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In her two-and-a-half-hour interview, Diane English discusses her upbringing in Buffalo, NY where she first worked as an English and drama teacher before moving to New York City to pursue...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Jason Alexander talks about his early interest in magic, which led to a love of performing and acting on the stage. He describes his early acting...

In her three-hour-plus interview, Winifred Hervey talks about her early interest in theater and writing. She describes getting a Television Academy internship on the show Rhoda, and getting accepted to...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, James Hong talks about his career as one of the most recognizable Asian American character actors, discussing his experiences appearing in such TV series as The...

In his eight-hour interview, Matthew Weiner talks about writing on TV shows including Becker and The Sopranos, and his creation of the series Mad Men. He details the writers' room...

In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Peter Bonerz talks about playing orthodontist "Jerry Robinson" on The Bob Newhart Show and his work as a director for that series as well as Murphy...

In his three-hour interview, Michael Fuchs discusses his early life, including his time as an entertainment lawyer and his stint in the legal department of the William Morris Agency. He...

In her two-hour-and-fifteen-minute interview, Piper Laurie (1932-2023) recounts her childhood and early interest in the stage, sparked by a three-year stint as her sister's companion in a sanitarium. She recalls...

In his two-hour interview, Pierre Cossette (1923-2009) talks about his early career as an agent at MCA, where he quickly gained a reputation for booking clients at colleges across the...

In his two-hour interview, Garry Shandling (1949-2016) discusses his childhood in Arizona and describes his early interest in comedy. He tells of majoring in electrical engineering in college, then switching...

In her three-hour interview, Lucie Arnaz talks about her early life with her famous parents, comedy stars Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. She describes her unconventional home life and the...

In his two-hour-plus interview, Paul Michael Glaser talks about his early life and the plays he performed in before being cast as "Perchik" in the feature film version of Fiddler...

In his two-hour interview, Robert Dickinson describes his first impressions of television production, when, at Marineland in Palos Verdes, CA, he saw the filming of a Beverly Hillbillies episode. He...

In her nearly three-hour interview, Vicki Lawrence discusses her early experience in a high school musical troupe called Young Americans. She explains how a letter she wrote to Carol Burnett...

In her three-hour interview, Susan Lacy recalls her early experience working for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities and discusses how she became...

In this three-and-a-half-hour interview, Tony Verna (1933-2015) talks about breaking into the business in local television at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia, where he worked on local show Big Top and the...

In his two-hour-and-forty-minute interview, Ken Berry (1933-2018) talks about his early interest in becoming a song and dance man. He recounts touring in a show for the air force and...

In his two-hour interview, Kurt Loder talks about his early life and influences and the kind of music he listened to growing up. He describes his early association with Rolling...

In his three-hour interview, Marty Pasetta (1932-2015) talks about his early interest in theater, which culminated in his first job in television at San Francisco's KGO-TV in 1952. He discusses...

In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Fred Willard (1939-2020) talks about his earliest appearances on television -- sketches with comedy partners on The Ed Sullivan Show and The Steve Allen Show. He...