PartyLines- photographs by Patrick McMullan

What's the hardest thing about this 24 hours? “Going last. The audience has high expectations, everybody else is already drunk up in the greenroom, and we have to stay sober the whole time.” —Elizabeth Banks

—Ben Shenkman

You came here from Italy? “I came straight from the fuckin' airport to the production meeting last night. As I said to my cast, ‘You better use me till you use me up! Cuz I gonna go hard!’”
—Michael Kenneth Williams

—Rosie Perez

You were just talking to two pretty women. “There are two things I like. One's a beautiful, beautiful woman. The other is … cocaine.”
—David Cross

—Ramon Rodriguez

Did you use any illicit substances to get through this? “We had some B12 around. Caffeine. And Chris Rock took me to McDonald's. That was the highlight of my day.” —Tracie Thoms

—Alicia Witt

—Aasif Mandvi

What's the toughest part of this project? “Waking up at 6:30 to get here at 8:30 to do it all day.” —muMs da Schemer

—Gaby Hoffman

Did you do any hard drugs to get into character for The Wire? “If I really were a crazy Method actor, I might be good for one take and one take only. I had to rely on my acting skills.”
—Andre Royo

—Mamie Gummer

What's the biggest challenge of this event? “I'm not a great memorizer. I need days! I was memorizing and memorizing and memorizing till the moment I got onstage.” —Dan Fogler