I've done hundreds of interviews. Sometimes I fall in love with someone because their work is so terrific, or because they're funny when I hadn't expected that, or they are so intimate that I want to protect them. Sometimes I fall out of love, too, but that's much rarer.

Glenn Close (Movieline)
Glenn loosens up. A tiny bit

Naomi Watts (Hollywood Life)
The adorable Watts is someone I continue to root for.

Angelina Jolie (Movieline)
She was completely unknown when I did this interview, and so fragile that I used to sit up nights and worry about her.

Greg Louganis (POZ)
Years ago I saw Louganis diving at the University of Miami pool. Meeting him was a total thrill.

Christopher Walken (Movieline)
Walken is nothing like the creepy characters he plays. Which is why they call it acting.

River Phoenix (Spin)
I wrote this the week after River died. His work was so amazing — he'll always be missed.

Mariah Carey (Movieline)
I had a great time with Mariah, and then the next day she had a nervous breakdown. I'm pretty sure I had nothing to do with it.

Jennifer Lopez (Cosmopolitan)
This was the third interview I did with Lopez. She reinvented herself each time.

Matt LeBlanc (Movieline)
The sweetest guy I ever interviewed. He only wanted to give me some of the free Ray-Bans they sent as soon as he could afford to buy them himself.

Fran Drescher (In Style)
I didn't know much about Drescher before this interview, but I can still hear her voice in my dreams.

Roman Polanski (Movieline)
Roman Holiday (not really)

Susan Sarandon (Movieline)
On men, motherhood, and movies

Labor Daze (Movieline)
How childbirth is portrayed onscreen

Kevin Bacon (Movieline)
Mr. Bacon truly is the center of the universe