Timothy Simons

Timothy Simons talks about “Veep” and what’s next for his acting career.

Timothy Simons is an actor, comedian and writer who has gained notoriety for his work on HBO’s television series “Veep.” His role in the series has gained him both an EWwy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination. He’s also appeared on “The Interview,” “Christine” and “Gold.”

 

Giancarlo Esposito

Giancarlo Esposito talks about his film, “This is Your Death,” finding one’s passion and his experience on “Breaking Bad.”

Giancarlo Esposito is an Emmy-nominated actor best known for playing Gustavo “Gus” Fring on AMC’s “Breaking Bad” and “Better Call Saul.” Esposito starred in movies and TV shows such as “The Usual Suspects,” “The Jungle Book” and “Revolution.” He won the 2012 Critic’s Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of “Gus” in “Breaking Bad.”

 

Kim Gordon

Kim Gordon is a founding member of Sonic Youth and author of the best-selling memoir “Girl in a Band.” The memoir chronicles her childhood in California, her time in New York in the ‘80s and ‘90s and the rise of Sonic Youth. In addition to being a musician and author, Gordon is a fashion designer, actress and artist.

Kevin Nealon

Kevin Nealon is a comedian and actor who spent 9 years on “Saturday Night Live,” including three as the anchor of Weekend Update, and 7 seasons in the cast of the Showtime series “Weeds.”

Tony Hale

Actor and comedian Tony Hale is best known for playing Buster Bluth on “Arrested Development.” He won multiple Emmys for his role as Gary Walsh, the bumbling Body Man to Julia Louis-Dreyfus, on HBO’s “Veep.”

Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner is a Pulitzer Prize-winning and Tony and Emmy award-winning playwright and screenwriter whose credits include “Lincoln,” “Munich” and “Angels in America.”

Fred Armisen

Comedian Fred Armisen is best known for his eleven seasons on “Saturday Night Live” and for IFC’s “Portlandia,” which he created, wrote and starred in.

Lawrence Wright (2014)

Lawrence Wright is a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and staff writer for The New Yorker. His book, “Thirteen Days in September: Carter, Begin, and Sadat at Camp David,” is a day-by-day account of the 1978 Camp David Accords and was published in 2014. Wright won the Pulitzer in 2007 for his book, “Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11.”

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