Close Up

Rodrigo Prieto ('Silence,' 'Passengers'), Linus Sandgren ('La La Land'), John Toll ('Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk'), Charlotte Bruus Christensen ('Fences,' 'The Girl on the Train,'), Bradford Young ('Arrival') and Caleb Deschanel ('Rules Don't Apply').

Seth Rogen ('Sausage Party') including Byron Howard ('Zootopia), Garth Jennings ('Sing'), Travis Knight ('Kubo and the Two Strings'), Mike Mitchell ('Trolls'), John Musker ('Moana') and Mark Osborne ('The Little Prince')

Six of the year's most sought after drama actresses engage in a candid conversation about sex scenes and nudity as they get older. Sarah Paulson, Julianna Margulies, Kerry Washington, Constance Zimmer, Kirsten Dunst, Regina King, and Jennifer Lopez discuss the advantages of working with female directors, the new landscape of television, and what their first big splurge was.

Six of the television season's most eclectic drama actors – including Rami Malek, Bobby Cannavale, Wagner Moura, Cuba Gooding Jr., Forest Whitaker, and Paul Giamatti reveal the challenges of letting emotionally demanding characters go, the nuances of real versus fictional characters, and the little known movies they wish everyone had seen.

TV's leading funny ladies – Rachel Bloom, Gina Rodriguez, Allison Janney, Niecy Nash, Lily Tomlin, Ilana Glazer – disclose the best advice they ever got, the moment they knew they wanted to become actors and their funniest fan interactions.

Anthony Anderson ('Black-ish'), Kevin Bacon ('I Love Dick'), Ted Danson ('The Good Place'), Brian Tyree Henry ('Atlanta'), William H. Macy ('Shameless') and Kumail Nanjiani ('Silicon Valley') talk about tackling unlikable characters, what it's like making comedy in the current political climate and their proudest moments from their shows.

Pamela Adlon ('Better Things'), Minnie Driver ('Speechless'), America Ferrera ('Superstore'), Kathryn Hahn ('I Love Dick'), Issa Rae ('Insecure') and Emmy Rossum ('Shameless') talk about typecasting in Hollywood, male nudity vs. female nudity and their most embarrassing moments on set.

Riz Ahmed ('The Night Of'), Sterling K. Brown ('This Is Us'), John Lithgow ('The Crown'), Ewan McGregor ('Fargo'), Billy Bob Thornton ('Goliath') and Jeffrey Wright ('Westworld') talk about what scenes they were nervous to approach and the process of letting a character go.

Louie Anderson - "Baskets" (FX) Sean Hayes - "Will & Grace" (NBC) Marc Maron - "GLOW" (Netflix) Tracy Morgan - "The Last O.G." (TBS) Ray Romano - "Get Shorty" (Epix) Tony Shaloub - "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon)

Alison Brie - "GLOW" (Netflix) Rachel Brosnahan - "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" (Amazon) Debra Messing - "Will & Grace" (NBC) Tracee Ellis Ross - "black-ish" (ABC) Frankie Shaw - "SMILF" (Showtime) Drew Barrymore - "Santa Clarita Diet" (Netflix) Molly Shannon - "Divorce" (HBO)

Jason Bateman - "Ozark" (Netflix) Darren Criss - "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" (FX) Jeff Daniels - "The Looming Tower" (Hulu) / "Godless" (Netflix) Matthew Rhys - "The Americans" (FX) J.K. Simmons - "Counterpart" (Starz) Michael B. Jordan - "Fahrenheit 451" (HBO)

Regina Hall, Natasha Lyonne, Maya Rudolph, Jane Fonda, Constance Wu, Tiffany Haddish and Phoebe Waller-Bridge discuss acting in a comedy role.

Sacha Baron Cohen, Jim Carrey, Ted Danson, Don Cheadle, Henry Winkler and Timothy Simons discuss the craft of acting.

Michelle Williams, Emilia Clarke, Danai Gurira, Niecy Nash, Patricia Arquette and Christine Baranski discuss the craft of acting.

Jane Levy, Elle Fanning, Amy Sedaris, and others discuss their work as comedy actresses.

Dan Levy, Kumail Nanjiani, Ramy Youssef, Kenan Thompson, and Ricky Gervais discuss their work as comedy actors.

Jennifer Aniston, Janelle Monáe, Zendaya, and others discuss their roles as drama actresses.

Pete Davidson (‘SNL’), Lamorne Morris (‘Woke’), Ben Platt (‘The Politician’), Ted Danson (‘Mr. Mayor’), Ed Helms (‘Rutherford Falls’) and Chris Redd (‘Kenan’ and ‘SNL’) join Lacey Rose for Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for our Comedy Actors Roundtable.

Anya Taylor-Joy (‘Queen’s Gambit’), Elizabeth Olsen (‘Wandavision’), Gillian Anderson (‘The Crown’), Cynthia Erivo (‘Genius: Arthea’), MJ Rodriguez (‘Pose’) and Sarah Paulson (‘Ratched’) join Lacey Rose for Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for our Drama Actresses Roundtable.

Misha Green (‘Lovecraft Country’), Katori Hall (‘P-Valley’), Ethan Hawke (‘The Good Lord Bird’), Barry Jenkins (‘Underground Railroad’) and Peter Morgan (‘The Crown’) join Lacey Rose for Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter for our Drama Showrunners Roundtable.