Kristen shares stories about her performances in Twilight, Spencer, Into the Wild, Seberg, Still Alice, Clouds of Sils Maria, and Panic Room in this interview covering her acting career. She recalls working with David Fincher and Jodie Foster as a young actress, as well as her experiences with Sean Penn, Julianne Moore, Juliette Binoche, Pablo Larrain, Timothy Spall, and Sean Harris. This Q&A moderated by Illeana Douglas is part of the SAG-AFTRA Conversations series, an essential resource for actors, filmmakers and students of discussions with performers, exploring the process and profession of acting.

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0:00 Introduction
1:22 Academy Award nomination
5:03 Acting development over career
8:39 Acting “tricks”
11:40 Beginnings with acting
17:56 Panic Room, David Fincher and Jodie Foster
18:53 Into the Wild, Sean Penn
27:46 Seberg
31:27 Still Alice, Julianne Moore
34:45 Clouds of Sils Maria, Juliette Binoche
40:15 Twilight
43:13 Spencer, Pablo Larrain
50:06 Timothy Spall
55:27 Metaphors in Spencer
1:01:22 Sean Harris
1:05:36 Physical prep for playing Diana
1:10:05 Body language as Diana
1:15:24 Being yourself as an actor