James Lipton sits down with some of the world's most accomplished actors and directors for penetrating, fascinating interviews.
| Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | Episode 1 | Paul Newman | 1994-08-14 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 2 | Stephen Sondheim | 1994-09-11 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 3 | Alec Baldwin | 1994-06-12 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 4 | Sidney Lumet | 1994-10-16 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 5 | Shelley Winters | 1994-11-13 | 60 min |
| Season 1 | Episode 7 | Dennis Hopper | 1995-05-10 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 3 | Matthew Broderick | 1996-05-05 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 4 | Glenn Close | 1996-01-26 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 9 | Christopher Walken | 1996-10-23 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 10 | Gene Wilder | 1996-09-25 | 60 min |
| Season 2 | Episode 12 | Martin Landau | 1996-11-01 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 1 | Harvey Keitel | 1998-08-09 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 2 | Shirley MacLaine | 1998-08-23 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 3 | Eli Wallach | 1998-09-06 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 4 | Anne Jackson | 1998-09-13 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 5 | Lauren Bacall | 1998-09-20 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 6 | Martin Short | 1998-09-27 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 7 | Sir Anthony Hopkins | 1998-10-04 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 8 | Danny Glover | 1998-10-11 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 9 | Whoopi Goldberg | 1998-10-18 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 10 | Jack Lemmon | 1998-10-25 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 11 | Gary Sinise | 1998-11-01 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 12 | Kathy Bates | 1998-11-08 | 60 min |
| Season 4 | Episode 13 | Susan Sarandon | 1998-11-15 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 1 | Meryl Streep | 1998-11-22 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 2 | John Hurt | 1998-11-29 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 3 | Laurence Fishburne | 1998-12-06 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 4 | Donald Sutherland | 1998-12-13 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 5 | Ron Howard | 1999-01-03 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 6 | Sharon Stone | 1999-01-10 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 7 | Sean Penn | 1999-01-17 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 8 | Robert De Niro | 1999-01-31 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 9 | Steven Spielberg | 1999-02-14 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 10 | Tim Robbins | 1999-12-06 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 11 | Jennifer Jason Leigh | 1999-07-11 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 12 | Kim Basinger | 1999-07-18 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 13 | Ellen Barkin | 1999-07-25 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 14 | Peter Falk | 1999-08-08 | 60 min |
| Season 5 | Episode 15 | Jerry Lewis | 1999-08-15 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 1 | Billy Joel | 1999-11-14 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 2 | Mary Tyler Moore | 1999-11-21 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 3 | Sylvester Stallone | 1999-12-05 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 4 | Tom Hanks | 1999-12-12 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 5 | Michael Caine | 2000-01-09 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 6 | Geena Davis | 2000-04-09 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 7 | James Woods | 2000-04-30 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 8 | Andy Garcia | 2000-05-07 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 9 | Kevin Spacey | 2000-07-02 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 10 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | 2000-06-04 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 11 | Alan Alda | 2000-08-06 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 12 | Harrison Ford | 2000-08-20 | 60 min |
| Season 6 | Episode 13 | Sigourney Weaver | 2000-10-29 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 1 | Bernadette Peters | 2000-11-12 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 3 | James Caan | 2000-11-19 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 4 | Richard Dreyfuss | 2000-12-03 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 5 | Gabriel Byrne | 2000-12-10 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 6 | Spike Lee | 2000-12-17 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 7 | Ed Harris | 2000-12-17 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 8 | Ben Affleck | 2001-01-14 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 9 | Ned Beatty | 2001-01-28 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 10 | Mike Myers | 2001-02-04 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 11 | Michael Douglas | 2001-02-18 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 12 | Gwyneth Paltrow | 2001-03-11 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 13 | Helen Hunt | 2001-04-15 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 14 | Francis Ford Coppola | 2001-05-06 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 15 | Robin Williams | 2001-06-10 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 16 | Melanie Griffith | 2001-07-15 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 17 | Antonio Banderas | 2001-07-22 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 18 | Burt Reynolds | 2001-08-06 | 60 min |
| Season 7 | Episode 19 | Roseanne | 2001-08-19 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 1 | Ben Stiller | 2001-09-30 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 2 | Gene Hackman | 2001-10-14 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 3 | Kevin Kline | 2001-10-21 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 4 | Bruce Willis | 2001-10-28 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 5 | Kevin Costner | 2001-11-25 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 6 | Will Smith | 2002-01-13 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 7 | Stockard Channing | 2002-01-27 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 8 | Debra Winger | 2002-02-17 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 9 | Sarah Jessica Parker | 2002-03-03 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 10 | Ben Kingsley | 2002-03-17 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 11 | Dennis Quaid | 2002-04-07 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 12 | Ethan Hawke | 2002-04-21 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 13 | Richard Gere | 2002-05-05 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 14 | Hugh Grant | 2002-05-12 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 15 | Samuel L. Jackson | 2002-06-02 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 16 | Benicio del Toro | 2002-06-30 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 17 | Vanessa Redgrave | 2002-08-04 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 18 | Billy Bob Thornton | 2002-08-18 | 60 min |
| Season 8 | Episode 19 | Johnny Depp | 2002-09-08 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 1 | Sissy Spacek | 2002-10-06 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 2 | Juliette Binoche | 2002-10-27 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 3 | Jennie Moreau | 2003-11-10 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 4 | Pierce Brosnan | 2002-11-17 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 5 | Ian McKellen | 2002-12-08 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 6 | Martin Scorsese | 2002-12-15 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 7 | Julianne Moore | 2002-12-22 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 8 | Edward Norton | 2003-01-12 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 9 | Cast of "The Simpsons" | 2003-02-09 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 10 | Nicolas Cage | 2003-02-16 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 11 | Drew Barrymore | 2003-03-02 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 12 | Renee Zellweger | 2003-03-09 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 13 | John Travolta | 2003-04-13 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 14 | Jeremy Irons | 2003-05-04 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 15 | Joanne Woodward | 2003-05-11 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 16 | Martin Sheen | 2003-05-18 | 60 min |
| Season 9 | Episode 17 | Jeff Bridges | 2003-07-20 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 1 | John Goodman | 2003-09-14 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 2 | Clint Eastwood | 2003-10-05 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 3 | Cast and Creators of "Will & Grace" | 2003-11-16 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 4 | Cate Blanchett | 2003-12-14 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 5 | Jude Law | 2003-12-21 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 6 | Naomi Watts | 2003-12-28 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 7 | Russell Crowe | 2004-01-04 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 8 | Tom Cruise | 2004-01-11 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 9 | Charlize Theron | 2004-01-18 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 10 | Diane Lane | 2004-02-08 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 11 | Jay Leno | 2004-02-15 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 12 | Hugh Jackman | 2004-03-07 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 13 | Kate Winslet | 2004-03-14 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 14 | Barbra Streisand | 2004-03-21 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 15 | Bette Midler | 2004-06-06 | 60 min |
| Season 10 | Episode 16 | 10th Anniversary Special | 2004-06-20 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 1 | Jennifer Lopez | 2004-10-10 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 2 | James Gandolfini | 2004-10-17 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 3 | William H. Macy | 2004-10-24 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 4 | George Carlin | 2004-10-31 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 5 | Jennifer Connelly | 2004-11-07 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 6 | Mark Wahlberg | 2004-11-14 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 7 | Natalie Portman | 2004-11-21 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 8 | Jamie Foxx | 2004-11-28 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 9 | Salma Hayek | 2004-12-05 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 10 | Morgan Freeman | 2005-01-02 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 11 | Cameron Diaz | 2005-01-09 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 12 | Kiefer Sutherland | 2005-01-23 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 13 | Robert Redford | 2005-01-30 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 14 | Colin Farrell | 2005-02-06 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 15 | Val Kilmer (2) | 2005-02-13 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 16 | Owen Wilson | 2005-02-20 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 17 | David Duchovny | 2005-04-10 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 18 | Jane Fonda | 2005-04-24 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 19 | Angelina Jolie | 2005-06-05 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 20 | The Cast Of "everybody Loves Raymond" | 2005-06-19 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 21 | Jodie Foster | 2005-09-25 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 22 | Elton John | 2005-10-16 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 23 | Rosie O'Donnell | 2005-10-23 | 60 min |
| Season 11 | Episode 24 | Michael J. Fox | 2005-10-30 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 1 | The Cast Of "the Producers" | 2005-12-11 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 2 | Teri Hatcher | 2006-09-18 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 3 | Barbara Walters | 2005-12-18 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 4 | Al Pacino | 2006-10-02 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 5 | Queen Latifah | 2006-01-08 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 6 | Ralph Fiennes | 2006-01-15 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 7 | Martin Lawrence | 2006-01-22 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 8 | Liza Minnelli | 2006-02-05 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 9 | Dave Chappelle | 2006-02-12 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 10 | Casts Of "law & Order" | 2006-05-07 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 11 | Tom Hanks' Revisit | 2006-05-14 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 12 | Don Cheadle | 2006-05-21 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 13 | Tim Allen | 2006-05-28 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 14 | Dustin Hoffman | 2006-06-25 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 15 | Robert Downey, Jr. | 2006-07-09 | 60 min |
| Season 12 | Episode 16 | Hugh Laurie | 2006-07-31 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 1 | Forest Whitaker | 2006-12-11 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 2 | Eddie Murphy | 2006-12-18 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 3 | Matt Damon | 2007-01-08 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 4 | Diana Ross | 2007-02-19 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 5 | Chris Rock | 2007-03-12 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 6 | Mark Ruffalo | 2007-03-19 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 7 | Julia Louis-Dreyfus | 2007-06-04 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 8 | Kyra Sedgwick | 2007-06-11 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 9 | Michelle Pfeiffer | 2007-08-06 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 10 | Charlie Sheen | 2007-09-17 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 11 | Billy Crystal - 2nd Visit | 2007-10-08 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 12 | Anthony Hopkins - 2nd Visit | 2007-10-15 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 13 | Alec Baldwin - 2nd Visit | 2007-10-22 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 14 | Halle Berry | 2007-10-29 | 60 min |
| Season 13 | Episode 15 | John Cusack | 2007-12-03 | 60 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 1 | Sarah Jessica Parker (2) | 2008-05-19 | 60 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 2 | Mike Myers (2) | 2008-06-16 | 60 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 3 | Brooke Shields | 2008-09-22 | 60 min |
| Season 14 | Episode 4 | Christian Slater | 2008-10-13 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 1 | Goldie Hawn | 2008-11-03 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 2 | Dave Chappelle - 2nd Visit | 2008-11-10 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 3 | Daniel Radcliffe | 2008-12-01 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 4 | Josh Brolin | 2009-01-05 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 5 | Laura Linney | 2009-01-12 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 6 | Ricky Gervais | 2009-01-19 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 7 | Conan O'Brien | 2009-01-26 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 8 | Anthony LaPaglia | 2009-02-02 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 9 | Denis Leary | 2009-05-04 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 10 | Danny DeVito | 2009-05-11 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 11 | Judd Apatow | 2009-07-27 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 12 | Mickey Rourke | 2009-08-31 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 13 | Jason Bateman | 2009-09-07 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 14 | Family Guy | 2009-09-14 | 60 min |
| Season 15 | Episode 15 | Amy Poehler | 2009-09-21 | 60 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 1 | Hilary Swank | 2009-11-09 | 60 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 2 | Bon Jovi | 2009-11-16 | 60 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 3 | Kate Hudson | 2009-12-21 | 60 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 4 | James Cameron | 2010-03-01 | 60 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 5 | Sean Combs | 2010-05-25 | 60 min |
| Season 16 | Episode 6 | Betty White | 2010-09-28 | 60 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 1 | James Franco | 2010-12-07 | 60 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 2 | Jim Carrey | 2011-01-10 | 60 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 3 | Colin Firth | 2011-02-07 | 60 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 4 | Bradley Cooper | 2011-03-14 | 60 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 5 | The Cast of 'Modern Family' | 2011-06-07 | 60 min |
| Season 17 | Episode 6 | Jennifer Aniston | 2011-07-11 | 60 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 1 | George Clooney | 2012-01-31 | 60 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 2 | Brad Pitt | 2012-02-10 | 60 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 3 | The Cast of 'Glee' | 2012-04-09 | 60 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 4 | The Cast of 'Mad Men' | 2012-05-14 | 60 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 5 | Liam Neeson | 2012-10-02 | 60 min |
| Season 18 | Episode 6 | Hugh Jackman | 2013-02-13 | 60 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 1 | Tina Fey | 2013-03-19 | 60 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 2 | 250th Episode | 2013-05-29 | 60 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 3 | Jake Gyllenhaal | 2013-09-19 | 60 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 4 | The Cast of 'Arrested Development' | 2013-11-07 | 60 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 5 | Bruce and Laura Dern | 2013-12-26 | 60 min |
| Season 19 | Episode 6 | Amy Adams | 2014-02-19 | 60 min |
| Season 20 | Episode 1 | Matthew McConaughey | 2014-02-20 | 60 min |
| Season 20 | Episode 2 | The Cast of 'How I Met Your Mother' | 2014-03-27 | 60 min |
| Season 20 | Episode 3 | Mariska Hargitay | 2014-09-22 | 60 min |
| Season 20 | Episode 4 | Sting | 2014-10-23 | 60 min |
| Season 20 | Episode 5 | Neil Patrick Harris | 2015-02-12 | 60 min |
| Season 20 | Episode 6 | Jim Parsons | 2015-06-18 | 60 min |
| Season 21 | Episode 1 | Sarah Silverman | 2015-10-22 | 60 min |
| Season 21 | Episode 2 | Bryan Cranston | 2015-11-25 | 60 min |
| Season 21 | Episode 3 | Steve Carell | 2015-12-17 | 60 min |
| Season 21 | Episode 4 | Jeff Daniels | 2016-01-07 | 60 min |
| Season 21 | Episode 5 | The Cast of 'The Walking Dead' | 2016-02-11 | 60 min |
| Season 21 | Episode 6 | Christopher Meloni | 2016-03-31 | 60 min |
| Season 22 | Episode 1 | Jessica Chastain | 2016-12-21 | 60 min |
| Season 22 | Episode 2 | Viola Davis | 2017-01-05 | 60 min |
| Season 22 | Episode 3 | Cuba Gooding, Jr. | 2017-02-02 | 60 min |
| Season 22 | Episode 4 | The Cast of Girls | 2017-02-09 | 60 min |
| Season 22 | Episode 5 | Scarlett Johansson | 2017-06-22 | 60 min |
| Season 22 | Episode 6 | Kristen Wiig | 2017-12-21 | 60 min |
| Season 22 | Episode 7 | Ted Danson | 2018-01-11 | 60 min |
| Season 23 | Episode 1 | Henry Winkler | 2019-10-13 | 60 min |
| Season 23 | Episode 2 | David Oyelowo | 2019-10-20 | 60 min |
| Season 23 | Episode 3 | Willem Dafoe | 2019-10-27 | 60 min |
| Season 23 | Episode 4 | Al Pacino | 2019-11-03 | 60 min |
| Season 23 | Episode 5 | Alfre Woodard | 2019-11-10 | 60 min |
| Season 23 | Episode 6 | Laura Dern | 2019-11-17 | 60 min |
| Season 23 | Episode 7 | James Burrows | 2019-12-01 | 60 min |
| Season 23 | Episode 8 | Lupita Nyong'o | 2019-12-15 | 60 min |
