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- Transcript of a Jerry Doyle chat session on CompuServe. Thanks to Sunil
- Karve and Nathan Wallace. Edited for clarity by Nathan Wallace and
- Steven Grimm. Jerry Doyle's answers were typed in by Eliot Stein, the
- chat moderator, who led off with some questions of his own.
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- ********** 7/20/95 8:50 PM Forum CO
- | Hello Jerry thanks for joining us!!!
- | JD: A pleasure!
- | What are you filming tonight?
- | JD: I'm doing a guest starring shot on
- | "Renegade" a CBS show.
- | THanks for taking this break during filming.
- | Tell us ...
- | You were a stockbroker just five years ago...
- | HOW did you go from Wall Street to Tinsel
- | Town Ave. in just five years?
- | JD: I quit Wall Street in 1990...
- | I was bored not happy...despite being
- | wealthy...I wanted to get into
- | something exciting...I was either going
- | to buy a boat and head for the
- | islands OR decided to give acting a try.
- | I got very lucky fast in Hollywood!
- | Jerry, what did you think about the role on
- | the show when you first saw the script?
- | JD: I thought Garibaldi was a screwed-up ,
- | confused, funny character...
- | and I liked the fact that he had so many
- | problems...there would be so many ways to
- | play the character!
- | How much of the character is your
- | interpretation and how much did the producers
- | tell you to do?
- | JD: As an actor, you rea the script and the
- | words are a map to where the story
- | is going...you use your own "Spin" on the
- | character...
- | as the series progresses,the ...the
- | writers get to know you better...you know
- | them better...you start
- | working together to develop he character!
- | How old are you Jerry?
- | JD: 39 years old.
- | what were your media influences? TV,
- | music..etc???
- | JD: My favorite movies were "Sound of Music,"
- | "Animal House,"...
- | "Dark Shadows," "I Dream of Jeannie," ...
- | music--Eric Clapton, Elton John, Doobie
- | Brothers.
- | Since you hit stardom relatively quickly...
- | is it all that people think it is...or just a
- | really fun job?
- | JD: The job is a blast!...
- | when you break down what an actor does on
- | a given day....
- | they feed you, make-you-up, tell you what
- | to say...
- | there's 175 people involved with the
- | show...and you only see 10 of us...
- | it's the crew members that are as
- | important as the actors!
- | They stay and work on the show after we
- | have gone home!
- | ALL jobs are importnat on the set!
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JOE RUFFOLO GO AHEAD!!!!
- Joe Ruffolo | Jerry, You make the charecter look so easy.
- | When it it fall into place for you?
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: I fooled you all!!!!...
- | I think he's an easy character to play
- | because he's so screwed up...
- | we all have our own faults...and if you
- | try and deal with them as you
- | go through lie day to day--with a sense
- | of humore...
- Joe Ruffolo | Ahhh, Thank You!!
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: who knows? Maybe I was as screwed up as
- | the character and they needed me!
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | Cynthia Hardesty...
- - Visitor | will you be apperaring at any east coast
- | science fiction conventions this fall and
- | what do you think of conventions.
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: Really East...England and Ireland...
- | conventions are GREAT!!!...
- | you get ideas, suggestions...it's great
- | to have such positive feedback...
- | from the audience at these conventions...
- - Visitor | What's the significance of ending the show
- | after five years. Why do that?
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: I will keep doing them!
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | Sunil Karvel...are you ready with your
- | question? Please acknowledge!
- Sunil Karve | Hi Jerry. I want to know if you are as big a
- | fan of the Looney Tunes as
- | Garibaldi is. Any "Duck Dodgers" posters
- | hanging anywhere at home?
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: NO to the DUck Dodgers....I don't care
- | that much about cartoons...
- | But I do like Tweety the BEST!!!!
- Sunil Karve | Thanks Jerry!
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | KEVIn FISHER...are you reay?
- kevin fisher | Jerry, how much of the plot arc does JMS let
- | the cast in on?
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: As much as you want!!!...with certain
- | little twists and teases.
- | Sometimes I DON'T like knowing where we
- | are going!
- | Thanks!
- kevin fisher | Thanks and congrats on the best show on
- | TV!!!!!
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | Wendy Sarrett...are you ready?
- - Visitor | Thanks, Jerry now that youve left Wall street
- | do you still follow the market - if so bull
- | /bear
- | /bunny??
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: I wasn't very good then...I'm not very
- | good now...
- | Don't take my advice...but I do play the
- | market quite often...I need the write-off!
- - Visitor | Thanks jerry - keep up the good work LOVE the
- | show!!!!
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | The topic is JERRY DOYLE star of Babylon 5 is
- | lIVE..
- | NEXT question....
- | JASON...are you ready? Please respond if so.
- JASON | Do you really like doing Science-Fiction, or
- | would you rather do drama or some other form of
- | acting?
- | How do like the cast of Babylon 5?
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: BABYLON 5 is a drama that happens to be
- | in the science fiction genre...
- JASON | Thank you very much.
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: so regardless of whether it is a western
- | or a courtroom drama...
- | what's important is the STORY!...
- | I don't view Babylon 5 as one type of
- | show. If somebody wants to pay me
- | $20 million I'll do any kind of acting!
- | We have a great cast...alot of fun...
- | the whole cast is upbeat...enthusiastic!
- | It's a great environment!
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | PAM HEATH...are you reay with a question?
- Pam Heath | O.K. What was your favorite scene to do on
- | B5, and why?
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: Second season, first episode...I was in a
- | coma...said nothing...got full pay!
- Pam Heath | Thanks a lot, both for your time tonight and
- | your enjoyable characterization!.
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: And the producers thought it was some of
- | my best work!!!!
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | Patti T. do you have a question???
- Patti T. | do you have any prior military service?
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: NO...none at all!
- Patti T. | thanks, and my reguards to the whole crew!
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: If you don't count military jesuit
- | all-boys high school...
- | which probably counts for why I am so
- | screwed up.
- | Bret Ladewig...a question?
- - Visitor | Can you tell us any of the story line for the
- | next season? And are there any funny antics
- | that occur between the cast on the set?
- Eliot Stein [WIZOP] | JD: Storylines---...
- | I think you can tell from the end of the
- | second season what is going to happen...
- | a big war is coming...a big mother
- | battle...
- | it's going to be great...
- | NON-STOP fooling around from the minute
- | you get there till the minute you
- | leave...we have a great deal of
- | fun doing the show...and we hope the
- | audience enjoys it as much!
- | JERRY has been called back for filming. He
- | thanks you all. PLEASE thank him for coming!
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