The Actors Studio was released in the year 1994。The Actors Studio is also called as "Inside the Actors Studio", Ungeschminkt: James Lipton im Gespräch, Tähdet kertovat, Inside the Actors Studio, Actors Studio。

James Lipton interviews some of today's most talented actors, directors and writers. In the audience are students and famous alumni of the Actors Studio's master of fine arts program. The interviewees talk about their childhood, how they got started in show business, their early career and behind-the-scenes trivia. The interview concludes with a standardized questionnaire that includes such questions as "What is your favorite word?" and "If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive?" After that, Lipton and the interviewee move to a classroom where the M.F.A. students can question the interviewee directly.

The Actors Studio actors and actresses include Arthur Penn, Ellen Burstyn, James Lipton, Jeanne Moreau, Nathan Lane, Tom Hanks。