Random Roles

  • Random Roles Shirley MacLaine talks about Bernie, Alfred Hitchcock, and Dean Martin

    “I don’t think you go out of style when you’re living in the present most of the time.”

    April 26, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Random Roles Cloris Leachman talks about the horror movie The Fields and much more

    The veteran actress talks about everything from The Last Picture Show to Raising Hope to the new horror film The Fields.

    April 24, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles Isabella Rossellini talks Late Bloomers, Blue Velvet, and more

    The actress talks about her roles in film, television, and the spaces in between.

    April 20, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles Don’t Trust the B---- In Apartment 23 star Krysten Ritter on playing a sociopath and a shopgirl

    The Breaking Bad vet talks about her Don’t Trust the B---- In Apartment 23 role as “a sociopath in a tight dress” and more. 

    April 11, 2012 | 10:30am -

  • Random Roles Alex Rocco talks about Magic City, The Godfather and more

    The unmistakable character actor talks about returning to TV with Magic City, The Godfather and much more.

    April 6, 2012 | 10:00am -

  • Random Roles Martha Plimpton

    The grown-up Goonies star discusses Raising Hope, her Family Ties role and stealing Elvis Costello’s sweat.

    April 3, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Random Roles Willem Dafoe 

    The star of The Hunter and 4:44 Last Day On Earth talks about masks, money, and why he doesn’t always like Hollywood. 

    March 29, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Random Roles Rachael Harris

    An improv comedian known for her roles in The Hangover and Reno 911! talks about her new dramatic lead role and her attempts to forget playing a giant troll doll.

    March 22, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Random Roles John Witherspoon  

    The veteran comic and actor talks about A Thousand Words and becoming the onscreen definition of “cantankerous.”

    March 16, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles Kevin Pollak

    The actor, comic, writer, and talk-show host talks about the new Columbus Circle and frank talk from Walter Matthau.

    March 8, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles Theresa Russell

    The actress talks about breaking into Hollywood at the age of 16 and why intelligence matters to actors.

    March 6, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles Sam Neill

    The Alcatraz star weighs in on a history of playing madmen, regular fellows, and everyone in between.

    March 2, 2012 | 12:01am -

  • Random Roles Megan Mullally 

    The Emmy-winner from Will & Grace talks about her roles on Parks And Recreation, Party Down, Childrens Hospital, and more. 

    March 1, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Random Roles Andie MacDowell 

    The star of Jane By Design, and many other projects, talks about her career’s ups and downs. 

    February 28, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles Wendie Malick

    The versatile star talks about work in sitcoms, soaps, and the new film What Happens Next.

    February 27, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles Lea Thompson

    The star of Switched At Birth looks back on, in her words, a “weird-ass career.” 

    February 21, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Random Roles Bruce Greenwood

    The veteran actor won’t dish on Mickey Rourke or Wesley Snipes, but found Madonna delightful.

    February 14, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles Jessica Walter

    The Arrested Development vet talks about playing an alcoholic spy boss on Archer and more.

    February 9, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles James Cromwell

    The co-star of The Artist talks about playing silent, playing against a pig, and almost taking over All In The Family.

    February 8, 2012 | 12:00am -

  • Random Roles Diedrich Bader

    Diedrich Bader talks about his knack for ending up in cult hits like Office Space and acting in Napoleon Dynamite (both versions).  

    February 2, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles Glynn Turman 

    The veteran actor talks about a career that stretches from Peyton Place to Cooley High to Showtime’s House Of Lies

    January 31, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles John Schuck

    A Robert Altman repertory player talks through some of his roles and realizes how many bad movies he’s been in.

    January 10, 2012 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles David Cross 

    The star of The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret talks about the roles he’s taken for love, and the other ones.

    January 6, 2012 | 12:03am -

  • Random Roles Elizabeth McGovern

    The Downton Abbey star talks about playing a countess, getting an Oscar nomination with her second film, and the terror of sitcom acting.

    January 5, 2012 | 12:01pm -

  • Random Roles Sam McMurray 

    The veteran actor talks everything from Raising Arizona to how he was almost the voice of Homer Simpson. 

    December 27, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Random Roles Phil Morris 

    The versatile actor talks about a career that includes everything from Seinfeld’s Jackie Chiles to Smallville’s Martian Manhunter. 

    November 29, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles Charlotte Rampling 

    The ubiquitous British actor discusses her roles in Zardoz, Lars von Trier’s Melancholia, and the new documentary about her life and work.  

    November 28, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Random Roles Molly Parker

    Deadwood’s Alma Garret discusses her latest film, Trigger, and learns from this interview that she’s in a modern camp classic.

    November 23, 2011 | 12:00pm -

  • Random Roles Mira Sorvino

    The actress looks back on her career, from before her breakthrough role in Mighty Aphrodite to her current work. 

    November 23, 2011 | 12:00am -

  • Random Roles John Hurt

    The veteran British actor talks about roles both present (Melancholia) and past (Alien).

    November 10, 2011 | 12:00am -