Julianne Moore

Published: Dec. 8, 2014, 5 a.m.

Alec Baldwin and Julianne Moore are\xa0members of a select club.\xa0For them, names\xa0like "Edge," "Search," "Days," and "World Turns" mean something. They came of age at a time\xa0when soap operas were a big deal, and as they tell it, soaps provided an opportunity for some of their best raw acting. Now Moore, who has performed in everything from independent films to widely-released big budget classics like\xa0Boogie Nights\xa0and\xa0Jurassic Park, stars alongside Baldwin in the acclaimed drama,\xa0Still Alice.\xa0She plays a linguistics professor who starts forgetting her words as Alzheimer's sets in. This isn\u2019t the first time the two have shared the screen\u2014Moore\u2019s also famous for her cameos as Baldwin\u2019s high school sweetheart in\xa030 Rock. Hear two actors reveal why they do what they do, and how the decisions they\u2019ve made have gotten them where they are today.

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