Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

Sydney Pollack considers how movies can combine historical perspective and character drama in this out-take from TCM's Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence.

Actor Bill Murray on working with other actors when you're not on camera, and speculating about Cary Grant, from TCM's Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence

In each half-hour episode of this series, Mitchell invites special celebrity guests to sit down and talk about how classic film has influenced their lives. In the interview with Lawrence Fishburne, the actor discusses working with director Francis Ford Coppola and his observations on actor Clark Gable.

In each half-hour episode of this series, Mitchell invites special celebrity guests to sit down and talk about how classic film has influenced their lives. In the interview with Quentin Tarantino, the director discusses his interest in low-budget exploitation films and why he sometimes shows Howard Hawks' His Girl Friday to his actors.

Actor Edward Norton compares directors Spike Lee and Sidney Lumet in this excerpt from TCM's Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence,

In each half-hour episode of this series, Mitchell invites special celebrity guests to sit down and talk about how classic film has influenced their lives. In the interview with Joan Allen, the actress discusses the adjustment she had to make going from theatre to film and her appreciation of genre films, citing Carrie with Sissy Spacek as one example.