James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
Louis James Lipton (September 19, 1926 – March 2, 2020) was an American writer, lyricist, actor, and dean emeritus of...
See James Lipton's other roles →Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born December 31, 1937) is a Welsh actor, film director, and film producer. He is the...
See Anthony Hopkins's other roles →Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received numerous awards and...
See Edward Norton's other roles →An American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television. Baldwin first gained recognition through televisio...
See Alec Baldwin's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske; September 16, 1924 – August 12, 2014) ...
See Lauren Bacall's other roles →Danny Lebern Glover (born July 22, 1946) is an American actor, film director, and political activist. He is best know...
See Danny Glover's other roles →An American comedian, actress, singer-songwriter, political activist, and talk show host. Goldberg made her film debu...
See Whoopi Goldberg's other roles →John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in mor...
See Jack Lemmon's other roles →Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actress and director. She has been the recipient of numerous...
See Kathy Bates's other roles →Susan Abigail Sarandon (née Tomalin; born October 4, 1946) is an American actress and activist. She is the recipient ...
See Susan Sarandon's other roles →Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer. He is best ...
See Martin Short's other roles →Sir John Vincent Hurt (22 January 1940 – 25 January 2017) was an English actor whose career spanned over five decades...
See John Hurt's other roles →Mary Louise "Meryl" Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an American actress. Often described as "the best actress of her g...
See Meryl Streep's other roles →Laurence John Fishburne III (born July 30, 1961) is an American actor and producer. He has been critically hailed for...
See Laurence Fishburne's other roles →Ronald William Howard (born March 1, 1954) is an American filmmaker and actor. Howard first came to prominence as a c...
See Ron Howard's other roles →Donald McNichol Sutherland (born 17 July 1935) is a Canadian actor whose film career spans over 6 decades. He has bee...
See Donald Sutherland's other roles →Sean Justin Penn (born August 17, 1960) is an American actor and film director. He has won two Academy Awards, for hi...
See Sean Penn's other roles →Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American film director, writer and producer. A major figure of ...
See Steven Spielberg's other roles →Jerry Lewis (March 16, 1926 - August 20, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, film producer, writer, film director ...
See Jerry Lewis's other roles →Timothy Francis Robbins (born October 16, 1958) is an American actor, screenwriter, director, producer, and musician....
See Tim Robbins's other roles →Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an American actress and former fashion model. She has garnered acclaim...
See Kim Basinger's other roles →Sylvester Stallone (born Michael Sylvester Gardenzio Stallone, July 6, 1946) is an American actor and filmmaker. Afte...
See Sylvester Stallone's other roles →Sir Michael Caine CBE (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.; 14 March 1933) is an English actor. Known for his distinc...
See Michael Caine's other roles →James Howard Woods (born April 18, 1947) is an American film, stage and television actor. Woods is known for starring...
See James Woods's other roles →Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis (born January 21, 1956) is an American actress, film producer, writer, former fashi...
See Geena Davis's other roles →Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956), professionally known as Andy García, is a Cuban American actor. ...
See Andy García's other roles →Alan Alda (born January 28, 1936) is an American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. A six-time Emmy Award an...
See Alan Alda's other roles →Legendary Hollywood Icon Harrison Ford was born on July 13, 1942 in Chicago, Illinois. His family history includes a ...
See Harrison Ford's other roles →Susan Alexandra "Sigourney" Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an American actress. Weaver is considered to be a pionee...
See Sigourney Weaver's other roles →Matthew Broderick is an American actor whose career has spanned both the silver screen and the stage. Broderick got h...
See Matthew Broderick's other roles →Dorothy Faye Dunaway (born January 14, 1941) is an American actress. She is the recipient of such accolades as an Aca...
See Faye Dunaway's other roles →Carol Creighton Burnett (born April 26, 1933) is an American actress, comedienne, singer, dancer and writer. Burnett ...
See Carol Burnett's other roles →Ellen Burstyn (born Edna Rae Gillooly; December 7, 1932) is an American actress. Known for her portrayal of complicat...
See Ellen Burstyn's other roles →Christopher Walken (born Ronald Walken, March 31, 1943) is an American actor. He has appeared in more than 100 films ...
See Christopher Walken's other roles →Holly Patricia Hunter (born March 20, 1958) is an American actress. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA A...
See Holly Hunter's other roles →Martin James Landau (June 20, 1928 – July 15, 2017) was an American actor, acting coach, producer, and editorial cart...
See Martin Landau's other roles →Paul Leonard Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008) was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, human...
See Paul Newman's other roles →From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Stephen Joshua Sondheim (March 22, 1930 – November 26, 2021) was an American ...
See Stephen Sondheim's other roles →Mary Stuart Masterson (born June 28, 1966) is an American film, stage and television actress and director.
See Mary Stuart Masterson's other roles →Benjamin Edward Meara Stiller (born November 30, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, and filmmaker. He is the son o...
See Ben Stiller's other roles →Walter Bruce Willis (born March 19, 1955) is a retired American actor. His career began on the off-Broadway stage in ...
See Bruce Willis's other roles →Willard Carroll Smith II (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor and rapper. Known for variety of roles, Smith...
See Will Smith's other roles →Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American actor and filmmaker. He has received two Academy Awards,...
See Kevin Costner's other roles →Samuel Leroy Jackson (born December 21, 1948) is an American actor and producer. One of the most widely recognized ac...
See Samuel L. Jackson's other roles →Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, screenwriter, director and musician. Thornton gained e...
See Billy Bob Thornton's other roles →John Christopher Depp II (born June 9, 1963) is an American actor, producer and musician. He is the recipient of vari...
See Johnny Depp's other roles →Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor and film producer. His aw...
See Benicio del Toro's other roles →Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor and film producer. He has received a Golden Globe A...
See Hugh Grant's other roles →Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor and producer. He began in films in the 1970s, playin...
See Richard Gere's other roles →Sir Ian Murray McKellen, CH, CBE (born 25 May 1939) is an English actor. He is the recipient of six Laurence Olivier ...
See Ian McKellen's other roles →Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, director, producer, businesswoman, and talk sh...
See Drew Barrymore's other roles →Nancy Campbell Cartwright (born October 25, 1957) is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice arti...
See Nancy Cartwright's other roles →Pierce Brendan Brosnan, OBE (16 May 1953) is an Irish actor, film producer and environmentalist who holds Irish and A...
See Pierce Brosnan's other roles →Jeremy John Irons (born 19 September 1948) is an English actor and activist. After receiving classical training at th...
See Jeremy Irons's other roles →Ramón Antonio Gerardo Estévez (born August 3, 1940), known professionally as Martin Sheen, is an American actor. He f...
See Martin Sheen's other roles →John Goodman is an American stage, film and television actor, best known for his role as Dan Conner on the television...
See John Goodman's other roles →Catherine Elise Blanchett (born 14 May 1969) is an Australian actor and producer. Regarded as one of the best actress...
See Cate Blanchett's other roles →Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and former p...
See Clint Eastwood's other roles →Sean Hayes (born June 26, 1970) is an American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his role on Will & Grace, f...
See Sean Hayes's other roles →James Douglas Muir Leno is an American television host, comedian, and writer. After doing stand-up comedy for years, ...
See Jay Leno's other roles →David Jude Heyworth Law (born 29 December 1972) is an English actor. He has received multiple awards including a BAFT...
See Jude Law's other roles →Hugh Michael Jackman (born 12 October 1968) is an Australian actor. Beginning in theatre and television, he landed hi...
See Hugh Jackman's other roles →Thomas Cruise Mapother IV (born July 3, 1962), known professionally as Tom Cruise, is an American actor and producer....
See Tom Cruise's other roles →Russell Ira Crowe (born 7 April 1964) is an actor. He was born in New Zealand, spent ten years of his childhood in Au...
See Russell Crowe's other roles →Charlize Theron (born 7 August 1975) is a South African-American actress and producer. One of the world's highest-pai...
See Charlize Theron's other roles →Kate Elizabeth Winslet (born 5 October 1975) is an English actress. Known for her work in independent films, particul...
See Kate Winslet's other roles →Bette Midler (born December 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, comedian, and film producer. Born in...
See Bette Midler's other roles →An American actor best known for starring in a number of film, television, and theater roles since the late 1960s, in...
See Richard Dreyfuss's other roles →Benjamin Géza Affleck (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor and filmmaker. His accolades include two Academy Aw...
See Ben Affleck's other roles →James Edmund Caan (/kɑːn/ KAHN; March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor who was nominated for several aw...
See James Caan's other roles →Bernadette Peters (born February 28, 1948) is an American actress, singer, and children's book author. Over a career ...
See Bernadette Peters's other roles →Ed Harris is an American stage, film and television actor, writer, producer and director, best known for playing supp...
See Ed Harris's other roles →Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, film director, film producer, screenwriter, cultural ambass...
See Gabriel Byrne's other roles →Michael Kirk Douglas (born September 25, 1944) is an American actor and film producer. He has received numerous accol...
See Michael Douglas's other roles →José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (born 10 August 1960), known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor an...
See Antonio Banderas's other roles →Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. Rising to fam...
See Robin Williams's other roles →Helen Elizabeth Hunt (born June 15, 1963) is an American actress, film director, and screenwriter. She starred in the...
See Helen Hunt's other roles →Melanie Richards Griffith (born August 9, 1957) is an American actress. She began her career in the 1970s, appearing ...
See Melanie Griffith's other roles →Gwyneth Kate Paltrow Falchuk (born September 27, 1972) is an American actress and businesswoman. She is the recipient...
See Gwyneth Paltrow's other roles →Burton Leon Reynolds Jr. (February 11, 1936 – September 6, 2018) was an American actor, director, and producer, consi...
See Burt Reynolds's other roles →Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is an American actor and filmmaker. In a career spanning over five decades...
See Al Pacino's other roles →Jennifer Lynn Connelly (born December 12, 1970) is an American actress. She began her career as a child model before ...
See Jennifer Connelly's other roles →Eric Marlon Bishop (born December 13, 1967), professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, singer-songwri...
See Jamie Foxx's other roles →George Denis Patrick Carlin (May 12, 1937 – June 22, 2008) was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, actor an...
See George Carlin's other roles →Salma Hayek Pinault (born Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez; September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress and prod...
See Salma Hayek Pinault's other roles →An American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is ...
See William H. Macy's other roles →Charles Robert Redford Jr. (born August 18, 1936) is an American actor, director and activist. Throughout his career,...
See Robert Redford's other roles →Kiefer Sutherland is a British-Canadian actor, producer and director, best known for his portrayal of Jack Bauer on t...
See Kiefer Sutherland's other roles →David William Duchovny (born August 7, 1960) is an American actor, writer, and director. He is best known for playing...
See David Duchovny's other roles →Jane Seymour Fonda (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, activist, and former fashion model. She is the re...
See Jane Fonda's other roles →Brad Garrett (born April 14, 1960) is an American actor, voice actor, and stand-up comedian. He is best known for Eve...
See Brad Garrett's other roles →Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient o...
See Jodie Foster's other roles →Elton John is an English singer, pianist and composer. He has made appearances in numerous films such as "Born to Bo...
See Elton John's other roles →Roseann "Rosie" O'Donnell (born March 21, 1962) is an American stand-up comedienne, actress, singer, author and media...
See Rosie O'Donnell's other roles →Forest Steven Whitaker (born July 15, 1961) is an American actor, producer, director, and activist. He is the recipie...
See Forest Whitaker's other roles →Matthew Paige Damon (born October 8, 1970) is an American actor, film producer, and screenwriter. He is the recipient...
See Matt Damon's other roles →Christopher Julius "Chris" Rock III (born February 7, 1965) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, television ...
See Chris Rock's other roles →Carlos Irwin Estévez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. He has ap...
See Charlie Sheen's other roles →Julia Scarlett Elizabeth Louis-Dreyfus (born January 13, 1961) is an American actress, comedian, and producer. She is...
See Julia Louis-Dreyfus's other roles →Michelle Marie Pfeiffer (born April 29, 1958) is an American actress and producer. She has received many accolades, i...
See Michelle Pfeiffer's other roles →Mark Alan Ruffalo (born November 22, 1967) is an American actor and producer. He began acting in the early 1990s and ...
See Mark Ruffalo's other roles →Halle Maria Berry (born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model a...
See Halle Berry's other roles →Brooke Christa Shields (born May 31, 1965) is an American actress, author and model. Some of her better known movies ...
See Brooke Shields's other roles →Matthew Raymond "Matt" Dillon (born February 18, 1964) is an American actor and film director. He began acting in the...
See Matt Dillon's other roles →Meg Ryan (born Margaret Mary Emily Anne Hyra) is an American actress, producer and director. When she joined the Scre...
See Meg Ryan's other roles →William James "Willem" Dafoe (born July 22, 1955) is an American actor. He is the recipient of various accolades, inc...
See Willem Dafoe's other roles →Nicolas Cage (born Nicolas Kim Coppola) is an American actor and filmmaker; he is also nephew to Francis Ford Coppola...
See Nicolas Cage's other roles →Dan Castellaneta (born October 29, 1957) is an American film, theatre and television actor, comedian, voice artist, s...
See Dan Castellaneta's other roles →Eric James McCormack (born April 18, 1963, height 5' 11" (1,80 m)) is a Canadian American actor, musician, writer and...
See Eric McCormack's other roles →Ray Romano is an American film and television actor, writer, producer, and stand-up comedian, best known for his tele...
See Ray Romano's other roles →Megan Mullally (born November 12, 1958) is an American actress and singer. After working in the theatre in Chicago, M...
See Megan Mullally's other roles →Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is an English actor. He rose to fame at age twelve, when he began portrayi...
See Daniel Radcliffe's other roles →Olympia Dukakis (June 20, 1931 – May 1, 2021) was an American actress. She performed in more than 130 stage productio...
See Olympia Dukakis's other roles →Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor. He has won three Tony Awards, and has been nom...
See Nathan Lane's other roles →Anjelica Huston (born July 8, 1951) is an American actress, director, producer, author, and former fashion model. She...
See Anjelica Huston's other roles →William Edward "Billy" Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is an American actor, writer, producer, comedian and film direct...
See Billy Crystal's other roles →Roseanne Cherie Barr (born November 3, 1952) is an American actress, comedian, writer, television producer and direct...
See Roseanne Barr's other roles →Yeardley Smith (born July 3, 1964) is a French-born American actress, voice artist, writer and painter. She is best k...
See Yeardley Smith's other roles →Hank Azaria (born April 25, 1964) is an American film, television and stage actor, director and comedian. He is note...
See Hank Azaria's other roles →Jennifer Lopez (born July 24, 1969), also known by her nickname J.Lo, is an American actress, singer, record produce...
See Jennifer Lopez's other roles →Colin James Farrell (born 31 May 1976) is an Irish actor. A leading man in blockbusters and independent films since t...
See Colin Farrell's other roles →Owen Cunningham Wilson (born November 18, 1968) is an American actor. He has had a long association with filmmaker We...
See Owen Wilson's other roles →Val Edward Kilmer (born December 31, 1959) is an American actor. Originally a stage actor, Kilmer became popular in t...
See Val Kilmer's other roles →Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer and perfo...
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