| What makes you turn off the TV? |
- Anything that has characters I don’t believe in, I turn away. I can’t watch characters I don’t believe in, words that people just don’t say, or women that aren’t in strong situations. I’m a really big sucker for a female protagonist. In the books I read, too
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| TV SERIES |
- 24
- Gossip Girl
- Battlestar Galactica || “The first 5 episodes I was like, blah, blah, but now I’m captivated by it.” ||
- The Vampire Diaries
- Dexter
- Buffy
- Weeds || Mary Louise Parker should be given every award she can be, for that role. She amazes me, and I like how complex she is.
- Grey’s Anatomy
- Fantasy Island || If I could be on any show from my childwood, I would have to say “Fantasy Island” just because you got to be whatever you wanted to be and you got to have your fantasies and as a kid I thought that was pretty cool. It was very risque for me as a kid too, “Fantasy Island” I was it was kinda cutting edge.
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| Movies |
- Truly Madly Deeply (1991) ||“It’s a simple little movie and it makes me cry every time. Plus, I love the cello.”
- Star Wars
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| Characters |
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Books she said she was reading or read and autors she likes
“I read anything that has a female protagonist.” |
- C.S. Lewis ||“His fantasy is moving, his ideas are great, the ideology is interesting.” She recently reread Lewis’ “The Screwtape Letters””.
- “Orley Farm” – Anthony Trollope || Right now I’m reading “Orley Farm.” Trollope! It’s a nice big old hunk of scandal.I don’t know if they would have viewed it as a real book then. We do because it’s old. It uses nice, lovely big words. But it doesn’t have any Latin in it. I feel if you went back in time, they would view it as Nora Roberts or Danielle Steele. But it’s so old they view it as a classic. And highbrow. He wrote about women really beautifully.
- The Art of Racing in the Rain – Garth Stein ||It is a feel-good, then cry, then smile book.
- The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters – Gordon Dahlquist ||It is quirky, interesting, oddly erotic.
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao – Junot Diaz
- Are you There Vodka?, It’s Me Chelsea – Chelsea Handler
- The Quickie – James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge || The last thing I read was trashy. It was called The Quickie, and it was by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge. I read it on a plane, and it was really fun. It’s about this woman, and she thinks her husband had an affair, so she has an affair with someone else, and it turns out he’s a really bad guy and everyone ends up killing everyone else, and she has to cover it up because she’s a detective.
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| Actors/Actresses |
- Marion Seldes || “I was so lucky that I got to hang out with her,” Mitchell says. “I had a girl crush on her for years. I also got into Edward’s notes, which was very rewarding for me. It was an amazing experience for a young actress.”
- Clive Owen ||“Good Lord, he’s just the hottest thing. And I don’t mean physically, though of course he is. He’s got a passion to the way he works that I am drawn to.”
- Mary Louise Parker || she “should be given every award she can be, for that role. She amazes me, and I like how complex she is.”
- Rob Lowe || Well this is easy because I had a crus on Rob Lowe. I watched him in “The Outsider”, right? And he came in with a towel on. Right? And, uh, I heard everybody talk about, you kno, this guy, Rob Lowe, whoever he is. And I was like “I’m not gonna think he’s hot”. And of course I’m like “That guy was hot!” And they’re like “That’s Rob Lowe!” Ok there you go, trite, but true.
- James Spader || Question: “Was your first celebrity crush?”
Elizabeth: “James Spader. For sure.
Question:Any role in particular?”
Elizabeth: Pretty in Pink. ‘Cause he was just a terrible guy. And you know at that age, that’s all you’re looking for, is like the worst guy possible.
- Gerard Butler || I’d like to act alongside . . . Gerard Butler—sincerely, for the hot factor. (NEW)
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| Music |
- ‘Achtung Baby,’ U2 ||“There’s not a lyric I’m not in love with. It sounds trite, but I use Bono’s lyrics to click into my more obsessed characters.”
- ‘Pastel Blues/Let It All Out,’ Nina Simone ||“‘Chauffeur’ is one of the hottest, sexiest songs ever. The way she sings it, the rhythm — it’s gorgeous.”
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| Website |
- Travel Website || You know what, I like all the travel website. I kike living in other people homes when I travel, instead of staying in hotels, I like staying in apartments and that kind of thing, so … houses. So that’s what I love the most. It’s not very glamour, but that’s it.
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| Pet Peeve |
- People who don’t listen || My number one pet peeve is…I have a lot. It’s people who don’t listen, I think.
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| Stress Food |
- Spaghetti and meatballs
- Chocolates
- Cheese – Brie
- Bread – French bread || “I have lots of stress foods. Spaghetti and meatballs, chocolates. You know, there are the usuals… cheese. I like all of those things. I don’t eat ‘em all the time when I’m working ’cause they tend to make you a little low-energy, but yeah. And I like bread. French bread and butter. French bread and Brie. You know, a glass of wine.”
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| Beauty Finds |
- Ole Henriksen || “His stuff keeps my skin clear, and it’s amazing. He’s got an On the Go Cleanser and a Walnut Complexion Scrub that are out of this world.”
- Kérastase Paris Oléo-Relax || “For people with crazy hair who need to have it chill a little bit.”
- Laura Mercier French Vanilla Honey Bath || “It smells so good, I can’t keep it in my shower. I know my husband is using it.”
- Crest Whitestrips || “I do love the Whitestrips before a big event.”
- La Prairie Caviar Collection || “They make a base that I think is the most delicious thing you can put on your face. Especially good if your skin is uneven or breaking out.”
- Wet ‘n’ Wild 666 Brandywine Lip Liner || “What makeup artists use on everybody. It’s 99 cents and still the most beautiful color.”
- Estée Lauder More Than Mascara || “It just works. It goes on every lash and is so pretty.”
- Prescriptives Intensive Rebuilding Moisturizer || “If you’re someone whose skin breaks out but is also really dry, this is the complete bomb. It’s fantastic if you’re 38 years old and still have teenage skin.”
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| Gift that you craved more as a child |
- Snowcone maker || “Yeah, I wanted a snowcone maker, desperately wanted a snowcone maker. I believe I eventually I got a snowcone maker and it broke and I never looked at it again. But I did, I wanted one desperately.”
- Make-and-Bake Oven || “My friend had one. I think my sisters finally bought me one. Or I bought them one, this was like two years ago when we were all older and we were all like kids. We’re like, look, it’s a Make-and-Bake Oven! My parents thought it was a little frivolous at the time. And they were actually right. (LAUGH) It was.”
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| Worst job you’ve ever had |
- Secretary || “Worst job? Oh, you know, I was a really terrible secretary. Truly horrible. I didn’t know any of the computer programs I was supposed to know. And I really just wanted to act so I would be consistently looking at auditions online. And I think the woman who — I was a temp — the woman who hired me was finally like, you should just go home. (LAUGH) I was like, oh, oh, okay cool.”
- Working at Nabisco || “And I think it was over at Nabisco, too. So I just ate there all day. But yeah, that wasn’t so great. I mean there are other things that were harder or were more menial or more this, but that one was truly demeaning.”
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