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. ********** 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!