This episode features Julia Roberts (Homecoming) in conversation with Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora). Meanwhile, Amy Adams (Sharp Objects) and Richard Madden (Bodyguard) discuss how they handle the anxiety of playing difficult characters. Taraji P. Henson (Empire) with Ellen Pompeo (Grey’s Anatomy) talk about how playing strong characters affected their careers and paychecks.

Watch veteran actors Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method) and Benicio Del Toro (Escape at Dannemora) look back on their careers and choice of roles; Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) and Regina Hall (Black Monday) speak about how clothing and a character’s backstory; and Sam Rockwell (Fosse/Verdon) joins Renée Zellweger (What/If) to discuss how the quality of television programs.

Robin Wright (House of Cards) and Chris Pine (I Am the Night) talk about playing morally ambiguous characters. Meanwhile, former co-stars Michelle Williams (Fosse/Verdon) and Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects) discuss why they made the jump from the big screen to television. Sacha Baron Cohen (Who is America?) and Don Cheadle (Black Monday) discuss how costumes can make or break a role.

Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Billy Porter (Pose) discuss how fashion can actually elicit social change; Tracee Ellis Ross (Black-ish) and Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story) speak about what it’s like to direct their own series. Natasha Lyonne (Russian Doll) and Maya Rudolph (Forever) talk about producing projects that deal with death and mortality.