Elizabeth Taylor is interviewed after she debuted on stage in 1981 in Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes, sharing the most common question she has been asked about this performance. She also discusses whether she prefers acting on stage or in films and the different body language techniques for each. Opening night was sold out the first day and Taylor was nominated for a Tony for her performance.

In 1999, Barbara Walters interviews Elizabeth Taylor, asking her what it feels like to win an Academy Award and delving into Taylor’s experience when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 1997. Find out what Taylor wondered about after the tumor was removed and whether she was happy or unhappy with what she discovered.

Dinah Shore interviews Elizabeth Taylor via telephone in 1978. The two women discuss Elizabeth’s career as a child actress; whether or not the public truly knows Taylor; the importance of privacy; how Taylor’s husband, Senator John Warner, would feel if she returned to filmmaking; and what’s really important to Taylor.

Elizabeth Taylor was interviewed at the 2011 Reel Awards in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she was asked to comment on the death of her close friend, singer Michael Jackson. He had died on June 25, 2009 under suspicious circumstances. Taylor herself died on March 23, 2011 of congestive heart failure at the age of 79.

Elizabeth Taylor and singer Michael Jackson are briefly interviewed on the red carpet, with Taylor calling Jackson one of her closest friends. Their friendship was considered one of the oddest in Hollywood and yet it lasted for about three decades. See what else Taylor says about Jackson in this clip.

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are interviewed in 1968 about their working relationship and Taylor explains what makes her panic stricken. The two actors were married from 1964-1974, got a divorce, then married again before divorcing a final time.

In this short clip from 2001, Elizabeth Taylor talks about being a child actor, when she began taking acting seriously and who she acted with at that time. Taylor began acting when she was 14 years old and also discusses some of her memorable reviews.