| Well
here we are again, and the lovely Guinevere has managed
to fit us into her very busy schedule and answer the guinfans
mailing list questions. Basically we asked the members of
our Guin mailing list to post any questions they would ask
Guin given the opportunity.
We had a great response and here are some of the answers
Guin gave.... This questionaire took place Oct/Nov 1999. |
M&M:
What height are you?
GT: I am five feet two inches. It's so funny that that
is the most popular question! I am mortified at how short
I am and I always wear heels. I love being in movies because
it makes you look taller. I can't tell you how many times
people have expressed surprise at my stature in person. The
director of Preaching to the Perverted told me that at one
screening, a guy came out at the end and said "Where
did you find such a tall woman?!" I loved that. |
M&M:
Do you ever visit any internet chat rooms or use ICQ or mIRC?
GT: When I first got my computer I went into chat rooms
all the time, but it got kind of boring and time consuiming
after a while. Plus I spend so much time in front of the computer
for work that I get panicky and have to go outside. What is
ICQ and mIRC? Is it a U.K. internet thing, or am I just way
out of the loop? |
M&M:
What is the best movie you've seen recently and have you seen
Blair Witch? If so, as an independent movie maker, what do
you think of it and its sucess?
GT: God I've been seeing some crappy movies lately.
I really liked "THe Sixth Sense," - it surprised
me with how good it was. I can't wait to see "Boys Don't
Cry," have you heard about it? It is a fictionalization
of the story of Brandon Teena, the girl who posed as a boy
a few years back. Friends who have seen it say that it's great.
Yes I've seen Blair Witch. - i think it's really good and
quite scary. I think on the one hand it's great that it did
so well - inspiring and original and unexpected - I love it
when the little guy wons. On the other hand I think it will
feed into the whole industry in a potentially negative way,
meaning that every wannabe filmmaker who's in it for the attention
and the money is going to feel all the greedier, and also
that every distributor is also going to have dollar signs
in their eyes, desperate to discover "the next Blair
Witch." What's interesting about it all to me, also,
is that it is a fascinating example of the power of the Internet.
The web site was famous way before the movie came out. When
they test screened the film (before it came out) in the Midwest,
where they thought it might not do very well, there was a
line around the block an hour before the screening - all from
the Internet. |
M&M:
What is your favourite drink, alcoholic or non?
GT: My favorite drink is the martini, preferably with
Ketel One vodka, straight up, dirty with olives. |
M&M:
Is there any possibility of you writing a novel or a non-fiction
book?
GT: There is a 100% possibility of me writing a novel.
Or twelve. I'm just figuring I can wait until I'm old and
tired (or more old and more tired) to get started on that
- so I'm focusing on movies now. Also when I write novels
I really want to have enough money to write them at my own
pace - not on a deadline and not with anyone else's opinion
being something I have to listen to. |
M&M:
How do you feel about the fact that some people have pictures
of you on their walls etc?
GT: I feel good about people having pictures of me
on their walls. I'm grateful for the success that I've had,
and thrilled that some people have responded to stuff I've
done. I got an e-mail from a drunken girl in Ireland who said
that she thought I was a great writer - not such a great actress,
but she still wanted to fuck me. That I don't like so much.
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M&M:
If you were a guest on Jerry Springer, what is the most likely
title of that particular episode?
GT: Jerry Springer - god I hate that show and everything
it represents. I think mine would be called "Who likes
Jerry?" and it would be people who love and hate the
show, and lots of yelling but ultimatley Jerry would get physically
attacked. I'd like to take out a couple of those creepy bouncers
too. I guess none of that would make sense, because I'd be
doing just what I hate him for. I can't think of anything
else, though - I mean I can, but it would be about friends
and family and they could read this and get pissed. (I know
some of my friends would read that and say "Oh please,
like I check your websites every day.") SOrry for this
totally boring answer. |
M&M:
Whats happening with the Bettie Page project?
GT: Bettie is theoretically director Mary Harron's
next project. She is finishing up final stuff on American
Psycho and then we are going to concentrated on doing the
last touched on the script. There is now another Bettie Page
project in the works, with Martin Scorcese set ot direct and
Liv Tyler to play Bettie. They don't have a script yet, though,
so if we hurry it up we can be first. |
M&M:
What are you doing to celebrate the Millenium, where will
you be when the clock strikes 12?
GT: When the clock strikes 12 I will be on the beach
in Rio with a bunch of friends. I can't wait - I've never
been there. |
M&M:
If you could describe your ideal dream woman what would she
be like?
GT: Oh, the dream woman. Hmmm- really just smart, independent,
funny (or at least thinks I'm funny) and devastatingly good
looking. Hopefully has some amazing skill and doesn't work
in movies. And likes to go to parties and go out at night,
but doesn't need me to be by her side for the whole evening.
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