Interview Tony Thomas In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Tony Thomas talks about growing up as the son of Danny Thomas. He recalls visiting his father on the set of Make Room for Daddy , where he learned the basics of production literally "at his father's knee." He describes the start of his career at Screen Gems,...
Interview Allison Janney In her nearly two-hour interview, Allison Janney talks about her early interests in figure skating and theater acting. She describes auditioning for a play directed by Paul Newman while at Kenyon College, and her later mentoring by Joanne Woodward, which led her to her training at the Neighborhood...
Interview Dennis Franz In his two-and-a-half-hour interview, Dennis Franz talks about his early years breaking into the theater, including his work performing as a regular member of the Organic Theater Company in Chicago in the early 1970s. He describes acting in several Robert Altman and Brian DePalma films and details...
Interview Ron Howard In his three-hour interview, Ron Howard reminisces about his early years growing up in Burbank, the son of actor parents, and his own start at age three using a dialogue scene from Mr. Roberts as his audition piece. He describes some of his earliest acting on television including the live anthology...
Interview Michael Eisner In his three-and-a-half-hour interview, Michael Eisner speaks about starting in broadcasting as an NBC page during college. He then chronicles his early career, culminating in his being hired by Barry Diller (then Leonard Goldberg's assistant) at ABC. He discusses his quick rise through the...
Interview Patricia Heaton In her nearly two-hour interview, Patricia Heaton talks of growing up a "daydreamer" in Cleveland and enjoying the attention she got as the daughter of Chuck Heaton, a well-known local sportswriter. She describes her early years as a struggling actress in New York City and Los Angeles, picking up...
