FDTD: George Clooney
source: Extra date: 1996
Q- WHAT ABOUT THIS MOVIE? I HAVE TO TELL YOU
THE WHOLE TIME I WAS SITTING THERE I WAS LIKE THIS. I MEAN I
WAS SO EXHAUSTED BY THE TIME I WALKED OUT OF THERE.
A- LIKE THIS. AHHH.
Q- IT WAS A GREAT MOVIE, VERY ENTERTAINING BUT
THE FIRST THING I THOUGHT OF WAS WOW THAT'S A DIFFERENT KIND
OF, I DIDN'T EXPECT YOU TO BE IN THAT KIND OF A MOVIE.
A- OH REALLY? I WAS JUST THRILLED TO GET THE
CHANCE TO BE IN THAT KIND OF A MOVIE. YOU KNOW, THERE WERE,
PEOPLE WERE ASKING ME QUESTIONS YESTERDAY, ASKING ME WHY THIS
FILM, THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH QUENTON, YOU KNOW WITH ROBERT
RODRIGUEZ, HARVEY KEITELL, WITH JULIETTE LEWIS. QUENTON CALLED
ME UP AND SAID DO YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN DOING THIS AND I READ
THE SCRIPT AND I SAID "WHAT SEXUALLY DO I HAVE TO DO TO GET
THIS." YEAH, FOR ME IT WAS JUST, I COULDN'T HAVE PICKED A BETTER
JOB.
Q- QUITE A BIT DIFFERENT FROM DR. ROSS THOUGH.
A- WELL NOT REALLY. I'M UP TO MY ANKLES IN BLOOD
AND THERE'S BODY PARTS ALL OVER THE PLACE SO ITS VERY SIMILAR.
Q- DON'T YOU THINK YOUR FANS ARE GOING TO BE
SUPRISED? IT'S QUITE A DIFFERENT SIDE TO YOU.
A- I DON'T KNOW..
Q- FROM THE HEALING SIDE, THE NICE DOCTOR TO
THE MURDERER...
A- I DON'T THINK I'M SO NICE ON THAT SHOW. WELL,
IF YOU ARE GOING TO GO SEE THE MOVIE AND YOU SEE WHOSE MAKING
IT AND ITS QUENTIN AND ROBERT I THINK YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE
IN FOR WHEN YOU WALK IN THE DOOR. SO I DON'T THINK ANYBODY IS
GOING TO BE TOO SURPRISED.
Q- OH I THINK THEY WILL BE SURPRISED WHEN THEY
SEE THE MOVIE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT I WAS IN FOR.
A- WELL I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
IN THE MOVIE, THAT, I REMEMBER READING IT AND GOING ARE YOU
KIDDING ME. UNBELIEVABLE.
Q- HOW CAN YOU MAKE THIS ALL WORK BUT IT WORKS.
HOW WAS IT WORKING WITH QUENTIN?
A- ITS GREAT. WE GOT ALONG GREAT.
Q- DESCRIBE WHAT HE US LIKE?
A - HE IS LIKE THIS RAW NERVE AND ENERGY THAT
YOU HAVE TO HIT IN THE HEAD. I MEAN POP IT. (WHICH YOU DID)
I SMACKED HIM. HE'S, ITS HARD TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE HE REALLY HAS
ALL THIS ENERGY ALL THE TIME, HE'S WORKING TRYING TO KEEP IT,
HE'S THE HARDEST PERSON IN THE WORLD TO TRY TO EXPLAIN BECAUSE
HE HAS ALL THIS TALENT AND HE ALSO HAS ALL THIS. HE'S USUALLY
LIKABLE AND FUNNY. LIKE THIS ROLE HE REALLY WORKED VERY HARD
ON IT. HE'S TAKEN SOME KNOCKS LATELY ABOUT HIS ACTING IN A COUPLE
OF MOVIES RECENTLY, I THINK UNFAIR BUT THEY HAVE BEEN NAILING
HIM SO HE REALLY CONCENTRATED AND REALLY WENT INTO THIS ONE
"I REALLY WANT TO DO THIS RIGHT, I REALLY WANT TO MAKE THIS
A GOOD PERFORMANCE". I GOT TO SEE THE MOVIE NIGHT BEFORE LAST
FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH AN AUDIENCE TOO WHICH WAS FUN AND HE
JUST KICKS ASS, HE'S JUST GREAT IN IT AND IT WAS FUN FOR ALOT
OF REASONS. ONE IS THAT I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO LEAVE
HIM ALONE A LITTLE BIT NOW AND NOT BE SO TOUGH ON HIM.
Q- WAS IT FUN WORKING WITH HIM THOUGH,? I KNOW
YOU ARE THIS PRACTICAL JOKER, DID YOU PLAY ANY TRICKS ON HIM
BECAUSE HE IS SO INTENSE OR ANYTHING?
A- NO NO. NO PRANKS ON QUENTON.
Q- ANY FUNNY STORIES WHILE WORKING WITH HIM?
A- NO, NOT REALLY. NOTHING THAT I CAN LEGALLY
TELL YOU. YEAH WE PLAYED, THAT SET WAS MUCH LIKE THE E.R. SET.
THERE WAS ALOT OF SCREWING AROUND WITH PEOPLE ON THAT SET. HARVEY
AND I HAD SOME PRANKS GOING BACK AND FORTH.
Q- WHAT ABOUT SALMA? I KNOW THE SNAKE THING,
SHE WAS TERRIFIED OF SNAKES?
A- SHE WAS SCARED TO DEATH OF SNAKES, TOO BAD
SHE'S SO HOMELY TOO. YEAH THAT WAS, SHE HAD TO PRACTICE WITH
THIS SNAKE FOR A WHILE AND SHE WAS JUST CRAZY, NOW SHE LIVES
WITH A COUPLE OF SNAKES. BUT THAT SNAKE DANCE IS SO FUNNY BECAUSE
WHEN YOU SEE IT ON SCREEN ITS SEDUCTIVE AND ITS AMAZING BECAUSE
WE WERE THERE AND THE WHOLE TIME IT WAS LIKE I CANT TAKE THIS
SNAKE, HE'S ALL OVER ME.
Q- BUT SHE DID IT.
A- OH YEAH. I WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT, THAT UGLY
ASS SNAKE.
Q- IT WAS HUGE BUT I GUESS CONGRATULATIONS ARE
IN ORDER BECAUSE NOW YOU ARE GOING TO BE STARTING A NEW FILM.
TELL US ABOUT THAT.
A- PEACEMAKER FOR DREAMWORKS.
Q- WHAT ABOUT A DIFFERENT ONE WITH MICHELLE
PFEIFFER. YOU ARE JUST SO BUSY GEORGE, ITS HARD TO KEEP UP WITH
YOUR BUSY SCHEDULE.
A- WELL I'M QUITE POPULAR. YEAH I AM GOING TO
DO ONE FINE DAY FOR FOX. IT'S A ROMANTIC COMEDY WITH MICHELLE
PFEIFFER. IT'S TOO BAD.
Q- I KNOW. I FEEL SORRY FOR YOU.
A- SHE HAS NO TALENT AND SHE'S KIND OF UGLY.
I FINISH THAT UP FAIRLY EARLY IN THE SUMMER AND THEN I GO TO
RUSSIA AND DO DREAMWORKS FIRST FILM CALLED "PEACEMAKER." IT
WAS WRITTEN BY THE GUY WHO WROTE CRIMSON TIDE AND ITS KIND OF
A THRILLER.
Q- WELL YOU ARE SUCH A HOT COMMODITY RIGHT NOW,
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP UP WITH ALL YOUR FANS WITH E.R., WHAT
IS THE DEAL WITH E.R.? HOW ARE YOU GOING TO KEEP ALL THIS TOGETHER?
A- I AM GOING TO MANAGE TO DO THEM BOTH. THAT'S
KIND OF THE FUN OF IT. YOU KNOW I THINK JUST BECAUSE A COUPLE
OF PEOPLE HAVE LEFT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, THERE HAS BEEN
THIS THOUGHT THAT YOU CANT DO THEM BOTH BUT THE TRUTH IS MOST
PEOPLE WHO ARE ON TELEVISION SERIES MANAGE TO MAKE THEM BOTH
WORK AND THAT IS WHAT I AM DOING. I'M GOING TO STAY ON THE SHOW
BECAUSE REMEMBER THIS IS NOT A, ITS NOT A "OH ITS TOO BAD HE'S
STUCK ON THIS SAD SHOW, ITS NOT JUST A POPULAR SHOW." ITS A
REALLY GREAT SHOW AND MOST OF THE EPISODES WE DO ARE AS GOOD
AS ANY FILM I COULD EVER DO, SO I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE THAT
TO CONTINUE TO WORK ON FOREVER. YOU HAVEN'T BEEN DOWN THERE
YET, EVERYBODY ELSE HAS, EVERYBODY ELSE FROM EXTRA HAS BEEN
OVER TO VISIT. BUT ITS A FUN SET - ALL THE TIME. EVERYBODY LAUGHS.
Q- SO CAN YOU GUARANTEE YOUR FANS THAT THEY
DON'T NEED TO WORRY?
A- I'M GOING TO HONOR MY CONTRACT. I MADE A
CONTRACT AND I'M GOING TO STAY ON THE SHOW. IT'S AN ENSEMBLE,
YOU KNOW LAST YEAR WHEN I DID THIS MOVIE, I DID IT THE WHOLE
TIME I WAS DOING THE SHOW AND NO ONE EVER KNEW THAT I WAS MISSING
BECAUSE YOU WORK 3 DAYS ON THE SHOW AND 2 DAYS ON THE MOVIE
AND VICE VERSA, MIX IT UP AND YOU DO THAT IN THE BEGINNING OR
THE END OF THE HIATUS.
Q- SO YOU GOT TO JUGGLE YOUR SCHEDULE A LITTLE
BIT AND ITS ALL GOING TO WORK OUT.
A- IT MEANS I SPEND A FEW YEARS WORKING A LONG
TIME.
Q- WELL, YOU HAVE A HIT TV SHOW, YOU'VE GOT
THESE BIG - NOT JUST LITTLE MOVIES, BIG MOVIES - DREAMWORKS
FIRST MOVIE AND SO FORTH. DO YOU EVENTUALLY WANT TO DO JUST
MOVIES OR WHAT? WHERE ARE YOU HEADED?
A- WELL I'M DOING HOLLYWOOD SQUARES RIGHT AFTER
THIS. GEORGE CLOONEY TO BLOCK... PLEASE. WHERE I WANT TO HEAD
IS JUST TO CONTINUE TO WORK AND TRY TO DO BETTER PROJECTS AS
YOU GO. AND NOW I'M LUCKY TO DO THIS CALIBER PROJECT AND I WILL
SCREW IT UP SOME HOW, I WILL MESS IT UP, I WILL DO SOMETHING
STUPID BUT IF I COULD CONTINUE TO DO TELEVISION THAT IS THE
SAME QUALITY AS THE SHOW I AM DOING NOW, I WOULD LOVE TO. TV
TAKES IT ON THE NOSE ALOT AND I'VE HAD A GREAT RUN THERE. I'VE
DONE SOME BAD TV AND BEEN BAD IN IT.
Q- SO E.R. IS YOUR 8TH PILOT.
A- 8TH SERIES MY 15TH PILOT. (WOW) THANKS. YEAH
THAT IS SOMETHING TO BRAG ABOUT.
Q- WELL RIGHT NOW ALOT OF YOUR PROFESSIONAL
LIFE IS KIND OF IN THE PUBLIC, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE MOVIE
DEALS AND SO FORTH AND WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. THIS IS MY GREAT
TRANSITION INTO YOUR PRIVATE LIFE BECAUSE YOU KIND OF THREW
IT OUT THERE ON BARBARA WALTERS BY SAYING THAT YOU WOULD NEVER
GET MARRIED AGAIN.
A- I CHANGED MY MIND. BARBARA AND I ARE GOING
TO GET MARRIED. I MIXED THAT UP A LITTLE BIT. YEAH I'VE SAID
THAT, YOU KNOW I WAS MARRIED ONCE AND I WASN'T VERY GOOD AT
IT SO I'M NOT GOING TO DO IT AGAIN.
Q- THINK SO?
A- I'M DONE. (THINK SO?) YEAH. I'M DONE.
Q- WHAT DO YOU THINK ALL THOSE WOMEN, SEE WE
WERE LAUGHING ABOUT THIS AT WORK, WE WERE SAYING YOU JUST PRESENTED
THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE TO MANY WOMEN OUT THERE
A- YEAH THAT'S MY GOAL IN LIFE, HEY LOOK, HERE'S
A PICTURE OF ME. (HOLDS UP SKULL) ITS NICE BY THE WAY, NICE
SKULL. NO I'M DONE WITH THAT. I'VE GOT A PIG. WHAT MORE DO I
WANT.
Q- HOW ARE YOU GOING TO GET YOUR GOLF GAMES
IN?
A- MY GOLF IS OVER. I WENT TO HAWAII.
Q- YOU ARE MAKING ALL THIS MONEY, YOU CAN PAY
FOR ALL THESE T-TIMES ANYWHERE YOU WANT TO PLAY....
A- I KNOW AND NOW ITS OVER. MY HANDICAP IS SHOT
TO TELL. WE WENT TO HAWAII FOR CHRISTMAS, I TOOK 7 OF MY GOOD
FRIENDS WITH US ALL THE BOYS AND WE WENT TO ALL THESE GREAT
GOLF COURSES AND I JUST HACKED UP SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
COURSES IN THE WORLD. OK I'M DONE WITH GOLF TOO.
Q- SO YOU ARE RUINING HOTEL ROOMS, YOU ARE HACKING
UP GOLF COURSES -- YOU *ARE* A POPULAR GUY.
A- YEAH I'M WORKING ON IT. I'M GOING TO TEAR
DOWN THIS PLACE WHEN I'M FINISHED.
Q- SO IF YOU ARE NEVER GETTING MARRIED AGAIN
WHAT IS YOUR KEY TO A GOOD RELATIONSHIP? YOU ARE NEVER GOING
TO GET MARRIED?
A- YEAH I'M THE GUY TO ASK ABOUT THE KEY TO
A GOOD RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE I'M SO SUCCESSFUL.
Q- WELL IF YOU NEVER WANT TO GET MARRIED AGAIN
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
A- I DON'T KNOW. I HAVE A GREAT HOME AND A GREAT
PIG.
Q- COME ON. ITS NOT JUST YOUR PIG.
A- WELL I'M NOT AT LIBERTY TO TALK ABOUT MYSELF
AND THE PIG AND OUR ARRANGEMENT.
Q- I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO KNOW ABOUT YOU AND
THE PIG. WE DON'T WANT TO GO THERE.
A- I'M NOT ALLOWED TO TALK ABOUT IT.
Q- IF YOU NEVER WANT TO GET MARRIED AGAIN, YOU
HAVE TO HAVE A RELATIONSHIP AT SOME POINT, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU
WANT TO GET MARRIED BUT WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR?
A- NOTHING. NEXT QUESTION. SHE JUST WONT STOP.
Q- ALL RIGHT, THEN LETS TALK ABOUT DR. ROSS
BECAUSE WE KNOW SOME STUFF IS COMING UP AND WE ARE GOING TO
HAVE A LITTLE MORE INSIGHT INTO HIM, IS THAT CORRECT? GIVE US
A LITTLE HINT, WHAT ARE WE GOING TO LEARN ABOUT DR. ROSS?
A - MY FATHER ON THE SHOW, JAMES FARRENTINO
IS PLAYING MY DAD AND YES THEN WE ARE GOING TO START TO UNDERSTAND
WHY HE IS SUCH A JERK AND WHY ROSS KEEPS SCREWING UP ALL THE
TIME. ITS NO EXCUSE BUT THEN YOU WILL START TO SEE WHERE HE
COMES FROM. JAMES AND I SHOT SOME SCENES IN CHICAGO OR WE SHOOT
SOME SCENES IN LOS ANGELS A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. IT WAS PRETTY
FUNNY AND WE JUST STARTED AND I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT IT.
Q- ANYTHING ELSE COMING UP ON E.R. THAT YOU
CAN TELL US ABOUT?
A- WELL THERE IS THE LOVE SCENE BETWEEN ERIQ
LASALLE AND I.
Q- OH REALLY? WE WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THAT.
A- ITS NOT PRETTY BUT ITS VERY PHYSICAL.
Q- WELL LETS TALK ABOUT THIS BECAUSE YOU MENTIONED
IT BEFORE: ABOUT THIS IS NOT "YOU ARE NOT NEW", THIS IS NOT
OVERNIGHT SUCCESS. ITS BEEN A WHILE IN COMING, HOW DO YOU FEEL
NOW, HERE YOU ARE YOU'VE GOT A BIG MOVIE OUT AND SO FORTH?.
A- YEAH, ITS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES I GET A LITTLE
TOO MUCH CREDIT FOR, PEOPLE WILL SAY I STRUGGLED FOR 15 YEARS
AND THE TRUTH IS IF YOU ARE WORKING AT ALL AS AN ACTOR, EVEN
IF ITS LOUSY TV, EVEN IF ITS BABY TALK WHICH IS LOUSY TV BUT
YOU ARE STILL WORKING AND YOU ARE STILL MAKING A LIVING THAT'S
RARE. I THINK 95% MAKE LESS THAN $5,000 A YEAR SO EVEN THOUGH
YOU WISH YOU AWERE DOING BETTER PROJECTS AND EVEN THOUGH SOMETIMES
WHAT YOU DO SOMETIMES EMBARRASSES YOURSELF. ALOT OF THOSE PROJECTS
WERE BAD BECAUSE I WAS BAD, BUT FOR WHATEVER REASONS.... THE
TRUTH IS EVEN THOUGH YOU ARE NOT DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANT
TO DO.
Q- YOU ARE WORKING
A- AND MAKING A LIVING IN THIS BUSINESS, VERY
LUCKY.
Q- AND YOU STARTED EARLY WITH YOUR DAD BECAUSE
HE HAD THE VARIETY SHOW AND YOU WERE OUT THERE, HOW OLD WERE
YOU WHEN YOU WERE OUT THERE ON THAT SHOW?
A- I STARTED AT 4 OR 5. IF IT WAS ST. PATRICKS
DAY I WAS A LEPRECHAUN SELLING POTATO CHIPS.
Q- AND DIDN'T YOU GET CAUGHT IN A BUNNY SUIT
ONE TIME
A- AND THAT'S A WHOLE OTHER STORY. THAT WAS
LAST WEEK.
Q- AND YOU DIDN'T WANT TO FOLLOW IN YOUR DAD'S
FOOTSTEPS? YOU HAVE A DAD WHO IS A GREAT GUY AND ALSO A GREAT
JOURNALIST, YOU HAVE AN AUNT. DID YOU FEEL VERY PRESSURED TO
LIVE UP TO THAT OR WAS IT KIND OF JUST A NATURAL THING FOR YOU?
A- PART OF IT WAS A NATURAL THING BECAUSE I
ALWAYS KNEW I WAS GOING TO GO INTO SOME FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT,
I THOUGHT I WOULD GO INTO BROADCASTING BECAUSE THAT WAS WHAT
MY FATHER WAS IN. I KNEW I WASN'T GOING TO GO INTO SINGING BECAUSE
THOSE WERE FAIRLY OBVIOUS THINGS RIGHT OFF THE BAT. BUT MY FATHER
WAS AND IS SO GOOD AT WHAT HE DOES THAT GOING INTO BROADCASTING
GOT YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR RIGHT AWAY, BEING NICK CLOONEY'S SON
IN CINCINNATI OHIO WHICH IS A MICROCOSM IN THIS TOWN WHERE MY
FATHER WAS VERY BIG AND SO I COULD GET IN THE DOOR RIGHT AWAY.
BUT I WASN'T VERY GOOD AND I WASN'T EVER GOING TO BE AS GOOD
AS MY FATHER AND I WAS GOING TO BE NICK CLOONEY'S SON FOR THE
REST OF MY LIFE. SO I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO FIND SOMETHING
THAT DIDN'T MAKE ME ALL OF THOSE THINGS AND I WASN'T GOING BE
"COMPARED TO", AND ROSEMARY (ALTHOUGH SHE HAD DONE WHITE CHRISTMAS
AND STUFF)) IS KNOWN AS A SINGER.
SO I FOLLOWED MY COUSIN, MICK ELLIS', FOOTSTEPS AND DECIDED
TO BECOME AN ACTOR AND AT LEAST YOU DIDN'T GET COMPARED AS OFTEN
UNTIL YOU MADE IT, IT WAS FUNNY I WAS DOING THE MERV GRIFFIN
SHOW, I WAS DOING THE FACTS OF LIFE AND DID THE MERV GRIFFIN
SHOW AND HE SAID "WELL IT MUST HAVE BEEN ALOT EASIER FOR YOU
BEING ROSEMARY CLOONEY'S NEPHEW". NOW ONCE YOU START WORKING,
YOU'LL GET OFF THE PLANE AND THEY GO ROSEMARY CLOONEY'S NEPHEW
COME HERE, COME WITH US, WE GOT A SERIES FOR YOU.
Q- WELL YOUR DAD HAS GOT TO BE PROUD OF YOU
A- I THINK SO. WELL YOU KNOW I'M SUPPORTING
HIM NOW. WELL HE'S A DRINKER, ITS REALLY SAD. HE FALLS DOWN
ALOT. I BUY HIM BOOZE.
Q- BESIDES THE DIFFERENT BAD TV SHOWS YOU DID,
DID YOU HAVE ANY ODD JOBS? I KNOW YOU DROVE YOUR AUNTS AROUND
FOR AWHILE.
A- YES I DID, I SOLD INSURANCE DOOR TO DOOR.
THERE'S A GOOD FUN THING. HEY, HAVE YOU EVER THOUGH OF TERM
LIFE? THAT'S GOOD FUN.
Q- DID YOU REALLY?
A- YEAH, ITS RIGHT UP THERE WITH.....I CAN'T
EVEN THINK OF A JOB WORSE, YOU ARE JUST NOT WELCOME AT ANYONE'S
DOOR.
Q- YOU GOT DOORS SLAMMED IN YOUR FACE?
A- OH YEAH. I DON'T THINK I SOLD A POLICY, I
WAS THERE FOR ABOUT 3 MONTHS. THEN I USED TO DO CARICATURES
AT A MALL FOR A WHILE AND THEN I SOLD LEMONADE, LIKE A LEMONADE
STAND.
Q- I HOPE YOU WERE LIKE 10 WHEN YOU DID THE
LEMONADE STAND.
A- NO, IT WAS BETWEEN FACTS OF LIFE AND ROSEANNE
AND THEN I SOLD LADIES SHOES AT A DEPARTMENT STORE IN CINCINNATI
AND YOU KNOW YOU SELL SHOES TO 75 YEAR OLD LADIES, "THAT'S A
HAMMERTOE, GOT IT CUT OFF", ITS AN ATTRACTIVE THING.
Q- IS IT WEIRD BECAUSE YOU KNEW ALOT OF PEOPLE
BACK THEN, I KNOW YOU WORKED IN THIS BUSINESS A LONG TIME BEFORE
YOU REALLY BECAME FAMOUS NOW HOW DO PEOPLE TREAT YOU, JUST THE
PEOPLE YOU STARTED WITH?
A - PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T REALLY MY FRIENDS ARE
NOW MY FRIENDS. NOW YOU KNOW I HAVE A FAIRLY NORMAL LIFE AND
I SURROUND MYSELF WITH A GREAT BUNCH OF PEOPLE THAT CAN CHECK
AND BALANCE THIS BECAUSE YOU KNOW IT ALL GOES AWAY PRETTY QUICKLY
AND ITS FUN AND THE GOOD VERY MUCH OUTWEIGHS THE BAD BUT.
Q- WHAT ARE THE BEST THINGS?
A- BEST THINGS ARE GETTING TEE TIMES ANYTIME
YOU WANT... NO THE BEST THINGS ARE.
Q- I KNOW YOU ARE BEING SERIOUS.
A- THE BEST THINGS ARE, I DON'T KNOW, JUST LIFE
IN GENERAL IN ALOT OF WAYS IS BETTER. ITS NICE NOT TO BE EMBARRASSED
ABOUT WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING, THAT'S FUN. ITS NICE TO HAVE
PEOPLE SAY NICE THINGS ABOUT YOU BECAUSE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN
OFTEN. SO THAT IS NICE AND THAT QUICKLY CHANGED TOO.
Q- THE WORSE THINGS?
A- THE WORSE THINGS ARE YOU KICKING MY FOOT.
THE WORST THINGS ARE THE SAME THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH ANYONE
WHO IS IN MY POSITION, THE LACK OF PRIVACY. I'M NOT COMPLAINING,
THAT IS THE TICKET WE BOUGHT AND ITS FINE BUT THERE IS A POINT
THAT PEOPLE DO CROSS THE LINE. THERE IS A POINT WHERE IT ISN'T
FUN OR REALLY VERY FAIR BUT YOU KNOW, THAT IS WHAT YOU TAKE
FOR ALL THE OTHER THINGS THAT GO VERY WELL.
Q- I'M SURE GROWING UP WITH YOUR FATHER BEING
A JOURNALIST, AROUND THE MEDIA AND SO FORTH ....YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT WORLD IS ALL ABOUT.
A- ITS A DIFFERENT WORLD THOUGH, COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT WORLD. THE GAME HAS CHANGED, THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
AND THE DIFFERENCE IS THAT EVEN THE PAPARAZZI TRY NOT TO PICK
FIGHTS WITH YOU. ITS ALL 16 YEAR OLD KIDS RUNNING AROUND WITH
VIDEO CAMERAS WHO WILL SAY "HEY, WHO IS THE FAT GIRL YOU ARE
WITH" AND YOU ARE WALKING OUT OF A ROOM AND YOU SAY "WHAT DID
YOU SAY" AND THEN THEY RUN AND SELL THAT STORY TO WHOEVER, HARD
COPY OR WHATEVER AND THAT BECOMES A STORY. SO THEY ARE CREATING
STUFF. I AM ACTUALLY WILLING TO TAKE MY KNOCKS IF I WALK OUT
OF SOME BAR BLAZING AND SOMEBODY GETS A SHOT OF ME I DESERVE
IT, I HAVE CHOSEN THIS PROFESSION AND I WILL TAKE MY HITS FOR
THAT, IF I DO SOMETHING STUPID. BUT I DON'T MUCH LIKE IT WHEN
THEY CREATE THAT STUFF AND CROSS THE LINE. BUT IT HAPPENS AND
THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH.
Q- BUT OTHER THAN THAT LIFE IS GOOD.
A- YEAH ABSOLUTELY.