S08E09: Sarah Jessica Parker
Sex And The City star Sarah Jessica Parker discusses her career and ambitions, charting a life of performing from stage school to movie success. Presented by James Lipton
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Paul Newman
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Sir Anthony Hopkins
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Meryl Streep
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John Hurt
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Robert De Niro
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Steven Spielberg
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Tom Hanks
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Billy Joel
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S6E2 / 21 Nov 1999Sylvester Stallone
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Sir Michael Caine
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Harrison Ford
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Bernadette Peters
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Ben Affleck
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Francis Ford Coppola
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S7E15 / 10 Jun 2001Melanie Griffith
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Ben Stiller
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S8E2 / 14 Oct 2001Kevin Kline
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Sir Ben Kingsley
S8E10 / 17 Mar 2002Dennis Quaid
S8E11 / 07 Apr 2002Ethan Hawke
S8E12 / 21 Apr 2002Richard Gere
S8E13 / 05 May 2002Hugh Grant
S8E14 / 12 May 2002
Samuel L. Jackson
S8E15 / 02 Jun 2002Benicio del Toro
S8E16 / 30 Jun 2002Vanessa Redgrave
S8E17 / 04 Aug 2002Billy Bob Thornton
S8E18 / 18 Aug 2002Johnny Depp
S8E19 / 08 Sep 2002
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Sissy Spacek
S9E1 / 06 Oct 2002Juliette Binoche
S9E2 / 27 Oct 2002Jeanne Moreau
S9E3 / 10 Nov 2002
Pierce Brosnan
S9E4 / 17 Nov 2002
Sir Ian McKellen
S9E5 / 08 Dec 2002
Martin Scorsese
S9E6 / 15 Dec 2002Julianne Moore
S9E7 / 22 Dec 2002Edward Norton
S9E8 / 12 Jan 2003
The Cast of The Simpsons
S9E9 / 09 Feb 2003
Nicolas Cage
S9E10 / 16 Feb 2003Drew Barrymore
S9E11 / 02 Mar 2003Renee Zellweger
S9E12 / 09 Mar 2003John Travolta
S9E13 / 13 Apr 2003
Jeremy Irons
S9E14 / 04 May 2003Joanne Woodward
S9E15 / 11 May 2003
Martin Sheen
S9E16 / 18 May 2003
Jeff Bridges
S9E17 / 20 Jul 2003
Season 10
John Goodman
S10E1 / 14 Sep 2003Clint Eastwood
S10E2 / 05 Oct 2003The Cast of Will & Grace
S10E3 / 16 Nov 2003
Cate Blanchett
S10E4 / 14 Dec 2003Jude Law
S10E5 / 21 Dec 2003Naomi Watts
S10E6 / 28 Dec 2003
Russell Crowe
S10E7 / 04 Jan 2004
Tom Cruise
S10E8 / 11 Jan 2004Charlize Theron
S10E9 / 18 Jan 2004Diane Lane
S10E10 / 08 Feb 2004Jay Leno
S10E11 / 15 Feb 2004
Hugh Jackman
S10E12 / 07 Mar 2004
Kate Winslet
S10E13 / 14 Mar 2004Barbra Streisand
S10E14 / 21 Mar 2004
Bette Midler
S10E15 / 06 Jun 200410th Anniversary Special
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Jennifer Lopez
S11E1 / 10 Oct 2004James Gandolfini
S11E2 / 17 Oct 2004William H. Macy
S11E3 / 24 Oct 2004
George Carlin
S11E4 / 31 Oct 2004Jennifer Connelly
S11E5 / 07 Nov 2004
Mark Wahlberg
S11E6 / 14 Nov 2004
Natalie Portman
S11E7 / 21 Nov 2004Jamie Foxx
S11E8 / 28 Nov 2004Salma Hayek
S11E9 / 05 Dec 2004
Morgan Freeman
S11E10 / 02 Jan 2005Cameron Diaz
S11E11 / 09 Jan 2005Kiefer Sutherland
S11E12 / 23 Jan 2005Robert Redford
S11E13 / 30 Jan 2005Colin Farrell
S11E14 / 06 Feb 2005Val Kimer
S11E15 / 13 Feb 2005Owen Wilson
S11E16 / 20 Feb 2005David Duchovny
S11E17 / 10 Apr 2005
Jane Fonda
S11E18 / 24 Apr 2005
Angelina Jolie
S11E19 / 08 May 2005The Cast of Everybody Loves Raymond
S11E20 / 19 Jun 2005
Jodie Foster
S11E21 / 25 Sep 2005Elton John
S11E22 / 16 Oct 2005Rosie O'Donnell
S11E23 / 23 Oct 2005Michael J. Fox
S11E24 / 30 Oct 2005
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Jodie Foster
S12E1 / 25 Sep 2005Elton John
S12E2 / 16 Oct 2005Michael J. Fox
S12E4 / 30 Oct 2005The Cast of the Producers
S12E5 / 11 Dec 2005Barbara Walters
S12E6 / 18 Dec 2005Queen Latifah
S12E7 / 08 Jan 2006Ralph Fiennes
S12E8 / 15 Jan 2006Martin Lawrence
S12E9 / 22 Jan 2006Liza Minnelli
S12E10 / 05 Feb 2006Dave Chappelle
S12E11 / 12 Feb 2006The Casts of Law & Order
S12E12 / 07 May 2006Tom Hanks (II)
S12E13 / 14 May 2006Don Cheadle
S12E14 / 21 May 2006Tim Allen
S12E15 / 06 Jun 2006
Dustin Hoffman
S12E16 / 25 Jun 2006
Robert Downey Jr.
S12E17 / 09 Jul 2006Hugh Laurie
S12E18 / 31 Jul 2006Teri Hatcher
S12E19 / 18 Sep 2006
Al Pacino
S12E20 / 02 Oct 2006
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Forest Whitaker
S13E1 / 11 Dec 2006Eddie Murphy
S13E2 / 18 Dec 2006
Matt Damon
S13E3 / 08 Jan 2007Diana Ross
S13E4 / 19 Feb 2007Chris Rock
S13E5 / 12 Mar 2007
Mark Ruffalo
S13E6 / 19 Mar 2007Julia Louis-Dreyfus
S13E7 / 04 Jun 2007Kyra Sedgwick
S13E8 / 11 Jun 2007Michelle Pfeiffer
S13E9 / 06 Aug 2007Charlie Sheen
S13E10 / 17 Sep 2007Billy Crystal (II)
S13E11 / 08 Oct 2007Sir Anthony Hopkins (II)
S13E12 / 15 Oct 2007Alec Baldwin (II)
S13E13 / 22 Oct 2007
Halle Berry
S13E14 / 29 Oct 2007John Cusack
S13E15 / 03 Dec 2007
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Sarah Jessica Parker
S14E1 / 19 May 2008Mike Myers
S14E2 / 16 Jun 2008Brooke Shields
S14E3 / 22 Sep 2008
Christian Slater
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Goldie Hawn
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S15E2 / 10 Nov 2008
Daniel Radcliffe
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S15E5 / 12 Jan 2009Ricky Gervais
S15E6 / 26 Jan 2009Conan O'Brien
S15E7 / 27 Jan 2009Anthony LaPaglia
S15E8 / 26 Jan 2009Denis Leary
S15E9 / 04 May 2009Danny DeVito
S15E10 / 11 May 2009Judd Apatow
S15E11 / 27 Jul 2009Mickey Rourke
S15E12 / 31 Aug 2009Jason Bateman
S15E13 / 07 Sep 2009
The Cast of Family Guy
S15E14 / 14 Sep 2009Amy Poehler
S15E15 / 21 Sep 2009
Season 16
Hilary Swank
S16E1 / 09 Nov 2009Bon Jovi
S16E2 / 16 Nov 2009Kate Hudson
S16E3 / 21 Dec 2009James Cameron
S16E4 / 01 Mar 2010Sean Combs
S16E5 / 25 May 2010
Betty White
S16E6 / 28 Sep 2010
Season 17
James Franco
S17E1 / 17 Dec 2010
Jim Carrey
S17E2 / 10 Jan 2011Colin Firth
S17E3 / 07 Feb 2011
Bradley Cooper
S17E4 / 14 Mar 2011Cast of Modern Family
S17E5 / 07 Jun 2011Jennifer Aniston
S17E6 / 06 Jul 2011
George Clooney
S17E7 / 31 Jan 2012Brad Pitt
S17E8 / 10 Feb 2012
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George Clooney
S18E1 / 31 Jan 2012Brad Pitt
S18E2 / 10 Feb 2012Cast of Glee
S18E3 / 09 Apr 2012Cast of Mad Men
S18E4 / 14 May 2012Jennifer Aniston
S18E5 / 13 Feb 2012Liam Neeson
S18E6 / 02 Oct 2012
Season 19
Hugh Jackman
S19E1 / 13 Feb 2013Tina Fey
S19E2 / 19 Mar 2013250th Special
S19E3 / 29 May 2013
Jake Gyllenhaal
S19E4 / 19 Sep 2013Cast and Creator of Arrested Development
S19E5 / 07 Nov 2013Bruce Dern and Laura Dern
S19E6 / 26 Dec 2013Amy Adams
S19E7 / 19 Feb 2014Matthew McConaughey
S19E8 / 20 Feb 2014How I Met Your Mother
S19E9 / 27 Mar 2014Robin Williams
S19E10 / 21 Aug 2014Mariska Hargitay
S19E11 / 22 Sep 2014Sting
S19E12 / 23 Oct 2014Jim Parsons
S19E13 / 18 Jun 2015
Season 20
Matthew McConaughey
S20E1 / 20 Feb 2014
The Cast of How I Met Your Mother
S20E2 / 27 Mar 2014
Mariska Hargitay
S20E3 / 22 Sep 2014
Sting
S20E4 / 23 Oct 2014
Neil Patrick Harris
S20E5 / 12 Feb 2015
Jim Parsons
S20E6 / 18 Jun 2015
Season 21
Sarah Silverman
S21E1 / 22 Oct 2015
Bryan Cranston
S21E2 / 25 Nov 2015
Steve Carell
S21E3 / 17 Dec 2015
Jeff Daniels
S21E4 / 07 Jan 2016
The Cast of The Walking Dead
S21E5 / 11 Feb 2016Christopher Meloni
S21E6 / 31 Mar 2016
Season 22
Jessica Chastain
S22E1 / 21 Dec 2016Viola Davis
S22E2 / 05 Jan 2017Cuba Gooding Jr.
S22E3 / 02 Feb 2017The Cast of Girls
S22E4 / 09 Feb 2017Scarlett Johansson
S22E5 / 22 Jun 2017Kristen Wiig
S22E6 / 21 Dec 2017Ted Danson
S22E7 / 11 Jan 2018
