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"You can't get un-famous. You can get infamous, but you can't get un-famous."

zarq — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:59:03 -0800

James Lipton interviews Dave Chappelle. Dave Chappelle interviews James Lipton. And while we're at it....

The Show For 19 seasons, more than 200 performers and directors have been interviewed at length about their lives and craft before an audience of students at the Actors Studio Drama School. These interviews, conducted by the school's dean emeritus, James Lipton, are typically five hours long, but are edited to about an hour for broadcast on Bravo network as Inside the Actor's Studio. The show was parodied repeatedly on SNL and even remixed. The Interviews Currently, 249 episodes have been produced. (ITAS' 100th episode included clips from the previous 7 seasons. They're planning another clip show for #250.) More than 160 episodes are currently available on YouTube. Here they are, broken down by the season in which they appeared. Most do not include the film clip vignettes shown during the show. Season 1 Episode 1: Alec Baldwin Episode 2: Paul Newman Episode 7: Dennis Hopper Season 2 Episode 2: Matthew Broderick Episode 3: Glenn Close Episode 8: Christopher Walken Season 3 Episode 7: Tommy Lee Jones Episode 9: Mike Nichols Episode 10: Julia Roberts Episode 15: Harvey Keitel Season 4 Episode 1: 50th Anniversary Episode 6: Anthony Hopkins Episode 7: Danny Glover Episode 10: Jack Lemmon Episode 13: Robert De Niro Episode 15: Meryl Streep Season 5 Episode 3: Ron Howard Episode 4: Sharon Stone Episode 5: Sean Penn Episode 6: Steven Spielberg Episode 7: Tim Robbins Episode 8: Jennifer Jason Leigh Episode 14: Billy Joel Season 6 Episode 1: Sylvester Stallone Episode 2: Tom Hanks Episode 3: Geena Davis Episode 5: James Woods Episode 6: Andy Garcia Episode 7: Michael Caine Episode 8: Kevin Spacey Episode 9: Alan Alda Episode 10: Harrison Ford Episode 12: Val Kilmer Episode 13: James Caan Episode 15: Richard Dreyfuss Episode 16: Gabriel Byrne Season 7 Episode 1: Spike Lee Episode 2: Ed Harris Episode 3: Ben Affleck Episode 6: Mike Myers Episode 9: Helen Hunt Episode 10: Robin Williams (Previously) Episode 11: Francis Ford Coppola Episode 14: Gene Hackman Episode 18: Ben Stiller Episode 19: 100th Episode Season 8 Episode 1: Bruce Willis Episode 2: Kevin Costner Episode 3: Sissy Spacek Episode 5: Sarah Jessica Parker Episode 6: Will Smith Episode 8: Ben Kingsley Episode 10: Billy Bob Thornton Episode 11: Dennis Quaid Episode 12: Johnny Depp Episode 13: Hugh Grant Episode 14: Richard Gere Episode 15: Benicio Del Toro Episode 16: Samuel L. Jackson Episode 17: Ian McKellen Season 9 Episode 1: Juliette Binoche Episode 3: Pierce Brosnan Episode 4: Martin Scorsese Episode 5: Martin Sheen Episode 6: Edward Norton Episode 7: Julianne Moore Episode 8: Cast of 'The Simpsons' (Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Harry Shearer and Hank Azaria -- see notes on YouTube to explain the blackouts during the video.) Episode 9: Nicolas Cage Episode 10: Drew Barrymore Episode 11: Jeremy Irons Episode 12: Renee Zellweger Episode 13: Jeff Bridges Episode 14: John Travolta Episode 16: Diane Lane Episode 17: John Goodman Episode 18: Cast of 'Will and Grace' (Eric McCormack, Debra Missing, Sean Hayes, Megan Mullally, David Kohan, Max Mutchnich and James Burrows) Season 10 Episode 1: Jay Leno Episode 2: Clint Eastwood Episode 3: Barbra Streisand: Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Episode 4: Cate Blanchett Episode 5: Naomi Watts Episode 6: Charlize Theron Episode 7: Russell Crowe Episode 8: Jude Law Episode 9: Tom Cruise Episode 10: Hugh Jackman Episode 11: Kate Winslet Episode 12: James Gandolfini Episode 13: George Carlin Episode 14: William H. Macy Episode 15: Jennifer Lopez Episode 16: Jennifer Connelly Episode 17: Bette Midler Season 11 Episode 1: Natalie Portman Episode 2: Mark Wahlberg Episode 3: Jamie Foxx Episode 4: Morgan Freeman Episode 5: Salma Hayek Episode 6: Cameron Diaz Episode 7: Robert Redford Episode 8: Kiefer Sutherland Episode 9: David Duchovny Episode 10: Jane Fonda Episode 12: Michael J. Fox Episode 14: Angelina Jolie Episode 15: Jodie Foster Episode 16: Cast of 'Everybody Loves Raymond': Parts: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 (Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garret, Doris Roberts, Peter Boyle, Monica Horan, Phil Rosenthal) Season 12 Episode 1: Al Pacino Episode 3: Cast of 'The Producers (Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick and Susan Stroman) Episode 4: Martin Lawrence Episode 6: Dave Chappelle Episode 7: Ralph Fiennes Episode 8: Liza Minnelli Episode 9: Robert Downey Jr. Episode 10: Tim Allen Episode 11: Dustin Hoffman Episode 12: Don Cheadle Episode 13: The Cast and Creator of 'Law and Order' (Chris Noth, Dick Wolf and S. Epatha Merkerson) Episode 14: Teri Hatcher Episode 15: Hugh Laurie Episode 16: Tom Hanks Season 13 Episode 1: Forest Whitaker Episode 2: Eddie Murphy Episode 3: Matt Damon Episode 4: Diana Ross: Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Episode 5: Chris Rock Episode 6: Mark Ruffalo Episode 7: Julia Louis-Dreyfus Episode 8: Kyra Sedgwick Episode 9: Michelle Pfeiffer Episode 10: Charlie Sheen Episode 11: Anthony Hopkins Episode 12: Billy Crystal Season 14 Episode 1: Alec Baldwin Episode 2: Halle Berry Episode 3: John Cusack Episode 4: Dave Chappelle Episode 5: Brooke Shields Episode 6: Goldie Hawn Episode 7: Sarah Jessica Parker Episode 8: Mike Myers Episode 9: Christian Slater Episode 10: Daniel Radcliffe Season 15 Episode 1: Goldie Hawn Episode 2: 200th Episode: Dave Chappelle interviews James Lipton ("Tonight's Guest is the creator, executive producer, writer, host... all of that shit... of 'Inside the Actors Studio'") Episode 4: Josh Brolin Episode 5: Laura Linney Episode 6: Ricky Gervais Episode 7: Conan O'Brien Episode 9: Denis Leary Episode 10: Danny DeVito Episode 12: Mickey Rourke Episode 13: Jason Bateman Episode 14: Cast of 'Family Guy' Season 16 Episode 1: Hilary Swank Episode 2: Bon Jovi Episode 4: James Cameron Episode 6: Betty White Season 17 Episode 1: Bradley Cooper Episode 2: James Franco Episode 3: Jim Carrey Episode 4: Colin Firth Episode 5: Cast of 'Modern Family' Episode 6: Jennifer Aniston Season 18 Episode 1: Cast of 'Glee' Episode 2: George Clooney / Bonus Clips Episode 3: Brad Pitt / Bonus Clips Episode 4: Cast of 'Mad Men'

By: zarq

zarq — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:01:59 -0800

The full list of ITAS episodes is here. Most from the first five or six seasons are not available online, but clips from them do show up in the 100th episode.

By: entropicamericana

entropicamericana — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:10:18 -0800

No Charles Nelson Reilly?

By: shakespeherian

shakespeherian — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:10:24 -0800

Mike Nelson is James Lipton.

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:14:49 -0800

I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR THE BILLY JOEL ONE FOR A VERY LONG TIME. Thank you. ....Does anyone know what the regular broadcast schedule is? I've been looking in vain for what day/time it's on (Thursdays? Sundays? Wha?) and the Bravo website doesn't state this.

By: HuronBob

HuronBob — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:16:18 -0800

When the 8 people we have coming for the holidays arrive, and I have nothing prepared, nor will I have time to fix meals or attend to them while they are here, they will ask "Why? Why is this?", and I will, if I have time, tell them to call zarq.

By: MtDewd

MtDewd — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:18:04 -0800

This post is scrumtrilescent.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:21:01 -0800

jesus wept

By: zarq

zarq — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:26:07 -0800

....Does anyone know what the regular broadcast schedule is? I've been looking in vain for what day/time it's on (Thursdays? Sundays? Wha?) and the Bravo website doesn't state this. Wish I knew. I couldn't find it anywhere. When the 8 people we have coming for the holidays arrive, and I have nothing prepared :D

By: sweetkid

sweetkid — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:29:14 -0800

This is an amazing post but the Dave Chapelle one is really really required watching. Especially if you still think he 'went crazy and ran off to Africa' or whatever.

By: billcicletta

billcicletta — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:48:11 -0800

Fantastic!

By: kuanes

kuanes — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:53:53 -0800

Damn, zarq. Well done. Now if I can hold off the IT dept at work cutting off access to YouTube for about 30 days.

By: Perko

Perko — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:57:00 -0800

LOVE James Lipton. He's so easily taken as pretentious, but there's more substance to him than might be readily available. He showed some serious acting chops in Coriolanus (available on Netflix Instant), for example-- but at the same time, he doesn't take himself that seriously. I still think about his appearances on Conan O'Brien's central time zone new years countdowns, & wish more people said "Batman says five!"

By: zarq

zarq — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:57:08 -0800

In the post, I forgot to include the guests who appeared in the following episodes: Season 15 Episode 14: Cast of Family Guy (Seth MacFarlane, Alex Borstein, Mike Henry and Seth Green) Season 17 Episode 5: Cast of Modern Family (Ed O'Neill, Sofía Vergara, Julie Bowen, Ty Burrell, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Eric Stonestreet) Season 18 Episode 1: Cast and Creator of Glee (Matthew Morrison, Jane Lynch, Cory Monteith, Lea Michele, Chris Colfer and Ryan Murphy) Episode 4: Cast and Creator of Mad Men (Jon Hamm, January Jones, Vincent Kartheiser, Christina Hendricks, John Slattery, Jared Harris, Kiernan Shipka and Matthew Weiner)

By: cottoncandybeard

cottoncandybeard — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 08:57:13 -0800

Inside The Actor from Mr. Show.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:00:22 -0800

Man, I had no idea the show has been on so long or that I've watched probably every one of the first 12 seasons but haven't seen one in a few years. I remember the Dave Chappelle interview is really incredible, but the one that changed my tune on a person forever was Jaime Foxx's interview. Before I watched it, I thought he always did funny but goofy characters and his attempts at becoming an action star made him seem like he was a b-level Will Smith. When he talks about his upbringing and his football and piano and ballet and singing and his family, it was just amazing and gave me a whole new respect for him. Guess I should set my TiVo to record new non-repeat shows since they're still being made.

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:10:23 -0800

There's this fantastic moment from the Robin Williams one where he borrows a scarf from a woman in the front row and just riffs with it for a good three minutes. Ostensibly he was supposed to be answering a question about how he is able to riff on things like that, but I'm not sure he actually answers the question.

By: Blasdelb

Blasdelb — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:36:40 -0800

What no synopses of each episode? I keed, this is fantastic!

By: zarq

zarq — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 09:50:40 -0800

Wendy Matheson of USA Today went to the Hilary Swank taping. What really happens on 'Inside the Actors Studio'?

By: zippy

zippy — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:10:23 -0800

Years ago, Sascha Baron Cohen was on Letterman, and at the end of the interview he told a story about meeting James Lipton. In the story he and Lipton have a long conversation that goes fine, but turns odd at the end when Lipton shows Cohen photos of a naked woman, and a few minutes later that woman walks through the door and Cohen realizes the photos were of Lipton's wife. Letterman doesn't seem to react to the story, and it seems like the interview was ending anyway at that point. I wondered how much of that was Cohen pulling everyone's leg, something he is fantastic at, vs "yeah, here was an unusual thing that happened."

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:14:26 -0800

Lipton shows Cohen photos of a naked woman, and a few minutes later that woman walks through the door and Cohen realizes the photos were of Lipton's wife. I wondered how much of that was Cohen pulling everyone's leg.... Well, they do mention in the Dave-Chappelle-interviews-James-Lipton show, that Lipton was basically a sort of pimp in Paris in the 50's.... I'm not kidding.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:14:29 -0800

This show always fascinates me. I, honestly, don't have as much admiration for actors above and beyond other professions, as many people may have. And looking through that list of who Lipton interviews there are a lot of people there I don't really care for at all as actors. But Lipton is a fucking master. His passion is infectious and for that hour, yes acting is noble and yes Ben Stiller is interesting. No other format or interviewer does that to me the way Lipton does.

By: edgeways

edgeways — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:16:34 -0800

If Cohen told me the sky was blue I'd go outside to check. I wouldn't take anything he said at face value

By: zippy

zippy — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:18:54 -0800

It may have been Jon Stewart instead of Letterman.

By: Sangermaine

Sangermaine — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:45:28 -0800

Well, they do mention in the Dave-Chappelle-interviews-James-Lipton show, that Lipton was basically a sort of pimp in Paris in the 50's.... He wasn't a pimp, he was a tout. He would procure customers for prostitutes: He says, "This was when I was very very young, living in Paris, penniless, unable to get any kind of working permit... I had a friend who worked in what is called the Milieu, which is that world and she suggested to me one night, `Look, you'll be my meck... We would translate it perhaps... as pimp. We were earning our living together, this young woman and I, we made a rather good living, I must say." He adds, "I had to accompany my clientelle to the Rue Pigalle, which is where these things occurred. And then I'd take them up to the room and I had to remain there because they were very nervous, they were young Americans for the most part... and they didn't speak French." He says we would translate it as "pimp", but I've always thought of a pimp as the manager/enforcer of prostitutes. What he describes sounds a lot more like a tout, a guy who goes out and finds clients but the prostitutes don't work for him.

By: tzikeh

tzikeh — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:04:50 -0800

I wish they would air the full interviews for those of us who already know the given actor's or actress's "Best Of" reel. All the stuff I want to hear about (stage work, discoveries through practice of craft, etc.) is the stuff that gets cut. I understand they're going for a mass audience, but can't they put the long-form interviews on at 3am and let us TiVo it, or make them available online, or something? I'd pay. That said, it's fascinating to see who "gets" it in terms of how to work with Lipton, how to tell a story (an actor is not always a great raconteur), who's smarter than you thought, etc. (Side note: a college friend of mine was Lipton's assistant for four years. I have no doubt that Lipton showed Cohen naked pictures of his wife. He's extraordinarily strange and off-putting in real life, and my friend quit because she simply could not take him anymore, even after Lipton offered to double her already-generous salary to keep her on.)

By: greenhornet

greenhornet — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:19:40 -0800

I work long hours and find it important to have something running on a second screen so I can concentrate. I sometimes run movies or padcasts. At one point I discovered the "inside the actors studio" series and watched them all (or thought I had till I saw the list above). I'd been to college with actors and had a serious dislike of them. They all seemed to posture around and try to be the centre of attention... everywhere. So, I guess I had little respect for actors or the craft. The "Inside the actors studio" interviews changed my view entirely. Through these interviews, I began to understand the craft behind these actors.. how they approached different roles, how they researched, the way scenes were shot, different approaches by directors. Truly amazing interviews. One other note: so few people can interview well. Two of the keys are 1. to actually listen, and 2. not to interrupt the interviewee. I find so many interviewers fail to do these two simple things. James Lipton does both of these very well. A huge thank you to zarq for collating this collection!

By: Renoroc

Renoroc — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:20:20 -0800

GRAVITAS

By: COD

COD — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:23:18 -0800

Sweet. Lots of stuff to download for my commute.

By: joedan

joedan — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:23:59 -0800

I'll always have respect for James Lipton for writing and performing his own rap on Da Ali G Show.

By: carsonb

carsonb — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 11:46:02 -0800

Oh man it only takes about 2 minutes into the Chappelle interview for the honest-to-zod gut-busting laughter to kick in. Amazing.

By: dancestoblue

dancestoblue — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:09:17 -0800

Flagged as fantastic. Thank you, zarq!

By: Chuckles

Chuckles — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:42:00 -0800

sweetkid: This is an amazing post but the Dave Chapelle one is really really required watching. Especially if you still think he 'went crazy and ran off to Africa' or whatever. Well, I knew he didn't go crazy and run off to Africa, but.. I didn't realize that he essentially decided that he just didn't want $50 million, and all the shit that he knew would come with it.

By: The Gooch

The Gooch — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 12:57:42 -0800

I enjoy a lot of Inside the Actor's Studio and can put up with a certain amount of Lipton's pretensions, but I absolutely cringe and feel sick to my stomach in vicarious embarrassment anytime he pulls the "Let me speak with [character the interviewee once portrayed in a movie or TV show]" question.

By: Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey

Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:41:43 -0800

Okay, James Lipton/Dave Chappelle buddy movie needs to be a thing STAT!

By: theredpen

theredpen — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:23:14 -0800

Thanks for waiting until after my giant manuscript was edited, zarq!

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 16:36:17 -0800

Oh, man - I just re-watched the Billy Joel one after not having seen it forever and I don't know whether I'm more grateful to have seen James Lipton, or to see Billy Joel really being on. (DAMN I forgot how much Billy knows his stuff musically.)

By: Leezie

Leezie — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:25:56 -0800

"Does James Lipton need to choke a bitch" to paraphrase my favorite Chapelle skit of ALL TIME.

By: discopolo

discopolo — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:06:37 -0800

This is an amazing post but the Dave Chapelle one is really really required watching. Especially if you still think he 'went crazy and ran off to Africa' or whatever. I agree 110%. It's an awesome interview.

By: lubujackson

lubujackson — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 19:40:54 -0800

Now this, THIS is the Metafilter post I've been waiting for! Favorited so hard.

By: Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey

Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 22:09:51 -0800

This is an amazing post but the Dave Chapelle one is really really required watching. Especially if you still think he 'went crazy and ran off to Africa' or whatever. Dave quoting his father:

"Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you named, get out of there." Thus, Africa.

By: InsertNiftyNameHere

InsertNiftyNameHere — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 03:15:57 -0800

Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey: "Dave quoting his father: "Name your price in the beginning. If it ever gets more expensive than the price you named, get out of there." That really is pure genius, IMHO.

By: Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey

Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:40:57 -0800

MICKEY ROURKE, REACHING FOR THE ALL-KNOWING-ALL-REVEALING-BLUE-CARDS: "Gimme that shit" JAMES LIPTON, DEFENDING THE AKARBC STACK: "This is NOT shit. This is one of the most remarkable careers in the history of American film. So fuck you." ROURKE: "I hope they keep that in" LIPTON: "I edit it." *FISTBUMP*

AWESOME!

By: EmpressCallipygos

EmpressCallipygos — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 11:50:42 -0800

I'm just rolling around in this whole big pile... Another wonderful moment from the Robin Williams one; they're still early on in the interview and he's only answered a couple questions (after making the mother of grand entrances and riffing up a storm). And as James Lipton is consulting his notes for his next question, Robin suddenly gets this gleam in his eye and bursts out with this delighted giggle and enthuses, "this is so much fun!" I think a lot of the stars they have on the show really embrace it because James Lipton is asking them really good questions about their craft, which they often don't get a chance to talk about in depth.

By: Deoridhe

Deoridhe — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 18:10:28 -0800

I rewatch the Dave Chapelle one semi regularly. I also surprisingly like the Angelina Jolie, and Ian McKellan is a god (his comment about how after he came out he suddenly found he could cry on stage blew me away), Ben Affleck needs to be watched with Matt Damon's, even though they're years apart. Robert Downey Jr.'s is just mindblowing, and I now am totally in love with Samuel L. Jackson because of this series. Now I feel the urge to watch them all in order. I've watched them out of order, so in order will be novel!

By: Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey

Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:54:57 -0800

Here's the thing about James Lipton. A lot of people imagine him as the Will Ferrell caricature: Glasses, balding older man, very deliberate verbal delivery, TERRIBLY IMPRESSED with the craft of acting (and if one is feeling uncharitable, hints of Jon Lovitz Master Thespian in that delivery). Not impressive or sexy or cool, right? But here's the thing. JL has been an actor, a producer, been to CHINA at a time when that was a thing uncommon, been a licensed tout for a Parisian prostitute, hung out with Macedonian shepherds, studied ballet (and shagged HELLA ballerinas as one of the few straight men in a room full of ludicrously fit young women in skintight leotards). He's written Broadway plays. He's not flashy, he's just the kinda guy who can, in fact, bust a pirouette if need be. He's produced for Bob Hope as well as Jimmy Carter. He speaks knowledgeably with some of the best actors in the English language about the subject in an acting school he helped found, and he does beer-bongs & reads horny manatee poetry on Conan O'Brien. He's urbane, cultured, mannered, and "Fuck you, Mickey" rolls off his tongue when and with whom its absolutely appropriate without sounding forced or language he's unaccustomed to. He's the heir to Bernard Pivot's questionnaire (and in fact one of the best interviewers out there) and hangs out with Dave Chappelle. He's done 15 min of stand-up buck naked from his shower on the cellphone when Dave called him from the stage. I don't know if he smokes weed or not, but it doesn't matter. I know the joints he would roll if asked would be nice and even and smooth-drawing without bulky, unchopped sections, whether he chose to partake or not. And he's been married to Miss Scarlet from the Clue game for decades. James Lipton is that effortless kind of true Renaissance Man who if, in the middle of taping you saw him reach behind his chair, pull out a cutlass, and charge into the audience to drive off marauding ninjas, then walk back to his chair saying "Haven't had to do that for 20 years", it would not surprise me. He may not be The Most Interesting Man In The World™, but here's the thing; James Lipton is real. I'm just saying.

By: Sys Rq

Sys Rq — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 23:32:19 -0800

"I can't say no to the woman who gave me chlamydia." A lot of people have done James Lipton impressions, but James Lipton does the best James Lipton. He seems to completely understand exactly what it is that's so ridiculous about himself.

By: cmoj

cmoj — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:04:29 -0800

Out of curiosity... Are there any of these in which the interviewee doesn't seem brilliant? I'm not saying that lots of these people aren't, but does anyone ever come off as a doofus or something?

By: Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey

Pirate-Bartender-Zombie-Monkey — Tue, 25 Dec 2012 12:50:22 -0800

Well, JL edits them down from 5 hours. And he's sure to take the best, most interesting parts. It would be abysmally churlish of JL to edit one of these sessions to make the person he invited to speak to the students come off as a tool. Plus, it would probably reflect poorly on him as an interviewer. If he's done 500+ cards worth of research and can't get an interesting interview out of someone he studied and specifically invited, that's his fail.