20th Anniversary Celebration with distinguished actors Claire Danes, Ethan Hawke, Nick Offerman, Kyra Sedgwick, and Josh Brolin
Design Matters with Debbie Millman
Design Matters Media
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🗓️ 6 January 2026
⏱️ 53 minutes
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For the 20th anniversary of Design Matters, Debbie Millman revisits conversations with distinguished actors Claire Danes, Ethan Hawke, Nick Offerman, Kyra Sedgwick, and Josh Brolin. These excerpts explore how they approach their craft, work with directors and fellow actors, and what it means to inhabit a role and sustain a creative life on stage and on screen.
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| 0:00.0 | Yeah, that was just supposed to be a kiss. |
| 0:02.7 | We filmed it. |
| 0:03.6 | It was supposed to be a pack. |
| 0:05.1 | I would rollerblade from audition to audition. |
| 0:08.2 | You said, you have two lines? |
| 0:10.7 | I said, then heck yeah. |
| 0:15.0 | From the TED Audio Collective, this is Design Matters with Debbie Milman. |
| 0:22.2 | On Design Matters, Debbie talks with some of the most creative people in the world about what they do, |
| 0:27.2 | how they got to be who they are, and what they're thinking about, and working on. |
| 0:31.6 | On this episode, in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Design Matters, |
| 0:36.3 | we'll hear from some of the actors that Debbie has interviewed over the years. |
| 0:39.9 | Oh, I simply finally get it. |
| 0:42.7 | Just act like yourself. |
| 0:45.2 | A lot was expected of me, and I was excited to live up to that. |
| 1:01.8 | For the first 15 years of my two-decade journey podcasting design matters, I didn't interview actors. |
| 1:13.5 | I'm not exactly sure why given actors often live exceedingly creative lives, and interviewing creative people has always been the foundation of the podcast. But beginning in 2020, I started booking some of my favorite actors. Doing so allowed me to do something |
| 1:20.6 | that a lot of other interviewers don't often get to do. I asked my guests all about the |
| 1:27.2 | circuitous roads they took and root to becoming |
| 1:30.3 | the acclaimed artists they currently are. First up is Claire Danes. I spoke with Claire in |
| 1:37.1 | 2020 just after she wrapped the final season of Homeland. For her role as Carrie Matheson, |
| 1:44.1 | Danes was nominated for five Emmy Awards and won two. |
| 1:48.7 | But before we talked about her success, I asked her about the very beginnings of her career. |
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