Actors in Character (15 total)

There's no denying the fact that most of us have pretended to be actors. Our friend shouts out some creative story and in an instant we become these make-believe characters - drug dealers, CEOs, princesses or policemen.

Photographer Howard Schatz took this idea one step further. In 2006, he released a book called In Character: Actors Acting. He put himself in the director's chair, coming up with dramatic scenes that 100 actors of stage, screen and television would pretend to be a part of. He not only took these actors' portraits, he also interviewed them to ask them about their creative process.

Vanity Fair liked the idea so much that they asked Schatz to continue this project with some of the biggest and brightest names in Hollywood. Since 2006, these hilarious, one-on-one improvisations have been featured in the magazine. Here are some of our favorites.

Howard Schatz's website and Vanity Fair

Tags: Actors, Character, fair, in, photo, vanity

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Comment by Kristine Allen on February 18, 2011 at 10:57pm: Love Love Love!

Comment by duifje on February 18, 2011 at 6:24pm: Brilliant! What an expression in these faces!

Comment by Amy Wong on February 18, 2011 at 4:04pm: HILARIOUS!!!!! Love them all!!! I want to see more!

Comment by sAm on February 16, 2011 at 5:31pm: HAHA, these are classic! I can spend all day reading each one...excellent!

Comment by Carme Rodríguez Capilla on February 16, 2011 at 1:44pm: Thanks Alice for your post ... really interesting and also able to see live if they are really good actors.

Comment by Alyssa Anda on February 16, 2011 at 11:46am: I enjoyed every single one of these! This is just brilliant! I like how it's comedic. Sometimes, what I like best about acting is how funny the person is. :) Thanks for sharing alice!