The IMDB Files: Hollywood star reflects on their key roles
The Internet Movie Database is one of the most popular websites for tracking the work of actors, filmmakers and others in the movie and TV world. We’ve asked some actors to look at their own IMDb page and comment on some of their best-known roles.
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Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald was 19 when she joined the cast of “Trainspotting,” her first movie.
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“It’s really funny to me when people tell me which movies they respond to, and it’s usually movies I didn’t expect would resonate with people so many years later,” Julia Stiles says.
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“My career is like a pinball machine,” Jamie Bell reflects.
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“The way I want to act is how I want to breathe,” Samantha Morton says.
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The Internet Movie Database is one of the most popular websites for tracking the work of actors, filmmakers and others in the movie and TV world.
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Nick Offerman has been working as an actor for two decades, but the Illinois native, 46, didn’t quite find his groove until he was cast on the NBC comedy series “Parks and Recreation.”
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Djimon Hounsou was born in Benin, Africa, and moved to Hollywood in 1990 from France, where he’d emigrated in his teens.
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For Forest Whitaker, a film or television role should be accompanied by some kind of lesson.
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The graphic novelist Daniel Clowes was in the landmark Strand bookstore on a recent weekday, browsing the section of his chosen profession.
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“I love going to work,” Jeffrey Tambor said. “I’ve been very, very lucky.
