Awards Chatter

The legendary funnyman, in a rare interview, reflects on how his childhood shaped his comedy, the challenges and rewards of playing multiple characters in the same project and how a line he spoke in a 1993 film inspired his new Netflix comedy series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of our most respected and beloved actors reflects on starting out as a Shakespearean theater specialist, transitioning to screen acting and the challenges and rewards of playing ADA-turned-DA Jack McCoy on 17 seasons of Dick Cook's landmark legal drama for NBC. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The world renowned chef and humanitarian reflects on popularizing tapas in America through his celebrated restaurants, what inspired him to establish World Central Kitchen to feed people in disaster areas and being the subject of a new Ron Howard-directed documentary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The former child star, who is now 24 and garnering career-best notices for her work on a Hulu comedy series and limited series, reflects on growing up in the biz alongside Dakota, when she took ownership of her career and what led her to projects on the small screen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 21-year-old breakout star of Taylor Sheridan's 'Yellowstone' prequel, an epic Western limited series on Paramount+, reflects on her first professional gig as the lead of a Netflix sitcom, how a 'Mayor of Kingstown' audition inspired Sheridan to write the part of Elsa Dutton for her and what it was like preparing for and then shooting that show over five months alongside Tim McGraw, Faith Hill...

The three-time Emmy winner reflects on her beginnings in sketch comedy and breakthrough gig on 'MADtv,' voicing Lois Griffin (and many other characters) for Seth MacFarlane's shows and how being cast — but unable to accept a major part — on 'Gilmore Girls' led decades later to the role of bartender-turned-manager Susie Myerson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In front of an audience at Chapman University, the principal team behind the Korean dystopian dramedy which has become Netflix's most popular TV show ever — creator/writer/director/EP Hwang Dong-hyuk and stars Lee Jung-jae (“Gi-hun”), Jung Ho-yeon (“Sae-byeok”), Park Hae-soo (“Sang-woo”) and Anupam Tripathi (“Ali”) — joins Scott to reflect on their journey to the show and its massive success. Lear...

Ahead of Friday’s presentation to her of an honorary Oscar, the legendary Norwegian actress emotionally reflects on her and Ingmar Bergman’s personal (five romantic years) and professional (12 collaborations) relationship, how ‘Persona’ changed her life and career and her mixed feelings about Hollywood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first deaf male ever nominated for an acting Oscar reflects on growing up as the only deaf member of his family, making his name in deaf theater and how the making of and tremendous response to his performance in Sian Heder's film about a child of deaf adults (or "CODA") has changed his life. (Interpreting provided by Justin Mauer; video available at thr.com.) Learn more about your ad choices....

In front of an audience at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin, the city he has long called home, this indie filmmaker's indie filmmaker reflects on the medical diagnosis that led him to abandon sports for filmmaking, how he has navigated the biz to get his personal vision on the screen regardless of the size of his budget, and what is at the root of his fascination with time. Learn more about your a...

The second woman ever to receive a best director Oscar nomination and, 28 years after that, the first woman ever to receive a second one, reflects on her circuitous path to filmmaking, obstacles she has faced because of her gender and how she feels about men who disparage her films, including Sam Elliott, for whom she has some choice words. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adch...

In front of an audience at the Boulder International Film Festival, the first Spaniard ever to receive an acting Oscar nomination and win reflects on his initial reluctance to follow his family into film, finding stardom in both Spain and Hollywood and working in the same business as — and being Oscar-nominated this year alongside — his wife, Penelope Cruz. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

The Irish-born Brit, who has been nominated in more Oscar categories over the course of his career than any other person ever (seven) but has yet to win one, reflects on his childhood as the Troubles exploded around him, achieving great success before 30 and becoming both his generation’s leading interpreter of Shakespeare and a director of popcorn movies — while also revisiting the defining event...

The 19-year-old breakout reflects on her years as a child actor, her exhaustive preparation to play a child of deaf adults who finds her voice in more ways than one and becoming a star during a global pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Italian maestro best known for the Oscar-winning 'The Great Beauty' reflects on how a childhood tragedy set him on the path to becoming a filmmaker, his six collaborations with the actor Toni Servillo and being chosen to represent Italy at the Oscars for a second time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The former child star and current actors’ actor reflects on 33 years in the business, resisting conventional stardom and realizing a dream by working with Jane Campion. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Irish actress reflects on her early foray into supermodeling, landing a star-making role on Starz's adaptation of Diana Gabaldon's fantasy book series (the sixth season of which premieres March 6) and portraying Kenneth Branagh's mother in one of the most acclaimed films of 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The 20-year-old breakout star of Steven Spielberg's reimagining of the classic musical reflects on how she fell in love with musical theater, the year-long process that led to her being chosen over 30,000 others for the part of Maria and how she is handling sudden stardom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first Spanish actress ever to win an Oscar reflects on her unlikely journey from superfan to seven-time muse of Pedro Almodóvar, her opportunities in Hollywood versus Europe and why she, like Almodóvar, feels that the part she plays in their latest collaboration was her most challenging yet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The principal songwriters of U2, one of the most popular and influential bands of all time, reflect on the origins of their sound and social conscience, how they’ve managed to stay together longer than almost any other major band and why their first new tune in three years was “Your Song Saved My Life,” which is shortlisted for the best original song Oscar. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and pr...

One of only six actors who has played James Bond, and the one who has held the part the longest, reflects on why he almost turned down the offer to join the iconic film franchise, what he found most challenging and gratifying about being part of it and what's next for him following his fifth and final installment. But first: Barbara Broccoli — previously a guest on episode 192 — who, along with he...

The English actress best known for playing psychopath Villanelle on 'Killing Eve' reflects on how the actor Stephen Graham helped her early in her career, becoming the youngest-ever winner of the best actress in a drama series Emmy (at the time) and why, prior to 2021, she feared she might never get a shot at acting in films. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and produced by Matthew Whitehurst. Le...

The dashing actor best known for playing a BDSM-obsessed businessman in the '50 Shades' trilogy reflects on abandoning modeling for acting, why he signed up to play Christian Grey and the lesser known parts before, between and since that part in which he has demonstrated that he's much more than a pretty face. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinberg and produced by Matthew Whitehurst. Learn more about y...

The four-time Emmy winner for 'Game of Thrones' opens up about the personal “code” that kept him, as a person with a form of dwarfism called achondroplasia, from accepting stereotypical sorts of roles even when they were the only job offers he was receiving, how the part of Tyrion Lannister changed his life and what it was like carrying a musical for the first time. Credits: Hosted by Scott Feinbe...

In front of an audience at Chapman University, the Hollywood trailblazer — a talented actress who was one of the first Black Bond girls, was the first Black comic book-movie superheroine, and remains to this day the only Black winner of the best actress Oscar — reflects on race, beauty, the "Oscar curse" and, at 55, directing for the first time and playing an MMA fighter in the same film. Learn mo...