| Foreword by Tom Fontana, Homicide: Life on the Street and Oz | 9 |
| Introduction | 13 |
| Acknowledgments | 17 |
| Working Actor Interviews | |
| Jill Andre | 23 |
| Joy Behar | 33 |
| Daniel Bess | 43 |
| Alonzo Bodden | 53 |
| Bob Clendenin | 69 |
| Matthew Del Negro | 83 |
| Bonnie Dennison | 95 |
| Samantha Droke | 105 |
| Stephon Fuller | 113 |
| Angela Goethals | 123 |
| James Hong | 135 |
| Ravi Kapoor | 147 |
| Tara Karsian | 157 |
| Ilana Levine | 165 |
| Camille Mana | 177 |
| Ed F. Martin | 185 |
| Michael McManus | 195 |
| Chris Messina | 203 |
| Baadja-Lyne Odums | 213 |
| Danny Pino | 223 |
| James Rebhorn | 241 |
| Blake Robbins | 253 |
| Faith Salie | 265 |
| Tom Everett Scott | 277 |
| Jonna Tamases | 291 |
| Deborah Theaker | 301 |
| Al Thompson | 311 |
| Suzanne Whang | 323 |
| Victor Williams | 335 |
| Afterword | 351 |
| About the Authors | 355 |
| Index of Names | 357 |