WTF with Marc Maron Podcast

Hugh Grant talks with Marc about getting better with age, taking on the tabloids, having a good time playing bad people, and loving musicals.

In order for Eddie Murphy to become “Eddie Murphy” he had to become a comedian. Eddie tells Marc, comic-to-comic, what it was like being a Black teenager on Long Island building a standup act fueled by impressions and inspired by Richard Pryor. And now, with fatherhood at the center of his life, Eddie explains why he wants to bookend his career by going back on stage...

Jake Gyllenhaal knows he has a great job as a celebrated film actor. But the thing that brings him true joy is bursting into song as part of a stage musical. Jake talks with Marc about his love of theater, which ended up landing him three Tony Award nominations this year, one for acting and two for producing. They also get into why Broadway needs to evolve when it returns, why Jake was in awe of Heath Ledger, and why he was completely surprised by Marc after this episode started...

Jake Gyllenhaal talks with Marc about getting Tony nominations, producing Broadway shows, being in awe of Heath Ledger, and getting joy from doing musicals.

Tim Allen talks with Marc about being Tim Taylor, Mike Baxter, Buzz Lightyear, Santa Claus, and a midwestern club comic.

Tim Allen has embodied enough different personas - Tim Taylor, Mike Baxter, Buzz Lightyear, Santa Claus - that he often doesn't know which guy he actually is. But at least he's no longer the directionless young man who made bad choices and ran afoul of the law. Tim tells Marc how he cleaned up his act and made it as a club comic before breaking out with one of the most popular sitcoms in network history...

Michael K. Williams talks with Marc about The Wire, playing Omar, loving Rachael Ray, his scar, and the personal nature of his role in Body Brokers.

Michael K. Williams knows that a lot of people consider his character, Omar Little, to be the best character on The Wire. But he has a different opinion about the show's best character. Michael tells Marc about how he brought his struggles as an addict to his performance, how he relapsed while making the show, and how the cast gave him the support he needed to get clean...

Oscar-winning actress Melissa Leo talks to Marc about The Fighter, Frozen River, the Comedy Store and her new movie Body Brokers.

Melissa Leo's acting style is a combination of gut instincts and a compulsive need to ask questions. It's a style that already earned her an Oscar and continual employment, but also keeps her from falling into the trap of business-as-usual...