Today's Parola del Giorno is the verb expression, girare un film, which means to shoot a film and can be used to describe both the actions of the director and actors.

See the expression used below in its context:

Nessun regista ha il permesso di girare un film nel Vaticano. Così molti sono costretti a recarsi in palazzi simili. Lo ha fatto anche Moretti in “Habemus Papam” e ha girato parte del film nel consolato francese a Roma.

No director has permission to shoot a film in the Vatican.  So many are forced to go to similar buildings.  Moretti also did it in "Habemus Papam", and he film a part of the film in the French consolate in Rome.

The verb girare can also mean:

• to turn something, such as: girare una chiava to turn a key

• to stir, such as: girare la salsa to stir the sauce

• to tour, such as: girare gli Stati Uniti to tour the United States