Prison Break’s WILLIAM FICHTNER: Putting the ...

Zach Braff (Scrubs, Garden State, Shrinking) joins me again this week for a conversation that swings from gut busting funny to genuinely tender. Zach opens up about living with depression, the highs and lows of a creative life, and the shingles nightmare he survived while directi ...  Show more

Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live, Portlandia, Wednesday) joins us this week for a wide ranging and surprisingly personal conversation about horror movies, drumming, Prince, and the unlikely turn that brought him to comedy. Fred opens up about the moment in his early thirties whe ...  Show more

The character actor's character actor — there's a reason the 'Six Degrees' game is named after him — reflects on lessons learned from early projects like 'Animal House' and 'Diner,' why he sabotaged his own stardom after 'Footloose,' how he later reinvented himself as a character ...  Show more

The best character actor working today, according to a 2021 industry survey, reflects on how he came to acting by way of the scene shop, why he quit the profession for two years in the early 2000s and what explains his remarkable past decade — a Tony nom, an Emmy nom (with anothe ...  Show more

The Mad Men star talks about the trials and tribulations of breaking into Hollywood and how the show changed his life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

The veteran character actor looks back on years of side-jobs and failed auditions, learning to make the most of parts of any size and landing the role of a lifetime — for which he is now favored to win the best supporting actor Oscar — in Martin McDonagh’s acclaimed dramedy. But ...  Show more