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  1. in conversation
    Peter Dinklage on the Weirdness of Fame and the Fate of Tyrion Lannister“As an actor, the best you can do is try to bring some honesty into your parts and hope people will follow,” says the star of My Dinner With Hervé.
    By David Marchese
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    Maggie Gyllenhaal on The Kindergarten Teacher and Storytelling Through Sex“I’m not interested in showing the wish of what it looks like to be human. I’m interested in showing what it actually looks like.”
    By David Marchese
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    Emma Thompson on Her New Films and the Lies Women Are Told“I don’t think,” says the star of the upcoming The Children Act and King Lear, “that I have ever enjoyed being alive as much as I do now.”
    By David Marchese
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    Penn Jillette on Magic and the Alleged Trump Celebrity Apprentice Tapes“I want those tapes to be used against him [Trump], but it might be unfair.”
    By David Marchese
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    Kathleen Turner on Trump’s ‘Gross’ Handshake and the Co-Star She SlappedIf a man comes on set and says, “Here’s how I see this being done,” people go, “He’s decisive.” If a woman does it, they say, “There she goes.”
    By David Marchese
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    Billy Joel on His Songwriting Silence, the Country Today, and His Ideal Farewell“I never felt like I was as good as I wanted to be. My bar was Beethoven.”
    By David Marchese
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    Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on What It Means to Be a ‘Feminist Icon’“I want to tell the truth. That’s where my storytelling comes from. My feminism comes from somewhere else: acute dissatisfaction.”
    By David Marchese
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    David Lynch on His Memoir Room to Dream and Clues to His Films“People are detectives and we have life to find clues about in the same way we would with a piece of cinema.”
    By David Marchese
  9. Jeff Goldblum on Becoming a Sex Symbol and Learning to Play Himself“People write Jeff Goldblum-y parts and they want me to do them and that’s fine. I think I can even do a better version of it.”
    By David Marchese
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    Conan O’Brien on the Future of Conan, the Tonight Show Mess, and Boring Guests“I’m the last man with a pompadour. Don’t I get comedy points for that?”
    By David Marchese
  11. Johnny Knoxville on His New Movie and Whether He’s Done His Last Stunt“I love what I do, but at some point I’m not gonna be able to do it anymore,” he says. “When that time comes I want it to be my choice.”
    By David Marchese
  12. Bill Burr on the Value of Humiliation and Not Being Taken Too Seriously“I’m literally doing a job that is the silliest job other than dressing up like a clown. Why would you put any weight to anything I’m saying?”
    By David Marchese
  13. Dave Matthews on His New Album, His Fans’ Desires, and His Own Self-doubt“I do still think I’m going to wake up one morning,” he says. “And everyone is going to be like, ‘We were wrong about you.’”
    By David Marchese
  14. Seth Rogen on His Netflix Special, the Sony Hack, and Working While Stoned“I’ve started reading more about drugs,” he says. “It has made me think, Man, I did a lot of shrooms when I was 13 years old.”
    By David Marchese
  15. Preet Bharara’s Former Deputy on His Old Boss’s Firing and Michael Cohen CaseFormer acting U.S. attorney Joon Kim discusses leading the Southern District of New York under the Trump administration.
    By Cristian Farias
  16. Isabella Rossellini on Evolution, #MeToo, and the Good Parts of Aging“I knew I was not an ideal woman,” she says. “But I suggested something that allowed people to complete their fantasies.”
    By David Marchese
  17. Mike D on His New Life, NYC Versus L.A., and How Rap Has ChangedThirty-seven years later, he can say, with a smile, “I learned a lot of things in the Beastie Boys — including how to appreciate a good time.”
    By David Marchese
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    Julian Casablancas on His Album, the Strokes, and How Money Ruined Modern PopHe became famous for embodying classic rock-and-roll nonchalance. These days he’s more interested in showing how deeply he’s engaged.
    By David Marchese
  19. conversation starters
    One Great Question to Ask an ArtistA master class in dinner-party conversations, from a panel hosted by David Zwirner Books.
    By Sarah Spellings
  20. Martin Short on the Secret to Talk Shows and What SNL Can’t Do AnymoreShort talks about his life and career less as a series of wins and losses and more as simply a (very funny) flow of experiences.
    By David Marchese
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    Quincy Jones on the Secret Michael Jackson and the Problem With Modern PopCurrently in the midst of an extended victory lap ahead of his turning 85 in March, the music legend talks like he has nothing to lose.
    By David Marchese
  22. Bernadette Peters on Hollywood, Theater As Therapy, and Replacing Bette Midler“I never think about things like legacy,” says the Broadway legend. “I don’t think that’s how you should think about what you do.”
    By David Marchese
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    Erykah Badu on Jedi Mind Tricks and How Millennials Hear Music“You can’t roll a joint on the cover of a digital download.”
    By David Marchese
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    Terry Gross on the Art of the Q&A and the Guest That Most Surprised Her“If you’re willing,” says the Fresh Air host, “you can get an interview to a pretty real emotional place.”
    By David Marchese
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    Eminem on His New Album, His Critics, and Hating Donald Trump“I’m not worried about whether people like what I say politically,” he says. “I just want to know they’re listening.”
    By David Marchese
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    Tori Amos Is Still HereThe singer-songwriter on how the music industry silences women, what men need to learn about harassment, and a career spent fighting.
    By David Marchese
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    Suddenly, Jimmy Kimmel Is Our Cronkite“I go to bed worried, and I wake up worried, and I honestly don’t know if things are going to be okay.”
    By David Marchese
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    Miles Teller on His New Movie, Superhero Franchises, and Being Likable (or Not)The actor on Thank You For Your Service, superhero franchises, and being likable (or not).
    By David Marchese
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    Sarah Silverman on Her New Show, Taboos, and the Problem With Being DirtyThe comedian on her new show, breaking taboos, and the problem with being dirty.
    By David Marchese
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    John Cleese on Political Correctness and the Funniest Joke He Ever Told“Why should we sacrifice laughter to the cause of politically correctness if that laughter isn’t rooted in nastiness?”
    By David Marchese
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    Bill de Blasio on Trump, Cuomo, and Getting New York to Like YouThe mayor thinks New Yorkers appreciate real talk, even if some of it is bad news. But also, he says, a lot of it isn’t.
    By Chris Smith
  32. fall preview 2017
    James Murphy on LCD Soundsystem’s Return – and Why They’ll Never Break Up AgainThe LCD Soundsystem front man on music’s progress, his band’s return, and the moment of spite behind its famous farewell concert.
    By David Marchese
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    Judd Apatow on His Legacy, Feminism, and Why Republicans Make for Bad TVIn conversation with the man who changed Hollywood comedy.
    By David Marchese
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    Trent Reznor Talks His New Music, the Future of Streaming, and His Tortured PastIn conversation with the Nine Inch Nails icon.
    By David Marchese
  35. vulture cover story
    David Letterman on Life After TV, Late Night Today, and the Man He Calls Trumpy“How’s this interview going? Do you think you’re talking to a normal person here?”
    By David Marchese
  36. Charlie Brooker on Trump and and the Internet“We’re all helplessly spiraling into corners and bellowing at each other. I miss everything being boring.”
    By Jesse Singal
  37. books
    In Conversation With Colson WhiteheadThe author of The Underground Railroad on Oprah’s endorsement and avoiding clichés of the “Southern Novel of Black Misery.”
    By BORIS KACHKA
  38. In Conversation: Cuba Gooding Jr.“I just got out of actor jail of doing ten years of direct-to-video movies … I’m starving. I’m hungry again.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  39. In Conversation: Cuba Gooding Jr.“I just got out of actor jail of doing ten years of direct-to-video movies … I’m starving. I’m hungry again.”
    By E. Alex Jung
  40. In Conversation: Charlie KaufmanThe writer behind Being John Malkovich discusses where his ideas come from, the TV shows he can’t get made, and the finer points of puppet sex.
    By Adam Sternbergh
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    David Simon on Spotlight and the State of Media“It’s such a great movie, but again, for me it’s probably journalism porn.”
    By Jada Yuan
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    In Conversation: DeRay MckessonThe activist talks about the new civil-rights movement he helped launch, the conspiracy theories he’s inspired, and that blue vest.
    By Rembert Browne
  43. John Mulaney Opens Up About Show’s Cancellation“I don’t know if it would have been so good, for me as a human being on Earth, to think that way.”
    By Jesse David Fox
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    Seth Meyers Discusses SNL, Late Night, TrumpWatch the hour-long interview now.
    By Jesse David Fox
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    How Aaron Sorkin Designed Steve Jobs“I knew that nothing else was going to matter to me if I couldn’t get past the manner in which Steve was a father.”
    By David Wallace-Wells
  46. In Conversation With Nancy MeyersWe sat down with Meyers for a conversation about what it’s like, and what it means, to occupy such a singular position in the movie industry.
    By Amy Larocca
  47. good talk
    Amy Odell on Fashion, Writing, and the InternetThe veteran Cut editor is publishing her first book.
    By Stella Bugbee
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    In Conversation With Quentin TarantinoMidway through his eighth movie, the director discusses writing scripts by hand, ‘90s nostalgia, and becoming — relatively — mellow with time.
    By Lane Brown
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    Bryan Fuller on Hannibal’s ‘Cancellation’ and S4“The idea that I have for season four is so terrifying creatively.”
    By Matt Zoller Seitz
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    A Conversation With Senator Kirsten GillibrandTalking about sexual assault, women in politics, and, yes, Amy Schumer, with the New York senator.
    By Jaime Fuller
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