STEPHEN RANDALL and the Editors of Playboy magazine

The red carpet. The Method. Sundance. Cannes. A gold statue named Oscar. We love actors because they can make us laugh, and then make us cry, because they are at once The Beautiful People, and because they are also Common Man. We love them for how they unflinchingly take our lives and reflect them back to us, whether desperate and depraved or honorable and admirable.

In this collection of candid interviews, Playboy gets to the heart of these mysterious creatures, exploring their ambitions, heartbreaks, and goals, asking the questions we all want to know. What does Matt Damon do on the weekends? How has Bruce Willis gotten burned by the media? Why is Robert de Niro so private? How does Johnny Depp feel about fame?

This volume features interviews with the following notable figures: Nicolas Cage, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Sean Penn, Susan Sarandon, Will Smith, and Bruce Willis.