Advice

Andy Ackerman on advice he got from James Burrows

Berle Adams on advice to aspiring agents

Robert Adler on advice to aspiring television scientists and inventors

Mary V. Ahern on advice to an aspiring television producer, and on then-current shows she admires

Chris Albrecht on advice to aspiring television executives

Jason Alexander on advice to aspiring actors

John Amos on advice to an aspiring actor

Howard Anderson Jr. on advice to aspiring visual effects professionals 

John Aniston on advice to aspiring actors

Alan A. Armer on advice to aspiring producers, and on what makes a story work

James Arness on advice to an aspiring actor

Beatrice Arthur on her advice to aspiring actors

Beatrice Arthur on advice to an aspiring performer

Dick Askin on advice to aspiring television executives

Hank Azaria on advice to an aspiring actor

Rick Baker on advice to an aspiring special effects makeup artist

Tammy Faye Bakker Messner on advice to aspiring televangelists

Bob Banner on his advice to an aspiring television producer or director

Rona Barrett on advice to aspiring gossip reporters

Bonnie Bartlett on advice to an aspiring actress

Ralph M. Baruch on advice to aspiring television executives

Samantha Bee on the advice she gives her children about entering the world professionally and beyond

Ed Begley, Jr. on advice for aspiring performers

Earl Bellamy on advice to aspiring directors, and on advice to actors working with directors

Dick Berg on advice to aspiring producers

Lowell Bergman on advice to an aspiring journalist

Rick Berman on advice to an aspiring producer

Shelley Berman on his advice to an aspiring performer

Walter Bernstein on what the industry should/could learn from the Blacklist and advice to others who might find themselves in a similar situation to what he went through

Sharon Bialy on advice to an aspiring casting director

Sharon Bialy on advice to an aspiring casting director

Sharon Bialy on advice to an aspiring actor

Frank Biondo on advice to an aspiring camera operator

Robert Blackman on advice to an aspiring costume designer

Allan Blye on advice for aspiring writers and producers

Sam Bobrick on advice to an aspiring writer and on how he'd like to be remembered

Haskell Boggs on advice to aspiring directors of photography

Al Borden on advice to aspiring propmasters

Tom Bosley on advice to aspiring actors

Anthony Bourdain on advice to aspiring writers and television personalities

Yvette Lee Bowser on advice to aspiring writers and showrunners

Peter Boyle on advice for aspiring actors

Carl Brainard on advice to aspiring visionaries and inventors

Kevin Bright on the hardest thing to teach about directing and producing for comedy

Kevin Bright on the best advice he's received about comedy and show business

Kevin Bright on advice to aspiring television professionals

Tom Broecker on advice to aspiring costume designers

Tom Brokaw on advice to aspiring television journalists

Vivian Brown on advice to aspiring meteorologists 

Harvey Bullock on advice to aspiring writers and comedy writers

LeVar Burton on advice to aspiring actors

Robert Butler on advice to aspiring directors

Vince Calandra on advice to aspiring talent executives - return phone calls and don't book through email

Robert Caminiti on advice for aspiring assistant directors

David Canary on advice to aspiring actors

Steven J. Cannell on advice to an aspiring television writer

Reuben Cannon advice to aspiring casting directors

Reuben Cannon on advice to aspiring producers

Jim Cantore on advice to aspiring weather forecasters

Charles Cappleman on his advice to aspiring television executives

Josie Carey on advice to an aspiring children's show host

Glenn Gordon Caron on advice to aspiring writers

Chris Carter on advice to aspiring television writers and show creators

Thomas Carter on advice to aspiring television directors

Dan Castellaneta on advice to an aspiring actor

Dick Cavett on a piece of advice he once offered to young people

Tucker Cawley on advice to aspiring writers

Marge Champion on advice to aspiring dancers

RuPaul Charles on advice anyone starting out in the entertainment industry

Michael Chiklis on advice to aspiring actors

Margaret Cho on advice from other comedians that she's taken to heart

Margaret Cho on advice to an aspiring comedian

Margaret Cho on advice to an aspiring comedian

Margaret Cho on what she wishes she had known when she first started her career

Margaret Cho on advice for young women entering the industry

Ed Christie on advice to aspiring puppet designers

Roy Christopher on advice to aspiring production designers

Ron Clark on advice to an aspiring television writer

Robert Clary on advice to an aspiring actor

Kevin Clas (as "Elmo") on advice to an aspiring Muppet

Alf Clausen on advice to an aspiring television composer

Bob Claver on advice to an aspiring television director

Bob Claver on advice to aspiring television producers

Art Clokey on his advice to young animation producers

Andy Cohen on advice to aspiring television executives

Andy Cohen on advice to aspiring television hosts

Robert Conrad on advice to aspiring actors

John Conte on advice to aspiring performers

Anderson Cooper on advice to aspiring television journalists 

Barbara Corday on advice to aspiring television writers

Barbara Corday on advice to aspiring television executives

Pierre Cossette on advice to an aspiring producer

Alexander Courage on advice to aspiring film and TV composers

Ron Cowen on advice for aspiring writers: Don't go away. Stick it out.

Ane Crabtree on advice to aspiring costume designers -- which includes advice from Patti Smith, William S. Burroughs, and Rick Rubin

Douglas S. Cramer on advice to aspiring television producers

David Crane on advice to an aspiring television producer

David Crane and Marta Kauffman on advice to aspiring television writers

Richard Crenna on advice to aspiring actors

Judy Crown on advice to aspiring hair stylists, and on how she'd like to be remembered

Billy Crystal on his early stand up-act, and on Jack Rollins' criticism of his act

Billy Crystal on advice to an aspiring comedian

Robert Culp on advice to an aspiring actor

Ann Curry on advice for aspiring journalists

Jane Curtin on advice to aspiring actors

Greg Daniels on advice to aspiring writers

William Daniels on advice to an aspiring actor

Tony Danza on advice to an aspiring actor

Bill Davis on advice to aspiring television directors

Elias Davis and David Pollock on advice to an aspiring television writer

Ossie Davis on his advice to aspiring writers and actors

John Debney on advice to an aspiring film and television composer

Milton Delugg on advice to musicians who aspire to write for television

Joe DeTullio on advice to aspiring television production designers

Danny DeVito on his advice to actors

Vin Di Bona on advice given to him by Dick Clark

Vin Di Bona on advice to an aspiring producer

Kelley Dixon on advice to aspiring editors

Ramin Djawadi on advice to an aspiring composer

Louis Dorfsman on his advice to aspiring Art Designers

Charles S. Dubin on summing up his career including proudest achievement, advice, collaborating with writers, mentors, and how he'd like to be remembered

Patty Duke on advice to an aspiring actor

Betty Cole Dukert on advice to aspiring news producers

Rebecca Eaton on advice to aspiring producers, particularly women

Garvin Eddy on advice to aspiring production designers

Hector Elizondo on advice to an aspiring actor

Peter Ellenshaw on advice to aspiring artists 

Harrison Ellenshaw on advice for aspiring visual effects professionals 

Dick Enberg on advice to an aspiring sportscaster

Ruth Engelhardt on advice to an aspiring agent

Jeannie Epper on advice to an aspiring stunt person

Danny Epstein on advice to aspiring music professionals who want to work in television

George Faber on advice to aspiring publicists

Nanette Fabray on good advice she's gotten regarding her acting in her career

Nanette Fabray on advice to aspiring actors

Jeff Fager on the best advice he received on producing a story, from Don Hewitt

Jeff Fager on advice for young journalists

Jeff Fager on the lifestyle of being a journalist

Edie Falco on the best advice she has received

Edie Falco on the best advice she has received

Edie Falco on advice to aspiring actors

Jerry Falwell on advice to aspiring televangelists 

Ruth Duskin Feldman on her advice to parents with children in the public eye

Barbara Feldon on her advice to students: "just acting is not enough"

Barbara Feldon on advice to students about changes in the industry and how to protect yourself; on her agents and publicists and not being as in demand after Get Smart

Barbara Feldon on what she wished she had known when she was first starting her career

Julian Fellowes on advice to those starting out in the television business 

Mike Fenton on advice to aspiring casting directors

Dorothy Fontana on advice to an aspiring writer

Tom Fontana on advice to aspiring television writers and producers

John Forsythe on advice to aspiring actors

Eddie Foy III on advice to aspiring casting directors

Eddie Foy III on advice to aspiring casting directors

Eddie Foy III on advice to aspiring actors

Eddie Foy III on advice to aspiring actors

Jonathan Frid on advice to an aspiring actor

Harry Friedman on advice to an aspiring producer

Harry Friedman on advice to an aspiring game show host

Ron Friedman on advice to aspiring writers, and on his children who are writers

Murray Fromson on advice to aspiring journalists

Pamela Fryman on advice to aspiring directors and producers

Eileen Fulton on her acting style, and on advice to aspiring actors

Betty Garrett on advice to aspiring performers

Michael Gelman on advice to an aspiring producer

David Gerber on advice to an aspiring producer

Marla Gibbs on advice to an aspiring actor

Sandra Gimpel on what makes a good stunt performer

Sandra Gimpel on advice to aspiring stunt performers

Paul Michael Glaser on advice to aspiring actors

Lesli Linka Glatter on advice to aspiring directors and producers

Lesli Linka Glatter on advice to aspiring producers

Leonard Goldberg on advice to aspiring producers and executives

Whoopi Goldberg on advice that Nan Leonard gave her when "The Spook Show" found success on Broadway

Whoopi Goldberg on Mike Nichols introducing her to Paul Simon, Steve Martin, and Carl Reiner and the advice Paul Simon gave her

Whoopi Goldberg on Billy Crystal's advice to her for hosting the Oscars: "the first four minutes are yours as the host; after that, it is about the people who want to know if they won"

Whoopi Goldberg on advice that she'd give to her younger self

Jerry Goldsmith on advice to aspiring composers

Carl Gottlieb on advice to an aspiring writer

Lee Grant on advice to aspiring actors

Walon Green on advice to an aspiring writer

Dick Gregory on advice to aspiring comedians, and on profanity in comedy

Hal Gurnee on advice to aspiring television directors

Robert Halmi, Sr. on advice to aspiring producers

Jon Hamm on what he would want to tell his younger self when starting out in the business

Dean Hargrove on advice to aspiring writers and producers

Jonathan Harris on advice to aspiring actors

Don Hastings on advice to an aspiring actor

Dwight Hemion on advice to an aspiring director

Lyle "Skitch" Henderson on advice to aspiring musicians to desire to work in television

Marilu Henner on advice to an aspiring actor

Danette Herman on advice to aspiring talent executives

Winifred Hervey on advice to aspiring writers and producers

Albert Heschong on advice to an aspiring art director

Arthur Hiller on advice to aspiring directors

Leslie Hoffman on advice to aspiring stunt people

Hal Holbrook on advice to an aspiring actor

Lee Holdridge on advice to aspiring film composers

Ellen Holly on what she learned from her time on One Life to Live, including advice she would give to young actors about the business-end of television

Silvio Horta on advice to aspiring writers

Kim Hunter on advice to aspiring actors

Suzuki Ingerslev on advice to an aspiring production designer

Frank Inn on advice to aspiring Hollywood animal trainers

Ken Levine and David Isaacs on advice to aspiring writers

Alan Jaggs on advice to aspiring editors

Al Jean on advice for aspiring writers and for those who want to get into animation

Joseph Jennings on advice to an aspiring art director

Geri Jewell on advice for aspiring actors

Charles Floyd Johnson on what he learned from watching his role models

Charles Floyd Johnson on advice to students who want to be producers

Lamont Johnson on advice to an aspiring director

Lamont Johnson on advice to an aspiring actor

Russell Johnson on advice to aspiring actors

Shirley Jones on advice to an aspiring actress, and on how she'd like to be remembered

Rocky and Irma Kalish on advice on crafting a script

Hal Kanter on advice to aspiring comedy writers

Sidney M. Katz on advice to aspiring editors

Marta Kauffman on advice to someone wanting to start out in television

Elodie Keene on advice that has helped her as a director

Kim Kimble on advice for a hair stylist who hopes to get into the entertainment industry

Michael King on advice to someone entering the television business

Roger King on advice to an aspiring television executive

Ernest Kinoy on advice to aspiring writers

Walter Koenig on his advice to a young actor

Arnie Kogen on advice to an aspiring writer

Buz Kohan on advice he offered to his children about working in the television industry

Buz Kohan on advice he offered to his children about working in the television industry

Sid and Marty Krofft on sage advice from Walt Disney

Sid and Marty Krofft on advice to aspiring puppeteers

Sid and Marty Krofft on sage advice from Walt Disney

Sid and Marty Krofft on advice to aspiring puppeteers

Sheila Kuehl on advice to aspiring actors and politicians

Jack LaLanne on his advice to aspiring television fitness professionals

Paul LaMastra on advice to someone starting out in the television editing field

John Langley on what it takes to be a good producer

Peter Lassally on advice to aspiring producers

Peter Lassally on advice to aspiring talk show hosts

Louise Lasser on advice to an aspiring actor

Lucy Lawless on her advice to an aspiring actor

Norman Lear on advice to those getting into comedy

Michael Learned on advice to aspiring actors

Eugene Lee on advice to aspiring production designers

Eugene Lee on what he would have said to his sons if they had wanted to be production designers and on Saturday Night Live having several generations of families working there

Jim Lehrer on advice to aspiring broadcast journalists

Ken Levine and David Isaacs on advice to aspiring writers

Barry Levinson on the best advice he's received about the business

Barry Levinson on working with his son on HBO's The Wizard of Lies and advice he gave him

Al Lewis on advice to an aspiring actor

Judith Light on advice to an aspiring actor

Hal Linden on advice to aspiring actors

Daniel Lipman on advice to aspiring writers

Barry Livingston on advice for aspiring actors

John J. Lloyd>  on advice to aspiring art directors>

Kurt Loder on advice to aspiring music journalists

Loretta Long on advice to aspiring actors, and how she'd like to be remembered

Julia Louis-Dreyfus on advice to aspiring actors

Sam Lovullo on advice to aspiring producers

Susan Lucci on good advice she's received as an actor

Susan Lucci on her advice to aspiring actors

Sidney Lumet on advice to an aspiring television director

A.C. Lyles on advice to an aspiring producer

A.C. Lyles on advice for aspiring producers

Will Mackenzie on advice to aspiring television directors

Gavin MacLeod on advice to an aspiring actor

William H. Macy on his advice to actors for reading scripts

William H. Macy on the best advice he's received, and his advice to actors

William H. Macy on advice to aspiring actors

Jodi Mancuso on advice to an aspiring television hair stylist

Loring Mandel on advice to aspiring television writers

Abby Mann on advice to aspiring television writers, and on how he'd like to be remembered

Anita Mann on advice to an aspiring choreographer

Randolph Mantooth on advice to aspiring actors

Penny Marshall on her advice to aspiring actors and directors

Leslie H. Martinson on advice to aspiring television directors

Bob May on advice to an aspiring performer

David McCallum on advice to aspiring actors

Beth McCarthy-Miller on advice to aspiring television directors

Kent McCray on advice to aspiring production managers, and on the importance of preparation

Jayne Meadows on advice she'd give to aspiring actors

Emily Meisler on advice for someone going into administration

Eryn Krueger Mekash on advice to an aspiring makeup artist

Bill Melendez on advice to an aspiring animator

Carlos Mencia on advice to aspiring comedians

Lee Mendelson on advice to aspiring television producers and animators

S. Epatha Merkerson on advice to an aspiring actor

Al Michaels on advice to aspiring sportscasters

David Milch on advice to aspiring television writers

Mitch Miller on his advice to an aspiring music professional

Nolan Miller on advice to an aspiring designer

Walter C. Miller on advice he gave his children, both in the business, about directing

Vic Mizzy on advice to an aspiring composer

Paul Monash on advice to aspiring television writers

Millie Moore on advice to an aspiring editor

Thomas W. Moore on advice for an aspiring television executive

Donald A. Morgan on advice to aspiring cinematographers

Pat Morita on advice to aspiring actors

Howard Morris on advice to aspiring actors and directors

Robert Mott on advice to an aspiring sound effects professional

Tony Mottola on advice to an aspiring musician

E. Roger Muir on advice to an aspiring producer

Diana Muldaur on advice to an aspiring actress

Thad Mumford on his advice to aspiring writers and on how he'd like to be remembered

Jan Murray on show business advice he received from Al Jolson

Gareth Neame on advice to aspiring producers

Anne Nelson on advice to aspiring television executives, and on the then-current state of television

Alan Neuman on advice to an aspiring television director

Horace Newcomb on advice to aspiring television academics

Bob Newhart on advice to aspiring performers

Laraine Newman on advice to aspiring actors

Nichelle Nichols on advice to an aspiring actor

Nicolas Noxon on advice to aspiring documentarians

Louis Nye on advice to students about a career in comedy and on sacrifices he made to be in the business

Louis Nye on additional advice to students

Soledad O'Brien on advice to aspiring journalists

Soledad O'Brien on the best advice she's ever received; on the best advice she's ever received

Edward James Olmos on advice to aspiring actors

Lori Openden on her advice for aspiring actors

Lori Openden on advice for people who want to go into casting - learn the business side

Bernie Orenstein on advice for aspiring writers

Bernie Orenstein on advice for aspiring producers

Lyn Paolo what can be gleaned from the stories of elders in the industry and learned from their experiences, and on the value of being a mentor and mentoring, as well as the value of documenting oral histories and why it's valuable to the industry

Lyn Paolo on the advice she would give to those who want to get started in costume design and on the best advice she's recieved

Lyn Paolo on advice to those starting out in the industry: "find your people," and on staying with the same producers, like John Wells, throughout her career

Gail Parent on advice to aspiring television writers

Fess Parker on advice to an aspiring actor

Estelle Parsons on advice to an aspiring actor, and on what makes a good director

Marty Pasetta on advice for aspiring producer/directors

Arthur Penn on advice he has given his son about directing

Jacques Pépin on advice to an aspiring television chef

Alan Perris on advice to aspiring television executives

Bill Persky on advice to aspiring television writers

Bill Persky on advice to aspiring television directors

Daniel Petrie, Sr. on advice to aspiring television directors

Frederick S. Pierce on advice to aspiring television executives 

Pam Polifroni on her advice to an aspiring casting director, and on how she would like to be remembered

Elias Davis and David Pollock on advice to an aspiring television writer

Abraham Polonsky on advice to aspiring writers, and on his dislike of the internet

Tom Poston on advice to an aspiring actor

Jeff Probst on advice to aspiring hosts

Sterling "Red" Quinlan on the best advice he was ever given

Martha Quinn on advice to aspiring television hosts

Charlotte Rae on advice to aspiring actors, and how she'd like to be remembered

Hector Ramirez on advice to someone learning Steadicam

Hector Ramirez on advice to someone about to appear on camera

Hector Ramirez on advice to aspiring camera operators

Jorge Ramos on good advice he's received about being a journalist 

Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas on advice to someone starting a journalism career

Arthur Rankin Jr. on advice to aspiring animators

Marian Rees on advice to aspiring female television producers

Tim Reid on advice to aspiring film and television professionals

Rob Reiner on advice to aspiring actors

Rob Reiner on advice to aspiring comedy writers and directors

Del Reisman on advice to aspiring writers

Larry Rhine on advice to aspiring television writers

Hank Rieger on advice to someone wanting to go into Public Relations, and how it's a great career for women

Hank Rieger on advice to aspiring journalists

Rita Riggs on advice to aspiring television costume designers

Jack Riley on advice to aspiring performers, and on his song writing

Doris Roberts on advice to aspiring actors

Cliff Robertson on advice to aspiring actors

Pat Robertson on advice to aspiring religious television hosts

Fatima Robinson on advice to an aspiring choreographer

Paul Rodriguez on advice to an aspiring comedian

Phil Roman on advice to an aspiring animation producer

Mickey Rooney on advice to aspiring actors

Howard Rosenberg on advice to aspiring television critics

Meta Rosenberg on advice to an aspiring television producer and succeeding in the industry as a woman

Stanley Ralph Ross on advice to aspiring writers

Mark Rothman on advice to aspiring writers

Glenda Rovello on advice to an aspiring production designer

Tim Russert on Meet the Press co-creator Lawrence Spivak giving him the best advice he ever got about moderating

Haim Saban on advice for someone entertaining the entertainment industry

Sol Saks on advice to aspiring television writers

Maria Elena Salinas on advice given to her by mentors

Jorge Ramos and Maria Elena Salinas on advice to someone starting a journalism career

Ted Sarandos on what he's learned from television and getting the opportunity to work with some of his heroes, and on his advice for aspiring entertaiment professionals

Ted Sarandos on the best advice he's received in his career

Joseph Sargent on advice to aspiring directors

William Schallert on advice to aspiring actors

Edgar Scherick on advice to someone starting out in the business

Bob Schieffer on advice to aspiring journalists

Lalo Schifrin on advice to an aspiring composer

Herbert S. Schlosser on advice to an aspiring television executive

Alfred Schneider on advice to aspiring Standards & Practices professionals

Alfred Schneider on advice to show creators in dealing with Standards & Practices professionals

Lew Schneider on advice to an aspiring television writer

Reese Schonfeld on advice to someone who wants to start a cable network

Lloyd J. Schwartz on advice to an aspiring producer

Lloyd J. Schwartz on advice to an aspiring actor

Joe Sedelmaier on advice to aspiring advertising professionals 

Paul Shaffer on advice to aspiring musicians

John Shaffner on advice to aspiring art directors

Mel Shavelson on advice to aspiring writers

David Shaw on advice to aspiring writers and his proudest career achievement

NIna Shaw on guidance/cautionary tales she'd offer to clients who rocket to stardom

NIna Shaw on the guidance she gave to a young Latinx mentee just starting her career

Nina Shaw on the best advice she's ever received

Nina Shaw on what she wishes she had known when she started out in her career

Sid Sheinberg on advice to aspiring television executives

Judith Sheindlin on advice to an aspiring daytime television personality

James Sheldon on advice to an aspiring director

Cybill Shepherd on Orson Welles' advice to her on how to learn more about acting

Cybill Shepherd on advice to an aspiring actor

Treva Silverman on advice to aspiring comedy writers

Chet Simmons on advice to an aspiring sports executive

Bob Simon on advice to aspiring journalists

Sam Simon on his advice to aspiring writers

Doris Singleton on the most important advice anyone ever gave her about acting

Doris Singleton on advice to actors just starting out

John Singleton on the best lessons he's learned over the course of his career

G.E. Smith on advice to aspiring musicians

Gary Smith on advice to aspiring producers

Jaclyn Smith on her advice to an aspiring actor

Mark Snow on advice to aspiring television composers

Sanford Socolow on advice to an aspiring news producer

John Soh on advice to aspiring editors

Lynn Stalmaster on advice to aspiring casting directors

Lynn Stalmaster on advice to actors meeting with a casting director

Jean Stapleton on advice to aspiring actors

Darren Star on trusting your own instincts as a writer and not allowing the audience to influence your choices

Darren Star on not allowing success to inhibit you in your career choices

Darren Star on advice to aspiring writers

Ben Starr on advice to aspiring television writers

Nick Stewart on advice to those starting in the entertainment industry

Dick Stiles on advice to an aspiring art director

Norman Stiles on advice to an aspiring children's television writer

Howard Storm on the invaluable advice he recieved about directing television while he was working on Rhoda

Howard Storm on advice to an aspiring director

John Strauss on advice to someone starting out in public relations

Donald L. Taffner, Sr. on advice to aspiring television executives

George Takei on his advice to aspiring actors

Jeffrey Tambor on advice to an aspiring actor

Nina Tassler on advice to aspiring television executives 

Marlo Thomas on the advice she received from Lucille Ball regarding being a producer

Richard Thomas on advice to an aspiring actor

Stanford Tischler on advice to an aspiring editor

Daniel J. Travanti on advice to aspiring actors, and on career highlights and regrets

Robert Trout on advice to aspiring broadcast journalists

Ret Turner on advice to aspiring costume designers; on the role of television on fashion

Saul Turteltaub on advice to aspiring writers

Saul Turteltaub on advice to aspiring producers

Bill Tush on advice to aspiring television personalities

Leslie Uggams on advice to an aspiring actress

Tracey Ullman on advice she would give someone starting out in the television industry

Dean Valentine on advice to an aspiring television executive and to a creator of programming

Jac Venza on advice to an aspiring television producer

Bob Vila on advice he was given for hosting This Old House

Bob Vila on advice to aspiring hosts

Helen Wagner on advice to aspiring actresses

Jimmie Walker on advice to aspiring comedians

James Wall on advice to a young television stage manager

Joseph Wapner on advice to aspiring TV judges

Malcolm-Jamal Warner on advice for an aspiring actor

George Watters on advice to aspiring editors

Dennis Weaver on his advice to aspiring actors

John Wells on advice to aspiring writers

Michael Westmore on advice to aspiring makeup artists

Ellen Wheeler on advice to aspiring daytime producers

Betty White on words of wisdom for aspiring television performers

Joseph M. Wilcots on advice to an aspiring cinematographer

Dan Wilcox on what he likes about writing and advice to an aspiring writer

Andy Williams on advice to an aspiring television performer

Cindy Williams on advice to aspiring actors

Larry Wilmore on advice, and on information he wished he had when he started in the business

Hugh Wilson on advice to an aspiring writer and an aspiring director

Ethel Winant on advice to aspiring casting directors

Ben Wolf on advice to someone starting out in the cinematography business

Perry Wolff on his greatest achievement and his advice to aspiring television documentary filmmakers 

Steven Wright on advice to aspiring comedians

Steven Wright on advice to aspiring comedians

"Weird Al" Yankovic on advice to aspiring comedians and performers

Leo Yoshimura on advice to aspiring production designers

Alan Young on advice to an aspiring actor

Louie Zakarian on advice for aspiring makeup artists

Lauren Zalaznick on valuable advice she has received, and on her advice to aspiring television executives

Kim Zimmer on advice to aspiring actor

Jeff Zucker on following your passion and working hard at what you love

Jeff Zucker on trusting your gut as a Producer and Executive, and not relying solely on research

Jeff Zucker on advice to aspiring television producers and executives

Alan Zweibel on advice to an aspiring television writer