The Treatment

<p>Musician and actor, and author Steven Van Zandt on being in the right place at the right time.</p>

<p>Director Jeymes Samuel on the often ignored history of Black cowboys.</p>

<p>Director and actor Rebecca Hall on finding the language to understand her family’s complex history</p>

<p>Writer and director Mia Hansen-Løve on how cinema saved her life.</p>

<p>Director Ken Burns on the beauty and love of Muhammad Ali.</p>

<p>Ry Russo-Young on the inevitability of her role in her own documentary</p>

<p>Destin Daniel Cretton on working through personal issues through his films.</p>

<p>Writer David Chase on why he keeps coming back to the 1960s</p>

<p>Actress Sandra Oh on her characters’ relationship to power.</p>

<p>Director Haile Gerima on learning from his audiences.</p>

<p>Music producer Mark Ronson on why we shouldn’t be surprised that Paul McCartney is a fan of Public Enemy</p>

<p>Author and producer Jonathan Taplin on joining the circus of rock and roll in the 1960's.</p>

<p>Journalism professor and author Ava Thompson Greenwell on the ‘heavy backpack’ that Black women in newsrooms carry</p>

<p>Ewan McGregor on the public and private lives of designer Roy Halston</p>

<p>Melissa McCarthy and Ben Falcone: ‘Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal and Greed’</p>

<p>Actor, writer and director Andrew Rannells on bringing optimism to his roles.</p>

<p>Director Janicza Bravo on the painting that helped set the tone for her film ‘Zola’</p>

<p>Journey guitarist Neal Schon on the genesis of “Don’t Stop Believin.’”</p>

<p>Screenwriter Ed Solomon on working with smart actors.</p>

<p>WarnerMedia’s Christy Haubegger on not looking at inclusion as philanthropy.</p>

<p>Writer-Director Quentin Tarantino on loneliness in his films.</p>

<p>Actress Uzo Aduba on therapy as process.</p>

<p>Writer, director, and actor Andrew McCarthy on the freedom of ‘Weekend At Bernie’s’</p>

<p>Actor, writer and poet Saul Williams on not talking until he has something to say</p>

<p>Director and actor Natalie Morales on making an R-rated teen comedy about health care.</p>

<p>Director Barry Jenkins on giving his characters time to breathe.</p>

<p>Actor and director David Oyelowo on the layers of a family film.</p>

<p>Actor Kenan Thompson on taking comedy very seriously.</p>

<p>Actor and producer, Michael B. Jordan on the video game “Rainbow Six” as inspiration for his newest role</p>

<p>Actor and writer Gabriel Byrne on the joke from childhood that still makes him laugh</p>

<p>Actor and comedian Eric André on how free jazz inspires his prank comedy.</p>

<p>Writer Mark Harris on Mike Nichols as an outsider.</p>

<p>Writer-director Emerald Fennell on why subtlety is overrated.</p>

<p>Composer Terence Blanchard on the ‘magic and divine’ of working with Spike Lee.</p>

<p>Artist Amy Sherald on painting what she wants to see in the world.</p>

<p>Actress Ciara Bravo on discovering her characters’ secrets.</p>

<p>‘WandaVision’ Executive Producer Jac Schaeffer on the storytelling possibilities of the sitcom</p>

<p>Director Nicholas Jarecki on the real life inspiration for his newest film ‘Crisis’</p>

<p>Vanity Fair’s editor-in-chief Radhika Jones on redefining glamour.</p>

<p>Filmmaker Garrett Bradley on the complicated meaning of time.</p>

<p>Actress Nicole Beharie on the compromises for access and agency.</p>

<p>Director Chloé Zhao on the significance of a sunset.</p>

<p>Actress Zendaya on picking a side in ‘Malcolm and Marie’</p>

<p>Writer and speaker Fran Lebowitz on her misinterpreted affection for New York.</p>

<p><span>Writer-director Aaron Sorkin on writing up to the edge of melodrama.</span></p>

<p>Writer-director Eugene Ashe’s new take on an old-fashioned love story.</p>

<p><span>This week on The Treatment, Elvis welcomes Emmy-award winning actor Jeff Daniels. Daniels’ newest project is the Showtime miniseries “The Comey Rule” based on former FBI director James Comey’s book “A Higher Loyalty.” Daniels talks about how his role as Will McAvoy in HBO's "The Newsroom," opened up a new phase in his career as a leading actor. He also discusses the power of stillness in some of his most recent roles, and he tells Elvis about a memorable backstage meeting with Justin Timberlake during his run as Atticus Finch in "To Kill a Mockingbird" on Broadway. And Daniels talks about why he only wants five words or less from a director.</span></p>

<p><span>George C. Wolfe on power dynamics in ‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’</span></p>

<p><span>Chris Gibbs and Beth Birkett on Union Los Angeles’ staying power.</span></p>

<p><span>Actor Riz Ahmed on getting out of his head for his newest role.</span></p>