ed Harris choked up a bit when asked to whom he dedicated his film 'Pollock.' Who was that? Hint

Amy Madigan (his wife)

Jackson Pollock

His children

His mom and dad

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Question 10 of 15

10. Nathan Lane said that 'most of humor is based on _____.' Hint

Pain

Contradictions

Accidents

Anger

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Question 11 of 15

11. What did Robin Williams call the desk Lipton uses on the show? Hint

A schoolmarm's desk

Protection from your guests

Your own wooden guard desk

A little TV tray

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Question 12 of 15

12. Billy Crystal, in character as Fernando, said what to Lipton? Hint

You look impervious.

You look marvelous.

You look studious.

You look luminous.

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Question 13 of 15

13. Lipton has gotten many of the guests on the show to dance. Which of the following guests did not dance on the show? Hint

Martin Short

Ellen Barkin

Kevin Spacey

Meryl Streep

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Question 14 of 15

14. Lipton really enjoys impersonations and has gotten many guests to do them on the show. Which of the following guests did not do an impersonation on the show? Hint

Val Kilmer

Harrison Ford

Martin Landau

Sean Penn

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Question 15 of 15

15. Which 'Saturday Night Live' performer impersonates Lipton and appeared on the 100th Guest Celebration, interviewing Lipton? Hint

Darryl Hammond

Will Ferrell

Chris Kattan

Horatio Sanz

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who was the 100th guest on 'Inside the Actors Studio'?

Answer: Gene Hackman

Newman and Field were among the first guests, and Kline will be appearing in November, 2001.

2. Is 'Inside the Actors Studio' a class that Actors Studio students are able to take or an optional lecture series they are able to attend because they are part of the Actors Studio?

Answer: Class

I'd be thrilled to get class credit for listening to these people talk.

3. What acting coach did Robert DeNiro say taught him about being true to the character?

Answer: Stella Adler

DeNiro said Alder also taught him about dissecting the text and being faithful to the text.

Answer: Live

Ford said that you have to give a 'backstage pass' to the audience.

5. While discussing a role in which he played an alcoholic which actor disclosed that he was an alcoholic?

Answer: Jack Lemmon

Lipton was clearly shocked by this revelation.

6. Which of his movies did Tom Hanks say is now very difficult for him to watch?

Answer: 'Philadelphia'

Hanks movingly spoke about the men with AIDS who worked on the movie, most of whom passed away within one year of the release of 'Philadelphia.'

7. True or False: Anthony Hopkins finds Shakespeare difficult.

Answer: True

Hopkins spoke of how he used to break up the passages of Shakepeare's text to work on it and how Laurence Olivier told him not to do that because if you do, you lose the essence of the work.

8. Lipton asked Steven Spielberg about the fact that characters are often looking off camera in his films, and Spielberg said that he 'likes to watch people _____.'

Answer: Thinking

Spielberg said that he thinks these types of scenes draw the audience into what the character is thinking.

9. Ed Harris choked up a bit when asked to whom he dedicated his film 'Pollock.' Who was that?

Answer: His mom and dad

Harris's father had a brief role as a veterinarian in the movie.

10. Nathan Lane said that 'most of humor is based on _____.'

Answer: Anger

Lane said that he was a very angry, short man and then joked about how Napoleon was very funny because he was so short and angry.

11. What did Robin Williams call the desk Lipton uses on the show?

Answer: A little TV tray

Not surprisingly, Williams was quite funny in his appearance. He danced, did impressions, and did some improv with an audience member's pink pashmina.

12. Billy Crystal, in character as Fernando, said what to Lipton?

Answer: You look studious.

Lipton told Billy-as-Fernando that he (Lipton) didn't look marvelous, so Billy then played on the stack of question cards on Lipton's desk.

13. Lipton has gotten many of the guests on the show to dance. Which of the following guests did not dance on the show?

Answer: Ellen Barkin

Short did an Ed Grimley-esque dance. Spacey tapped. Streep did Irish step dancing.

14. Lipton really enjoys impersonations and has gotten many guests to do them on the show. Which of the following guests did not do an impersonation on the show?

Answer: Harrison Ford

Klimer did an impersonation of Brando. Landau and Penn both did impersonations of Woody Allen.

15. Which 'Saturday Night Live' performer impersonates Lipton and appeared on the 100th Guest Celebration, interviewing Lipton?

Answer: Will Ferrell

Ferrell and Lipton had a great exchange, including Lipton answering the Pivot questionnaire questions about himself and Ferrell. For example, in response to the question 'What sound do you love?,' Lipton responded, 'The sound of my own voice.' Then in response to the question 'What sound do you hate?,' Lipton responded, 'The sound of you doing my voice.'

Source: Author ltc717

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