Interviews

One publication influenced my approach to an interview: Playboy. Growing up, I flipped through its pages, occasionally hiding the magazine underneath my pillow like many boys, and I became engrossed by the magazine’s intellectual style. During the 2000 presidential campaign, I was asked to conducted interviews with each candidate for the Philadelphia Inquirer and I’ve since interviewed dozens of artists and leaders, including John McCain, George W. Bush, Robert Benton, Vincent Bugliosi and Lasse Hallstrom.

John McCain

Sen. John McCain talked about abortion, altruism and Mother Teresa in my wide-ranging 1999 interview. Read more >>

Walt Disney Pictures Chairman Dick Cook

The Disney studio’s top businessman talks about Enchanted, Pirates and Narnia—as well as a fire on the Monorail—in this exclusive interview. Read more >>

Alumni Profile: Amgen's Ed Garnett

This 2000 interview was published as a profile in the alumni magazine for the College of Business Administration & Economics at California State University, Northridge.

Born and raised in Los Angeles, Amgen’s vice president of human resources Edward F. Garnett attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks and was a member of the last class to graduate from Cal State Northridge’s predecessor, San Fernando Valley State College, in 1971. Read more >>

Jack Germond

This 1999 interview was published in the Arizona Republic.

It’s easy to spot Jack Germond; most know him as the heavy, liberal columnist whose blunt insights were a regular feature on the lively television program, The McLaughlin Group. Read more >>

Lamar Alexander Lamar Alexander Emphasizes Individual Liberty

This 1999 interview with Lamar Alexander was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the Los Angeles Daily News, San Jose Mercury News, Arizona Republic, Bangor (Maine) Daily News, and the Casper (Wyoming) Star-Tribune.

Born in Blount County, Tennessee, Lamar Alexander was raised by his schoolteacher parents, who taught in Maryville and sent their son to public schools there. Read more >>

First HSA President William West, M.D.

This 2005 interview was conducted for the non-profit charitable organization Americans for Free Choice in Medicine (AFCM). Mr. Holleran has served as editorial adviser since 1994.

Pennsylvania-based First HSA is a profitable business run by what Ayn Rand called “the forgotten man of socialized medicine”: the doctor. Read more >>

Martin Russ

This 2000 article was published in the Hartford Courant, the San Jose Mercury News and Los Angeles Daily News.

Sandwiched between the worldwide upheaval of World War II and the controversial Vietnam War, the Korean War, which lasted from 1950 to 1953, is the forgotten war. Read more >>

Dr. Dean Edell

Variations of this 2001 interview were published in the Hartford Courant, Buffalo News and Los Angeles Daily News.

Before there were Drs. Laura, Ruth, and Drew, there was Dr. Dean—Dr. Dean Edell. At a time when most news networks have a regular stable of on-air doctors—one for every calamity—Edell was a pioneer as one of America’s first media doctors. Read more >>

Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio On Pirates of the Caribbean

Originally published by Box Office Mojo

Box Office Mojo interviews the writers who created Captain Jack Sparrow. Read more >>

Lasse Hallstrom On An Unfinished Life

Originally published by Box Office Mojo

As An Unfinished Life premieres on DVD, director Lasse Hallstrom talks about Robert Redford, Jennifer Lopez and ABBA. Read more >>

Earl Holliman

Originally published by Box Office Mojo

With Police Woman finally on DVD, Box Office Mojo interviews the 1970s show's co-star, actor Earl Holliman, about his career, his chemistry with Angie Dickinson and the feminist attacks on the sexy show. Read more >>

Christopher Nolan

Originally published by Box Office Mojo

The Batman Begins director discusses comic books, the 1978 Superman and heroism, what makes a blockbuster, James Bond and and watching Mary Poppins with his family. Read more >>

Chris Van Allsburg Question and Answer with Writer Chris Van Allsburg

Originally published by Box Office Mojo

With Zathura on DVD, the nation’s top chidren’s book author and illustrator talks about his picture books, including The Polar Express, and the process of making his books into movies. Read more >>

Lasse Hallstrom On What’s Eating Gilbert Grape

Originally published by Box Office Mojo

With a new DVD for What’s Eating Gilbert Grape starring Johnny Depp and Leonardo DiCaprio, director Lasse Hallstrom talks about making the classic small town picture. Read more >>

Michael Paxton Championing the Example of Ayn Rand; Her Sense of Life Inspires Filmmaker

Originally published February 15, 1998 in Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

This month, Ayn Rand appears on the big screen—for the first time since her movie debut. Many people don't know that the author of "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" arrived in Hollywood as a penniless immigrant from the Soviet Union and was soon cast as an extra in Cecil B. DeMille's 1927 "King of Kings." Read more >>

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