Want to know what really makes me tick? Dishing with notable names about who their mentor is, what they attribute their longevity to, advice they’d give to rookies breaking in, and if they knew now what they knew then would they do anything differently. Here’s a brief list off the top of my head re: celebs I’ve interviewed over the years…
It is refreshing though to raise the bar with career chat, yes? I didn’t list screenwriters or producers/directors but honestly, they’re my heroes. The complete list (be sure to scroll all the way down) includes talent, reality stars, notable names/authors, singers/performers, Broadway stars and of course, athletes.
| FILM/TELEVISION | ||
| Ben | Affleck | |
| Jay | Baruchel | |
| Ed | Burns | |
| Gerard | Butler | |
| Ryan | Cabrera | |
| Kim | Cattrall | |
| Jessica | Chastain | |
| Glenn | Close | |
| Jackie | Collins | |
| Willem | Dafoe | |
| Matt | Damon | |
| Kristen | Davis | |
| Brooklyn | Decker | |
| Minnie | Driver | |
| Anthony | Edwards | |
| Alice | Eve | |
| Peter | Facinelli | |
| Tina | Fey | |
| Michael J. | Fox | |
| Ina | Garten | |
| Ethan | Hawke | |
| Djimon | Hounsou | |
| Angelina | Jolie | |
| Kellan | Lutz | |
| Rachel | McAdams | |
| Sienna | Miller | |
| Cynthia | Nixon | |
| Anika | Noni Rose | |
| Chris | Noth | |
| Paula | Patton | |
| Jaime | Pressley | |
| Krysten | Ritter | |
| Paul | Rudd | |
| Kyra | Sedgwick | |
| Jason | Segel | |
| Kevin | Smith | |
| Hailee | Steinfeld | |
| Uma | Thurman | |
| Liv | Tyler | |
| Shailne | Woodley | |
| SPORTS | ||
| James | Blake | (tennis) |
| Victor | Cruz | (football) |
| Heidi | El Tabakh | (tennis) |
| Mardy | Fish | (tennis) |
| Reggie | Jackson | (baseball) |
| Bojana | Jovanovski | (tennis) |
| Ryan | Lochte | (tennis) |
| Rick | Mirer | (football) |
| Tamira | Paszek | (tennis) |
| Mariano | Rivera | (baseball) |
| Gilles | Simon | (tennis) |
| Gilles | Simon | (tennis) |
| Mark | Teixeira | (baseball) |
| Dwayne | Wade | (basketball) |
| Vera | Zvonereva | (tennis) |
| NOTABLE NAMES + AUTHORS | ||
| Mark | Burnett | |
| Candace | Bushnell | |
| Deepak | Chopra | |
| Jackie | Collins | |
| Mary | Higgins Clark | |
| Arianna | Huffington | |
| Marissa | Mayer | |
| Sheryl | Sandberg | |
| Iman | ||
| Dr. Ruth | ||
| MODELS/FASHION DESIGNERS | ||
| Kenza | Fourati | |
| Nanette | Lepore | |
| Stacy | Igel | |
| MEDIA | ||
| Jill | Abramson | |
| Maria | Bartiromo | |
| Jennie | Bond | |
| Andy | Cohen | |
| Katie | Couric | |
| Patrick | Kiernan | |
| Patrick | McMullan | |
| Natalie | Morales | |
| Anna | Quindlen | |
| Kelly | Ripa | |
| Al | Roker | |
| Meredith | Vieira | |
| Barbara | Walters | |
| Brian | Williams | |
| SINGERS | ||
| Ryan | Cabrera | |
| Vanessa | Carlton | |
| Kelly | Clarkson | |
| Hilary | Duff | |
| Lady | Gaga | |
| Keri | Hilson | |
| Jennifer | Hudson | |
| Avril | Lavigne | |
| Kanye | West | |
| Pharrell | Williams | |
| Bowling For Soup | ||
| Fergie | ||
| Fall Out Boy | ||
| MADONNA! | ||
| RIHANNA! | ||
| Neyo | ||
| BROADWAY | ||
| Ina | Garten | |
| Bernadette | Peters | |
| REALITY TV PERSONALITIES | ||
| Ted | Allen | |
| Nate | Berkus | |
| Kelly | Cutrone | |
| Carson | Daly | |
| Paula | Deen | |
| Rocco | DiSpirito | |
| Haylie | Duff | |
| Tim | Gunn | |
| Stacy | Keibler | |
| Vanessa | Lachey | |
| Padma | Lakshmi | |
| Jacqueline | Laurita | |
| Jay | Manuel | |
| Caroline | Manzo | |
| Ramona | Singer | |
| Robert | Verdi | |
| Robert | Verdi | |
| Kathy | Wakile | |
| Johnny | Wujek | |
| Rachel | Zoe | |
| BrianBoy | ||
Look out, world! Vicki Salemi is a vivacious "slasher" (a.k.a. slash careers = multi-tasker): Author / HR & career expert / Host of Score That Job / Reality TV Producer / Editor of MediaJobsDaily / Career Boot Camp Chief / journalist / public speaker / die-hard Yankees fan!
