Actors: Legends, egos and revelations (Guardian Shorts Book 21)

Simon Hattenstone has inteviewed the great and the good from all walks of life, and posed just about every imaginable question, from asking Willem Dafoe if it's true he has the biggest penis in Hollywood, to asking Woody Allen to share the secrets of his success with women when he's just so 'plain-looking'. In this collection he selects his favourite interviews with actors including Daniel Day-Lewis, Al Pacino, Helen Mirren, Pamela Anderson and Charlton Heston. Chosen for their humanity, drunken glory, legendary status, ego, brilliance, beauty and strange claims to fame, the pieces here will titivate and enthrall, as well as shed light on the dark art of interviewing.