In front of an audience at Chapman University, the iconic New York filmmaker reflects on his 35-year collaboration with Denzel Washington, the role of music in his films and how Akira Kurosawa has influenced his work from his first narrative feature through his 24th and most recent. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The Aussie actress reflects on what she learned from her years working alongside Glenn Close on 'Damages'; how she and the industry discovered her comedic side, leading to memorable turns in 'Bridesmaids,' 'Spy' and other projects; and the the unique challenges and rewards of her latest film, in which she plays a woman whose life is literally and figuratively crashing down around her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
The fan favorite reflects on his rollercoaster journey from stripper to movie star; the backstories of 'Step Up,' 'Magic Mike,' 'Foxcatcher' and other hits; and why his experience on Derek Cianfrance's new dramedy, in which he plays a man who escapes from prison and hides out in a Toys 'R Us, reignited his love for acting and eradicated his long-held 'imposter syndrome.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
In front of an audience at the Burbank International Film Festival, the legendary writer/director reflects on his path from a video store to Sundance to the Oscars, the backstories of each of his nine features and what he's proudest of and thinking about ahead of his 10th and — allegedly — final filmmaking venture. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In front of an audience at the Access Canada Summit in Toronto, the consummate character actor reflects on his fateful crossing of paths in the late '60s with David Mamet, his feelings about often being cast as "losers" (e.g. 'Fargo' and 'The Cooler') and why he was "swept away" by the script for Clint Bentley's new film about the American character. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This key figure in the Iranian New Wave, one of only four filmmakers ever awarded the top prize at each of the three biggest European film festivals, reflects on his cinematic critiques of Iranian society, continuing to work even after being jailed by the regime and then banned from making films under the threat of being sent back to jail, and how his own experience with a prison interrogator partially inspired his latest film, which won Cannes' Palme d'Or in May and was just chosen as France's ...
In front of an audience at Chapman University, the fan favorite reflects on how she stumbled into standup comedy and then into acting, how she landed the part of elementary school principal Ava Coleman on Quinta Brunson's ABC series and why she's prouder of her Emmy-nominated work on its fourth season than any prior. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The "Queen of the Indies," as TIME magazine famously called her, reflects on the rewards and challenges of being so associated with independent film, what eventually led her to begin dabbling in studio films and TV, and how it felt, with the latest season of Mike White's HBO drama series, to finally find herself at the center of a project that found itself at the center of the cultural conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
In front of an audience in the Campari Lounge at the Locarno Film Festival, the trailblazing actress reflects on breaking into the business on TV's 'Ally McBeal,' becoming a movie star via the 'Charlie's Angels' and 'Kill Bill' films, and why her latest project, an indie that she produced and in which she plays a Chinese immigrant trying to protect her troubled American-born son, is so close to her heart. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
One of the most influential comedic talents of his generation reflects on coming from Vancouver to Hollywood as a teenager, the backstories of the crude but heartfelt and largely improvised film comedies that made him a multi-hyphenate star ('Knocked Up' and 'Superbad'), his occasional forays into drama ('Steve Jobs' and 'The Fabelmans') and how his own misadventures in Hollywood ('The Green Hornet' and 'The Interview') informed his hit Apple TV+ series about contemporary Hollywood. Learn more a...
The lovable screen actor reflects on his slow evolution from starving artist to 'Knocked Up' and 'Step Brothers' scene-stealer to TV stalwart, what he learned on 'Party Down' and 'Parks and Recreation,' and how Ben Stiller's 2013 film 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty' started him on the path to playing Mark — 'Innie' and 'Outie' — on the most Emmy-nominated TV show of the 2024-2025 season. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
The Oscar- and Emmy-nominated indie darling reflects on her unusual path to prominence, the backstories of some of her more provocative projects (including 'Kids,' 'Boys Don't Cry' and 'The Brown Bunny') and why she has increasingly been drawn to TV projects (from 'Big Love' to numerous Ryan Murphy projects including his latest limited series, in which she plays the Menendez family's murdered matriarch). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
In front of an audience at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, the veteran Swedish actor reflects on working with everyone from Ingmar Bergman to David Fincher, moving between art house projects (e.g. his five collaborations with Lars von Trier) and studio fare ('Dune,' 'Mamma Mia!,' 'Pirates of the Caribbean' and five MCU installments), and why he's particularly proud of his latest film, Joachim Trier's Cannes' Grand Prize winner in which he plays an aging filmmaker who has a complica...
The Oscar and two-time Emmy winner reflects on the bumpy road to her breakthrough in 'Misery,' why she didn't enjoy working on 'Titanic,' how she was convinced to do a nude scene in 'About Schmidt' and why, after nearly quitting the business, her creativity and passion have been reawakened by her hit new CBS drama series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In front of an audience at the Newport Beach TV Fest, the Oscar-winning and Emmy- and Tony-nominated actor reflects on early milestones ('Box of Moonlight,' 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' 'Choke,' 'Moon' and 'Conviction'), stage and screen collaborations with Martin McDonagh (most famously 'Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and his showstopping monologue in the third installment of Mike White's hit HBO show. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
In front of an audience at the Newport Beach TV Fest, the beloved actress talks about her mom Goldie Hawn and stepdad Kurt Russell, her Oscar-nominated breakthrough in 'Almost Famous,' the pros and cons of becoming a rom-com star with 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days' and what led her to TV to play a version of Lakers owner Jeanie Buss on a buzzy new Netflix comedy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In front of an audience at the Newport Beach TV Fest, in the heart of the O.C., the fan-favorite reflects on playing Seth Cohen on the show of that name, the highs and lows of the years after it went off the air, and how he landed on another hit series, the Netflix rom-com on which he plays a rabbi. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Seven Broadway standouts — nominated for 'Maybe Happy Ending,' 'Oh, Mary!,' 'Just in Time,' 'Stranger Things: The First Shadow,' 'Gypsy,' 'Sunset Blvd.' and 'The Picture of Dorian Gray,' respectively — discuss the challenges and rewards of working on the Great White Way. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In front of a journalism class at Chapman University, the host of one of the hottest Emmy-eligible talk series — pun intended — reflects on his path to interviewing celebs over spicy chicken wings, why YouTube is the show's perfect home and what's next now that he and a consortium of others have bought it from BuzzFeed for $82.5 million. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In front of an audience in the Campari Lounge at the Cannes Film Festival, the legendary Oscar winner reflects on her journey from small-town Texas to Hollywood; her iconic New Hollywood performances in 'Badlands,' 'Carrie,' 'Three Women' and 'Coal Miner's Daughter'; and playing Jennifer Lawrence's mother-in-law in Lynne Ramsay's new film about a woman experiencing severe post-partum depression. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
One of the faces of New Mexican Cinema reflects on the childhood tragedy that set him on the path to acting, navigating a post-'Y Tu Mamá También' career between Mexico and Hollywood, and how, despite possessing an accent that he thought would be disqualifying, he wound up a part of the 'Star Wars' universe on screens big and small. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In front of an audience at the inaugural Napa Valley StreamFest, the Emmy-nominated actor, a major figure in the American comedy scene for the last 25 years, reflects on early projects like 'Freaks and Geeks' and 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall,' the existential crisis he experienced during his years on 'How I Met Your Mother,' how 'The End of the Tour' rebooted his career and what led him to co-create and star in 'Shrinking.' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
In a rare and candid in-depth interview, the rock and roll legend reflects on his complicated childhood and path to the music biz, inspirations behind his greatest hits, thoughts on the upcoming Jeremy Allen White movie about him, the Hulu doc about his first post-COVID tour (which could bring him the 'E' that would make him an 'EGOT') and more! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
10 years after the end of 'Mad Men,' the Emmy-winning actor who brought to life Don Draper reflects on his difficult youth (he lost both parents before turning 21), the rewards and pain of playing one of the greatest anti-heroes of the platinum age of TV, how comedy came to figure so prominently in his next act, and why he was so drawn to playing a man who has everything and then loses it all on his new Apple TV+ series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
In front of an audience at the Miami Film Festival, the English film and TV actor reflects on the pros and cons of playing Lucius Malfoy in the 'Harry Potter' film series, the heartbreak of the cancelation of 'The OA' and his rollercoaster journey with Mike White's hit HBO drama series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The former Los Angeles Times film critic reflects on his path from Brooklyn to Hollywood, the current state of film criticism and the LA Times, and what inspired him to spend four years writing the first dual-biography in 50 years of MGM's two most legendary executives. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
In front of an audience at Chapman University, the 'Dropout' Emmy winner and 'Mank' Oscar nominee reflects on early breaks like 'Mean Girls' and 'Mamma Mia!,' navigating the transition from child to adult star, and why she's so passionate about her latest project, a Peacock limited series in which she plays a cop investigating the disappearance of her own sister. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
One of TV's all-time great comedy actresses, a six-time Emmy winner, reflects on why she walked away from her first hit show, 'Designing Women,' mid-run; why she thinks she's had some of her greatest successes over the past decade, at an age at which many actresses can’t find any work; what she finds to be the greatest challenges and rewards of playing standup comic Deborah Vance; and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
In front of an audience at the Boulder International Film Festival, one of the all-time great comedic scene-stealers reflects on having her career breakthrough at 40 with the first of her four Christopher Guest collaborations, shooting to stardom as Sue Sylvester on 'Glee' and, most recently, playing the stunt double of Steve Martin's character on Hulu's hit ensemble series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
In front of an audience at the 2020 Santa Barbara International Film Festival (the first part of this interview) and via a 2025 Zoom (the second part), the Korean master and three-time Oscar winner reflects on his path to filmmaking, the magical journey of 'Parasite' and his new film starring Robert Pattinson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
