The new Toyota Camry Hybrid LE is parked next to the redesigned 2012 Camry SE after the unveiling event on the Paramount Studios lot on August 23, 2011 in Hollywood, California. The five-seat Camry SE and the Hybrid XLE sedans go on sale in December. (Photo by Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images)

Photographer Howard Schatz had an idea: place actors in a series of roles and dramatic situations to reveal the essence of their characters. Such was the premise behind his book, In Character: Actors Acting, which captures some of Hollywood’s most emotive stars in the act of, well, making faces. Luckily for us, he continued the tradition for Vanity Fair. Here are some of the best.

Actress Hiba Abouk attends Hugo Boss night party 2011 on December 13, 2011 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by Carlos Alvarez/Getty Images)

Actress Anne Hathaway attends the “The Dark Knight Rises” World Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on July 16, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Jim Spellman)

American actress Kiernan Shipka takes a mirror selfie in the last decade of February 2022. (Photo by kiernanshipka/Instagram)

American actress Kiernan Shipka stretches her hot-pink look across a boat in the second half of April 2022. (Photo by Instagram/kiernanshipka)

American actress Kiernan Shipka poses with “May flowers” in Venice, Italy in the last decade of May 2022. (Photo by kiernanshipka/Instagram)