Don't do it Nicolas Cage Like a skinny boxer Chris Rock Being square John Updike A man's voice Johnny Cash Lift everything up Charlie Haden Erotic cheese and crackers Mary Karr A new gift Andre Dubus and Andre Dubus III The craft itself Uta Hagen Use the disadvantage Michael Caine Right in the gut Mickey Spillane You will not find the word "lesbian" / Ann Bannon We all die Walter Mosley A family courtesy Mario Puzo Make sense of it later George Clinton Bootzilla twenty-seven hours a day Bootsy Collins Dissonance Nick Hornby In the junkyard Grandmaster Flash Alive in a coffin Paul Schrader A difficult place to grow up Jodie Foster I never told jokes Albert Brooks Beauty gone berserk Divine Kissing and licking boots Mary Woronov To iron a shirt Joyce Johnson So what? / Larry Rivers Not to think Sonny Rollins Send the salami Hal David Like raw meat Isabella Rossellini A little out of whack Dennis Hopper The way people look Chuck Close It gets harder Frank Stella Mom, Dad, I want to be a tap dancer Conan O'Brien Nothing else would matter Eric Clapton A large feminine side Steven Tyler and Joe Perry Too much for you to take Gene Simmons Dramatic beats Samuel L. Jackson Stop acting Dustin Hoffman In that hurricane James Baldwin A place of protection Carol Shields A fraudulent angel Maurice Sendak.

The award-winning host of National Public Radio's Fresh Air presents a selection of her interviews with some of the most celebrated actors, musicians, writers, artists, and comics of the day.

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