Paul Newman
self (archive footage)

Joanne Woodward
self (archive footage)

Josh Hamilton
George Roy Hill (voice) / Self

Zoe Kazan
Jackie McDonald (voice) / Self

Brooks Ashmanskas
Gore Vidal (voice) / Self

Jonathan Marc Sherman
Martin Ritt (voice) / Self

Billy Crudup
Self / James Goldstone (voice)

Sam Rockwell
Stuart Rosenberg (voice) / Self

Alessandro Nivola
Robert Redford (voice) / Self

Sally Field
Self

LaTanya Richardson Jackson
Maude Brink (voice) / Self

Steve Zahn
Donald 'Duck' Dobbins (voice) / Self

Karen Allen
Self / Frances Woodward / Self / Frances Woodward (voice)

Oscar Isaac
Sydney Pollack (voice) / Self

Bobby Cannavale
Self / Elia Kazan (voice)

Vincent D'Onofrio
Self

Ben Dickey
Mark Rydell (voice)

Tom McCarthy
Sidney Lumet (voice)

Ewan McGregor
Self

David Letterman
Self