John Malkovich appears on the cover of "Caught in the Act" the 20th book by acclaimed photographer Howard Schatz. Schatz explores the magical transformation that happens when an actor takes hold of words on a page and becomes another person. This beautiful series of images, along with captivating quotes, gives a window into the heads of the finest actors in the world.

"You're Italian, walking in the street, on your hands-free cell phone, having an impassioned conversation." Peter Dinklage enacts that scenario in the book, "Caught in the Act" by photographer Howard Schatz, editor Beverly J. Ornstein and writer Owen Edwards.

"My mom said, 'Whoa, you're not going to be an actress, that's for other people.' It was [as] if she took my life purpose and said I couldn't do it. Until I was about 30 years old, she would always whisper, 'Learn to type.'" ? Jane Lynch in the book "Caught in the Act."

"Your girlfriend dumped you months ago, you obsess and can't let go; you see the silhouette of a man on the window shade of her apartment and you're yelling up, 'Who the hell is that?' that you still love her, how the hell can she do this to you." Bobby Cannavale acting out a scene from the book "Caught in the Act" by photographer Howard Schatz, editor Beverly J. Ornstein and writer Owen Edwards.

"I love stories. I want the characters. I want this heightened world that you get into when you are on the stage or read a book. I want to be there. I want to go through the paintings to the world, through the book. ... The idea that you are working with has to be bigger than you. It has to be spellbinding. It has to dominate you." Colin Firth quoted in the book the book, "Caught in the Act."

Victor Garber reacting in the book "Caught in the Act" to the following scenario: "You're a Holocaust survivor, visiting your wife's grave, seeing that her tombstone and many others are broken and spray painted with swastikas."

"I think theater is the most satisfying for an actor because it's the most immediate and you're the last guy out there. You're the one who represents everyone else's work in the sense that no one else is editing or tweaking it." - Jane Krakowski in the book "Caught in the Act" .

You're a legendary orchestra conductor, coming to the end of your final performance, rapturously joining the chorus in Beethoven's "Ode to Joy." - Geoffrey Rush acting out a reaction in the book "Caught in the Act" by photographer Howard Schatz, editor Beverly J. Ornstein and writer Owen Edwards.

"Once you are on stage and you really love it and you feel like you have an aptitude for it, you feel like you have a passion for it, you can't shake it off. When I did 'Hangover' it was really facing my fears. It was my idea to jump out of the car naked; that was my idea. In real life I don't even like taking off my shirt in public." - Ken Jeong in the book "Caught in the Act".

"If you're a woman in comedy, you have to be stubborn. You have to have toughness, especially when you're a shorty like me and look 10 years old. You have to be a warrior; you have to develop a bit of a shell. You have to be able to do that as an actor anyway." - Amy Poehler, quoted in the book "Caught in the Act" by photographer Howard Schatz, editor Beverly J. Ornstein and writer Owen Edwards.

"You're a 3-year-old brat, and there is NO WAY you're going to your room for a time out." - Justin Bartha acting out an expression in the book, "Caught in the Act."

"You're the mother of the bride greeting her divorcee father of the bride at the wedding rehearsal sarcastically telling him he's on time for a change. You're a self-styled 'miracle worker,' making a shill throw away his crutches and walk." - Whoopi Goldberg acting out an expression in the book "Caught in the Act" by photographer Howard Schatz, editor Beverly J. Ornstein and writer Owen Edwards.

"I find that I'm too self-conscious in my real life. I wish I could just speak out and have wonderful things come out, but I doubt myself and second guess, and there's something about being in a play or having a script and memorizing. I have someone else's words to say, and its freeing for me." - Allison Janey, from the book "Caught in the Act."

Taraji Henson acting out the following scenario in the book "Caught in the Act": "You're a helicopter mom in training, overreacting to your 3-year-old's scraped knee."

"I was a very serious sort of child. There was not, like, a lot of difference between me now and me at 10 years old. I decided to go with acting because I thought that it was going to be a better life in the long run. I never studied acting. I never took a class. I always say I learned by doing it." - Elizabeth Moss in the book "Caught in the Act."

Ricky Gervais in the book "Caught in the Act": "I don't want a predictable story. If you see something coming, it's not exciting. So I like being made to jump in a horror film. I like someone saying the unexpected. We are trying to evoke and emotion in someone else. We are trying to make a connection. That what all art is: trying to make a connection."