Inside the Actors Studio (1994)

James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.

Inside the Actors Studio

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James Lipton
James Lipton
as Self - Host
Anthony Hopkins
Anthony Hopkins
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Edward Norton
Edward Norton
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Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin
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Sarah Jessica Parker
Sarah Jessica Parker
as Self
Mike Myers
Mike Myers
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Val Kilmer
Val Kilmer
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Lauren Bacall
Lauren Bacall
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Anne Jackson
Anne Jackson
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Shirley MacLaine
Shirley MacLaine
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Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel
as Self
Eli Wallach
Eli Wallach
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Danny Glover
Danny Glover
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Whoopi Goldberg
Whoopi Goldberg
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Gary Sinise
Gary Sinise
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Jack Lemmon
Jack Lemmon
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Kathy Bates
Kathy Bates
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Susan Sarandon
Susan Sarandon
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Martin Short
Martin Short
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John Hurt
John Hurt
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Meryl Streep
Meryl Streep
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Laurence Fishburne
Laurence Fishburne
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Sharon Stone
Sharon Stone
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Ron Howard
Ron Howard
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Robert De Niro
Robert De Niro
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Donald Sutherland
Donald Sutherland
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Sean Penn
Sean Penn
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Jennifer Jason Leigh
Jennifer Jason Leigh
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Steven Spielberg
Steven Spielberg
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Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis
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Tim Robbins
Tim Robbins
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Kim Basinger
Kim Basinger
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Ellen Barkin
Ellen Barkin
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Peter Falk
Peter Falk
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Billy Joel
Billy Joel
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Mary Tyler Moore
Mary Tyler Moore
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Sylvester Stallone
Sylvester Stallone
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Michael Caine
Michael Caine
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Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks
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James Woods
James Woods
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Geena Davis
Geena Davis
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Andy García
Andy García
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Kevin Spacey
Kevin Spacey
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Philip Seymour Hoffman
Philip Seymour Hoffman
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Alan Alda
Alan Alda
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Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford
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Sigourney Weaver
Sigourney Weaver
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Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick
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Lee Grant
Lee Grant
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Glenn Close
Glenn Close
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Faye Dunaway
Faye Dunaway
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Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett
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Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn
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Christopher Walken
Christopher Walken
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Gene Wilder
Gene Wilder
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Holly Hunter
Holly Hunter
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Jessica Lange
Jessica Lange
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Martin Landau
Martin Landau
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Stanley Donen
Stanley Donen
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Paul Newman
Paul Newman
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Shelley Winters
Shelley Winters
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Dennis Hopper
Dennis Hopper
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Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim
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Sidney Lumet
Sidney Lumet
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Estelle Parsons
Estelle Parsons
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Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
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Arthur Penn
Arthur Penn
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Sally Field
Sally Field
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Sydney Pollack
Sydney Pollack
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Neil Simon
Neil Simon
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Mary Stuart Masterson
Mary Stuart Masterson
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Gene Hackman
Gene Hackman
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Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller
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Bruce Willis
Bruce Willis
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Dennis Quaid
Dennis Quaid
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Kevin Kline
Kevin Kline
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Jason Fricchione
Jason Fricchione
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Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing
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Debra Winger
Debra Winger
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Will Smith
Will Smith
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Ethan Hawke
Ethan Hawke
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Kevin Costner
Kevin Costner
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Vanessa Redgrave
Vanessa Redgrave
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Samuel L. Jackson
Samuel L. Jackson
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Billy Bob Thornton
Billy Bob Thornton
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Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
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Benicio del Toro
Benicio del Toro
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Hugh Grant
Hugh Grant
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Richard Gere
Richard Gere
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Juliette Binoche
Juliette Binoche
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Sissy Spacek
Sissy Spacek
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Ian McKellen
Ian McKellen
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Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore
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Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese
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Nancy Cartwright
Nancy Cartwright
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Pierce Brosnan
Pierce Brosnan
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Julianne Moore
Julianne Moore
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John Travolta
John Travolta
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Jeremy Irons
Jeremy Irons
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Jeff Bridges
Jeff Bridges
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Joanne Woodward
Joanne Woodward
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Martin Sheen
Martin Sheen
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John Goodman
John Goodman
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Cate Blanchett
Cate Blanchett
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Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
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Sean Hayes
Sean Hayes
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Jay Leno
Jay Leno
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Jude Law
Jude Law
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Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman
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Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise
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Naomi Watts
Naomi Watts
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Russell Crowe
Russell Crowe
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Charlize Theron
Charlize Theron
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Diane Lane
Diane Lane
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Kate Winslet
Kate Winslet
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Bette Midler
Bette Midler
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Spike Lee
Spike Lee
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Ned Beatty
Ned Beatty
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Richard Dreyfuss
Richard Dreyfuss
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Ben Affleck
Ben Affleck
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James Caan
James Caan
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Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
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Ed Harris
Ed Harris
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Gabriel Byrne
Gabriel Byrne
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Michael Douglas
Michael Douglas
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Antonio Banderas
Antonio Banderas
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Robin Williams
Robin Williams
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Helen Hunt
Helen Hunt
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Melanie Griffith
Melanie Griffith
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Gwyneth Paltrow
Gwyneth Paltrow
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Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds
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Dave Chappelle
Dave Chappelle
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Goldie Hawn
Goldie Hawn
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Ralph Fiennes
Ralph Fiennes
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Teri Hatcher
Teri Hatcher
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Al Pacino
Al Pacino
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Jennifer Connelly
Jennifer Connelly
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Jamie Foxx
Jamie Foxx
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James Gandolfini
James Gandolfini
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George Carlin
George Carlin
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Mark Wahlberg
Mark Wahlberg
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Salma Hayek Pinault
Salma Hayek Pinault
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Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
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William H. Macy
William H. Macy
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Robert Redford
Robert Redford
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Cameron Diaz
Cameron Diaz
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Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland
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David Duchovny
David Duchovny
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Jane Fonda
Jane Fonda
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Brad Garrett
Brad Garrett
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Jodie Foster
Jodie Foster
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Elton John
Elton John
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Rosie O'Donnell
Rosie O'Donnell
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Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox
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Diana Ross
Diana Ross
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Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker
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Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
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Matt Damon
Matt Damon
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Chris Rock
Chris Rock
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Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen
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Julia Louis-Dreyfus
Julia Louis-Dreyfus
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Kyra Sedgwick
Kyra Sedgwick
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Michelle Pfeiffer
Michelle Pfeiffer
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Mark Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo
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John Cusack
John Cusack
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Halle Berry
Halle Berry
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Brooke Shields
Brooke Shields
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Christopher Reeve
Christopher Reeve
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Matt Dillon
Matt Dillon
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Tommy Lee Jones
Tommy Lee Jones
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Mike Nichols
Mike Nichols
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Julia Roberts
Julia Roberts
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Meg Ryan
Meg Ryan
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Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
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Willem Dafoe
Willem Dafoe
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Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
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Dan Castellaneta
Dan Castellaneta
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Eric McCormack
Eric McCormack
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Ray Romano
Ray Romano
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Megan Mullally
Megan Mullally
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Debra Messing
Debra Messing
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Daniel Radcliffe
Daniel Radcliffe
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Olympia Dukakis
Olympia Dukakis
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William Goldman
William Goldman
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Mark Rydell
Mark Rydell
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Norman Jewison
Norman Jewison
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Nathan Lane
Nathan Lane
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Anjelica Huston
Anjelica Huston
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Billy Crystal
Billy Crystal
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Francis Ford Coppola
Francis Ford Coppola
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Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Barr
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Ben Kingsley
Ben Kingsley
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Jeanne Moreau
Jeanne Moreau
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Yeardley Smith
Yeardley Smith
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Hank Azaria
Hank Azaria
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Renée Zellweger
Renée Zellweger
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Barbra Streisand
Barbra Streisand
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Jennifer Lopez
Jennifer Lopez
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Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell
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Owen Wilson
Owen Wilson
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Angelina Jolie
Angelina Jolie
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Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien
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Season 8

Season 8

Season 9

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Season 10

Season 10

Season 11

Season 11

Season 12

Season 12

Season 13

Season 13

Season 14

Season 14

Season 15

Season 15

Season 16

Season 16

Season 17

Season 17

Season 18

Season 18

Season 19

Season 19

Season 20

Season 20

Season 21

Season 21

Season 22

Season 22

Episodes season 0

  • 0x1

    Brooke shields

  • 0x2

    The 100th episode - a celebration

  • 0x3

    Inside the actors studio: a 50 year celebration

  • 0x4

    Robert de niro - deleted scenes #1

  • 0x5

    Robert de niro - deleted scenes #2

  • 0x6

    Robert de niro - deleted scenes #3

  • 0x7

    Robert de niro - deleted scenes #4

  • 0x8

    200th episode - hosted by dave chapelle

Episodes season 1

  • 1x1

    Paul newman

  • 1x2

    Stephen sondheim

  • 1x3

    Alec baldwin

  • 1x4

    Sidney lumet

  • 1x5

    Shelley winters

  • 1x6

    Sally field

  • 1x7

    Dennis hopper

  • 1x8

    Arthur miller

  • 1x9

    Arthur penn

  • 1x10

    Estelle parsons

  • 1x11

    Neil simon

  • 1x12

    Sydney pollack

  • 1x13

    Mary stuart masterson

  • 1x14

    Olympia dukakis

  • 1x15

    William goldman

Episodes season 2

  • 2x1

    Lee grant

  • 2x2

    Faye dunaway

  • 2x3

    Matthew broderick

  • 2x4

    Glenn close

  • 2x5

    Holly hunter

  • 2x6

    Ellen burstyn

  • 2x7

    Jessica lange

  • 2x8

    Carol burnett

  • 2x9

    Christopher walken

  • 2x10

    Gene wilder

  • 2x11

    Stanley donen

  • 2x12

    Martin landau

Episodes season 3

  • 3x1

    Mark rydell

  • 3x2

    Norman jewison

  • 3x3

    Nathan lane

  • 3x4

    Anjelica huston

  • 3x5

    Christopher reeve

  • 3x6

    Matt dillon

  • 3x7

    Tommy lee jones

  • 3x8

    Mike nichols

  • 3x9

    Julia roberts

  • 3x10

    Meg ryan

  • 3x11

    Anthony quinn

  • 3x12

    Willem dafoe

  • 3x13

    Billy crystal

Episodes season 4

  • 4x1

    Harvey keitel

  • 4x2

    Shirley maclaine

  • 4x3

    Eli wallach

  • 4x4

    Anne jackson

  • 4x5

    Lauren bacall

  • 4x6

    Martin short

  • 4x7

    Sir anthony hopkins

  • 4x8

    Danny glover

  • 4x9

    Whoopi goldberg

  • 4x10

    Jack lemmon

  • 4x11

    Gary sinise

  • 4x12

    Kathy bates

  • 4x13

    Susan sarandon

Episodes season 5

  • 5x1

    Meryl streep

  • 5x2

    John hurt

  • 5x3

    Laurence fishburne

  • 5x4

    Donald sutherland

  • 5x5

    Ron howard

  • 5x6

    Sharon stone

  • 5x7

    Sean penn

  • 5x8

    Robert de niro

  • 5x9

    Steven spielberg

  • 5x10

    Tim robbins

  • 5x11

    Jennifer jason leigh

  • 5x12

    Kim basinger

  • 5x13

    Ellen barkin

  • 5x14

    Peter falk

  • 5x15

    Jerry lewis

  • 5x19

    Tom hanks

Episodes season 6

  • 6x1

    Billy joel

  • 6x2

    Mary tyler moore

  • 6x3

    Sylvester stallone

  • 6x4

    Tom hanks

  • 6x5

    Sir michael caine

  • 6x6

    Geena davis

  • 6x7

    James woods

  • 6x8

    Andy garcia

  • 6x9

    Kevin spacey

  • 6x10

    Philip seymour hoffman

  • 6x11

    Alan alda

  • 6x12

    Harrison ford

  • 6x13

    Sigourney weaver

Episodes season 7

  • 7x1

    Bernadette peters

  • 7x2

    Val kilmer

  • 7x3

    James caan

  • 7x4

    Richard dreyfuss

  • 7x5

    Gabriel byrne

  • 7x6

    Spike lee

  • 7x7

    Ed harris

  • 7x8

    Ben affleck

  • 7x9

    Ned beatty

  • 7x10

    Mike myers

  • 7x11

    Michael douglas

  • 7x12

    Gwyneth paltrow

  • 7x13

    Helen hunt

  • 7x14

    Francis ford coppola

  • 7x15

    Robin williams

  • 7x16

    Melanie griffith

  • 7x17

    Antonio banderas

  • 7x18

    Burt reynolds

  • 7x19

    Roseanne

Episodes season 8

  • 8x1

    Ben stiller

  • 8x2

    Gene hackman

  • 8x3

    Kevin kline

  • 8x4

    Bruce willis

  • 8x5

    Kevin costner

  • 8x6

    Will smith

  • 8x7

    Stockard channing

  • 8x8

    Debra winger

  • 8x9

    Sarah jessica parker

  • 8x10

    Sir ben kingsley

  • 8x11

    Dennis quaid

  • 8x12

    Ethan hawke

  • 8x13

    Richard gere

  • 8x14

    Hugh grant

  • 8x15

    Samuel l. jackson

  • 8x16

    Benicio del toro

  • 8x17

    Vanessa redgrave

  • 8x18

    Billy bob thornton

  • 8x19

    Johnny depp

Episodes season 9

  • 9x1

    Sissy spacek

  • 9x2

    Juliette binoche

  • 9x3

    Jeanne moreau

  • 9x4

    Pierce brosnan

  • 9x5

    Sir ian mckellen

  • 9x6

    Martin scorsese

  • 9x7

    Julianne moore

  • 9x8

    Edward norton

  • 9x9

    The cast of the simpsons

  • 9x10

    Nicolas cage

  • 9x11

    Drew barrymore

  • 9x12

    Renee zellweger

  • 9x13

    John travolta

  • 9x14

    Jeremy irons

  • 9x15

    Joanne woodward

  • 9x16

    Martin sheen

  • 9x17

    Jeff bridges

Episodes season 10

  • 10x1

    John goodman

  • 10x2

    Clint eastwood

  • 10x3

    The cast of will & grace

  • 10x4

    Cate blanchett

  • 10x5

    Jude law

  • 10x6

    Naomi watts

  • 10x7

    Russell crowe

  • 10x8

    Tom cruise

  • 10x9

    Charlize theron

  • 10x10

    Diane lane

  • 10x11

    Jay leno

  • 10x12

    Hugh jackman

  • 10x13

    Kate winslet

  • 10x14

    Barbra streisand

  • 10x15

    Bette midler

  • 10x16

    10th anniversary special

  • 10x17

    Episode 17

Episodes season 11

  • 11x1

    Jennifer lopez

  • 11x2

    James gandolfini

  • 11x3

    William h. macy

  • 11x4

    George carlin

  • 11x5

    Jennifer connelly

  • 11x6

    Mark wahlberg

  • 11x7

    Natalie portman

  • 11x8

    Jamie foxx

  • 11x9

    Salma hayek

  • 11x10

    Morgan freeman

  • 11x11

    Cameron diaz

  • 11x12

    Kiefer sutherland

  • 11x13

    Robert redford

  • 11x14

    Colin farrell

  • 11x15

    Val kimer

  • 11x16

    Owen wilson

  • 11x17

    David duchovny

  • 11x18

    Jane fonda

  • 11x19

    Angelina jolie

  • 11x20

    The cast of everybody loves raymond

  • 11x21

    Jodie foster

  • 11x22

    Elton john

  • 11x23

    Rosie o'donnell

  • 11x24

    Michael j. fox

Episodes season 12

  • 12x1

    Jodie foster

  • 12x2

    Elton john

  • 12x3

    Rosie o'donnell

  • 12x4

    Michael j. fox

  • 12x5

    The cast of the producers

  • 12x6

    Barbara walters

  • 12x7

    Queen latifah

  • 12x8

    Ralph fiennes

  • 12x9

    Martin lawrence

  • 12x10

    Liza minnelli

  • 12x11

    Dave chappelle

  • 12x12

    The casts of law & order

  • 12x13

    Tom hanks (ii)

  • 12x14

    Don cheadle

  • 12x15

    Tim allen

  • 12x16

    Dustin hoffman

  • 12x17

    Robert downey jr.

  • 12x18

    Hugh laurie

  • 12x19

    Teri hatcher

  • 12x20

    Al pacino

Episodes season 13

  • 13x1

    Forest whitaker

  • 13x2

    Eddie murphy

  • 13x3

    Matt damon

  • 13x4

    Diana ross

  • 13x5

    Chris rock

  • 13x6

    Mark ruffalo

  • 13x7

    Julia louis-dreyfus

  • 13x8

    Kyra sedgwick

  • 13x9

    Michelle pfeiffer

  • 13x10

    Charlie sheen

  • 13x11

    Billy crystal (ii)

  • 13x12

    Sir anthony hopkins (ii)

  • 13x13

    Alec baldwin (ii)

  • 13x14

    Halle berry

  • 13x15

    John cusack

Episodes season 14

  • 14x1

    Sarah jessica parker

  • 14x2

    Mike myers

  • 14x3

    Brooke shields

  • 14x4

    Christian slater

Episodes season 15

  • 15x1

    Goldie hawn

  • 15x2

    James lipton

  • 15x3

    Daniel radcliffe

  • 15x4

    Josh brolin

  • 15x5

    Laura linney

  • 15x6

    Ricky gervais

  • 15x7

    Conan o'brien

  • 15x8

    Anthony lapaglia

  • 15x9

    Denis leary

  • 15x10

    Danny devito

  • 15x11

    Judd apatow

  • 15x12

    Mickey rourke

  • 15x13

    Jason bateman

  • 15x14

    The cast of family guy

  • 15x15

    Amy poehler

Episodes season 16

  • 16x1

    Hilary swank

  • 16x2

    Bon jovi

  • 16x3

    Kate hudson

  • 16x4

    James cameron

  • 16x5

    Sean combs

  • 16x6

    Betty white

Episodes season 17

  • 17x1

    James franco

  • 17x2

    Jim carrey

  • 17x3

    Colin firth

  • 17x4

    Bradley cooper

  • 17x5

    Cast of modern family

  • 17x6

    Jennifer aniston

  • 17x7

    George clooney

  • 17x8

    Brad pitt

Episodes season 18

  • 18x1

    George clooney

  • 18x2

    Brad pitt

  • 18x3

    Cast of glee

  • 18x4

    Cast of mad men

  • 18x5

    Jennifer aniston

  • 18x6

    Liam neeson

Episodes season 19

  • 19x1

    Hugh jackman

  • 19x2

    Tina fey

  • 19x3

    250th special

  • 19x4

    Jake gyllenhaal

  • 19x5

    Cast and creator of arrested development

  • 19x6

    Bruce dern and laura dern

  • 19x7

    Amy adams

  • 19x8

    Matthew mcconaughey

  • 19x9

    How i met your mother

  • 19x10

    Robin williams

  • 19x11

    Mariska hargitay

  • 19x12

    Sting

  • 19x13

    Jim parsons

Episodes season 20

  • 20x1

    Matthew mcconaughey

  • 20x2

    The cast of how i met your mother

  • 20x3

    Mariska hargitay

  • 20x4

    Sting

  • 20x5

    Neil patrick harris

  • 20x6

    Jim parsons

Episodes season 21

  • 21x1

    Sarah silverman

  • 21x2

    Bryan cranston

  • 21x3

    Steve carell

  • 21x4

    Jeff daniels

  • 21x5

    The cast of the walking dead

  • 21x6

    Christopher meloni

Episodes season 22

  • 22x1

    Jessica chastain

  • 22x2

    Viola davis

  • 22x3

    Cuba gooding jr.

  • 22x4

    The cast of girls

  • 22x5

    Scarlett johansson

  • 22x6

    Kristen wiig

  • 22x7

    Ted danson

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