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OnlineHost : Copyright 1995 America Online, Inc.
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OnlineHost : The auditorium consists of two major areas: the audience,
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where you are right now, and the stage, where the speakers appear. Text
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which you type onscreen shows only to those in your row, prefaced by the
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row number in parentheses, such as (2) if you are in row 2. To interact
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with the speaker, use the Interact icon on your screen.
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OnlineHost : To send your question to the speaker, click on the Interact
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icon, then use the Ask a Question option.
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OnlineHost : On her first audition, Andrea thompson landed the lead in
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the quirky sci-fi comedy DOIN' TIME ON PLANET EARTH. After that, there
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was no stopping her. The stunningly attractive blone was featured in WALL
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STREET and DELIRIOUS, before landing the role of Genele Erickson on FALCON
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CREST. Recently, she has been a regular on BABYLON 5 as the Psi Corps
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Telepath Talia Winters.
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OnlineHost : Andrea was born in Dayton, Ohio, but at age six her family
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immigrated to Australia. She grew up one of four children raised in a
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very strict Catholic household. She graduated early from school and began
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five years of world wandering. She worked various odd jobs including
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modeling, as a parts runner and cook for a gold mine in Northern
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California, sailing and fishing in the Caribbean, Jamaica, and Grenada.
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Her other adventures took her to Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Rio and most
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of Europe.
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OnlineHost : Settling in New York, Andrea pursued acting and studied with
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Uta Hagen and Warren Robertson before she was accepted into the Actors
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Studio. Andrea came to Los Angeles five years ago to start her film
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career. It was at this time that she landed the role in DOIN' TIME ON
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PLANET EARTH. Three years ago she met actor Jerry Doyle, also from
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BABYLON 5, and together they have a two year old son. Presently, Andrea
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has added producer to her credits and is developing several film features.
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HOL Live : I'm your hostess this evening, coming to you live from
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Hollywood Online in
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HOL Live : Santa Monica!! How ya doin, Andrea?
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Psi Andrea : Is it cocktail hour yet?
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HOL Live : Hehe.. I think we're in the midst of it. Let's start off
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with a question from ReelHtMan:
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Question : Andrea, do you know if Psi Corps will play a vital role in
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the season finale?
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Psi Andrea : Yes I know but you don't, and I'm not going to tell you!
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HOL Live : Here is one from Jhenslet:
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Question : What is the schedual like for shouting B5
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Psi Andrea : Like most TV schedules, very hectic. We shoot a show in 7
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days, and we shoot approx. 7 pages a day. If you compare that to film,
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where you shoot an average of 2 pages a day you get an idea of the kind of
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pace. It's hardest of all for crew members. The actors get sort of a
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break, the crew members have to be there all the time.
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HOL Live : Here is a question from Solonor:
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Question : Where did you disappear to? Your character hasn't been around
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for a few months (not counting reruns).
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Psi Andrea : Well, I want to think up somthing really clever, instead of
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saying they haven't written... anything for me. How about this: I've
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been having a mad, passionate affair with Bester!
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HOL Live : Here is a question from Brando567:
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Question : What do you do on your spare time?
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Psi Andrea : I read a lot. Anything I can get my hands on. I garden.
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I'm a gourmet cook. I also scuba-dive, sail, water-ski, horse-back ride.
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I love to hike and camp. And my all-time favorite is spending time with
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my son and my guy!
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HOL Live : Demon Red asks:
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Question : Are you planning any more episodes with the techno mages?
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Psi Andrea : No - I wasn't in that episode. But maybe Joe is (JMichael
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Straczynski, the head writer - the Big Cheese!)
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HOL Live : Joel 1234 asks:
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Question : Do you really like science fiction or is it only a job?
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Psi Andrea : Both.
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Question : What's it like working on the set with your fiancee, Jerry
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Doyle?
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Psi Andrea : It's tough getting out of his trailor at lunch time.
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HOL Live : Here's one from SophieFilm:
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Question : Is it true that you're having a same sex affair on this
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season's Babylon 5?
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Psi Andrea : Oh several! Where have you been, dahling?
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HOL Live : Here is one form Booperz:
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Question : What do you find to be the most challenging thing about your
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Babylon 5 role?
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Psi Andrea : Walking in those tight skirts.
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HOL Live : Here's a follow-up from GriffithC:
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Question : Did you have any input in your 1940s style costuming; almost
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a Veronica Lake look?
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Psi Andrea : Yeah - don't you love it! But I had nothing to do with it.
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The genius behind wardrobe is Ann Bruce. Not only did she create my
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costume but she creates dozens of new costumes every week.
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HOL Live : Here is a question from EarlD8765:
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Question : The intro to this year's episodes talks about another war and
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it appears that it is leading up to this. Will we see battles this
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season?
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Psi Andrea : Without giving away too much, yes!
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HOL Live : Here's one from Bookworm2:
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Question : Do You find this role interesting or pretty simple to play
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Psi Andrea : I find this role endlessly interesting. JMS has given me a
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fantastic opportunity as an actress. My role is bound only by my
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imagination. And fortunately the produces are very open to new ideas and
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different interpretations. Going to work is like going to a playground
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for me. It's very stimulating. I'm having a ball!
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HOL Live : Here is one from Ku Teke:
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Question : How would you like to see your character evolve, Andrea?
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Psi Andrea : For 2 years now... Talia has been mostly a watcher, an
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observer... I'd like to see more of what she thinks and feels. Talia is so
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bound by the strictures of Psi Corps. that she often cannot act as her
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heart would dictate. I'd love to see her have a completely mad moment.
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It's the science fiction version of the nervous breakdown.
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HOL Live : Here is a question from Levinthal:
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Question : Does the cast know most of the story arc already or are you
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all surprised by what happens?
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Psi Andrea : None of us know any of the story arc. Occasionally, JMS
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will come by during lunch and drop a bomb like "the same-sex love affair,"
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which got it's start in that manner.
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HOL Live : Here is a question from Just Beco:
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Question : Thank-you for bing here. Would you mind telling us how you
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and Jerry met?
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Psi Andrea : At a bar. It was a birthday party for a friend. He bought
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me a cocktail.
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HOL Live : Here is one from Hyboria:
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Question : How did you get the job?
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Psi Andrea : The old fashioned way...I earned it!
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HOL Live : Wilburcat asks:
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Question : I love your character, do you have any latent telepathy
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yourself?
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Psi Andrea : I knew you were going to ask that question...
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HOL Live : Here is one from Kdubose77:
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Question : Hi there, Andrea. Greetings from Arlington, VA. Do you
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think Ivanova will be warming up to Talia any more than what we, the
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audience, have already seen thus far.
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Psi Andrea : Stay tuned...!
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HOL Live : Here is one from Dashripro:
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Question : The cast of B5 seem like they would be a lot of fun to work
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with...are they?
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Psi Andrea : Yeah. They're a great group of people, talented actors.
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Thorough professionals.
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HOL Live : Here is one from THAFT:
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Question : is there ever any kind of physical danger involved while
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shooting?
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Psi Andrea : Sure - you could fall in love with an actor <g>. But, no.
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Not usually. Producers try to avoid dangers at all cost to their actors.
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HOL Live : Here is one from Ears also:
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Question : Do you see a long running for B-5?
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Psi Andrea : According to JMS, it's only 5 years. And that's it!
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HOL Live : Here is one from WhiteClar:
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Question : Are you able to tell us if we will see anymore of the Evil
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Spider Race Warriors?
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Psi Andrea : Yes, I do believe they'll be playing a large part in the
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future...
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HOL Live : Here is one from Lenobyte:
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Question : Do you know if there are any plans in the works for your
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character to develop a deeper relationship with Garibaldi?
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Psi Andrea : We felt we were heading in that direction for a while but
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nothing was consumated. Lets hope so!
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Question : What is PSI corp all about?
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Psi Andrea : The PSI Corps was originally formed to protect normal human
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beings from the psychic abilities of telepaths. They were segregated,
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kept away from the population at large. Society's outcasts. Over time,
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they've developed into a very powerful quasi-militaristic organization.
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With an agenda all their own!
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Question : The aleins in the pressure suit; are we going to find out if
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they are good or bad guys?
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Psi Andrea : You're going to find out.
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HOL Live : Here is one from HJC:
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Question : What were your favorite episodes to act?
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Psi Andrea : Mind War! I loved working with William Allen Young. He's a
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phenomenal actor.
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HOL Live : Here is one from TLARIAN2:
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Question : Any plans on a B5 movie?
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Psi Andrea : There's talk of it for the future.
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Question : What's the last book you read where you felt you had to play
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one of the characters in the film?
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Psi Andrea : Robber Bride, by Margaret Atwood. I would love to play
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Zena. Alas, I'm nothing like her physically. But it would be great. - to
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play such a ruthless character.
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HOL Live : Here is a question from Ron1120:
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Question : Do you think that the writters will exploit your "aquired"
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telekinetic ability in future episodes?
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Psi Andrea : I would certainly hope so. In the context in which it was
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presented, only one in 10,000 telepaths has telekinetic ability and most
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are clinically insane. So it gives me a whole new direction to explore.
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HOL Live : Here is one from Willywig:
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Question : Do you plan in being in any more movies or just staying with
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B5?
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Psi Andrea : Both.
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Question : When Jerry was here on AOL, it seemed apparent that a lot of
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what Garabaldi feels about his dad came from Jerry's life. Without
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getting too personal, what can you tell us about Talia's depth of
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character is borrowed from your life?
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Psi Andrea : Her sense of alienation, of not fitting in with any group.
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I don't feel that way now, but as I was growing up, my family moved quite
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a lot. My father was in hotel management, so we never stayed anyplace for
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more than a year. I lived in 32 different places by the time I was 15.
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It makes me a great traveller now, and I don't regret any of my childhood.
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HOL Live : TR3man wants to know why your character always wears gloves.
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Psi Andrea : Talia always wears gloves, as do all members of the Psi
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Corps to prevent the picking up of thoughts, images, emotions, from other
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people. Don't forget, the Corps was formed to protect normals from
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invasion of their privacy.
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HOL Live : Here is one from Lisa7909:
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Question : Psi corps always seems evil, are you the white night, will
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she be able to turn it around? Its an organization that few can trust
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Psi Andrea : I don't think any one person can turn the Corps around.
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They've set a course. And that course is dark.
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HOL Live : Here is one from SnoopSKE:
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Question : Since you are not in every episode, how far in advance do you
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know when you shoot episode? I don't.
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HOL Live : Here is one from MCK1138:
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Question : Besides Talia, who is your favorite B5 character?
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Psi Andrea : Garibaldi, of course. I also adore the character of Delenn,
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as well as ambasador Londa Mollari.
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HOL Live : StiffysPa asks:
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Question : Andrea, will we find out more about the "gift" that Jason
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Ironheart gave Talia?
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Psi Andrea : Most definitely, but I don't want to spoil you fun. :-)
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Question : Andrea, how did Talia come across that penny, did she get it
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in PSI Corp?
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Psi Andrea : She's had it since she was a little girl.
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HOL Live : Here is one from Osuziq30:
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HOL Live : Here is a comment from BriMcGjrn:
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Comment : I just wanted to say that you were the hottest actress on
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Babylon 5... :) Just had to say that. Wanna get married? Oh no, I
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forgot - I'm marrying Jerry next week. ;-)
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HOL Live : Here is one from Viper1701:
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Question : Will there be any new cast members next season?
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Psi Andrea : Most definitely.
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Question : Do you think Talia will become more outgoing now that she has
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some heavy second thoughts about life with Psycorp? Maybe being more
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socialable with the B5 crew instead of all business.
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Psi Andrea : So you want to see Talia cut loose, eh? I'm with you. I'd
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like to see her open up more, form some close relationships whether
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romantic or not.
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HOL Live : Here is one from Watcher48:
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Question : I heard that Ivanova would be developing Psi powers. Is
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this true?
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Psi Andrea : Good things come to those who wait... ;-)
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Question : Talia what got you in this buisness?
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Psi Andrea : Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca. I thought if I could just do
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that, if I could be only a fraction as good as she was that I would be
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happy for the rest of my life.
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HOL Live : Here is one from RoseBrgr2:
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Question : Do you ever feel like the special effects take over, that you
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are "overshadowed" by all the flash?
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Psi Andrea : Sure, but I'm not complaining. It's great to be part of
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something as exciting as Babylon 5. When I saw the first episode, last
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year, I was seeing the special effects for the very 1st time just like you
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were. It was thrilling. Like being 5 all over again.
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HOL Live : Here is one from MerrickB:
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Question : What is your/Talia's feelings regarding Bureau 13 -
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Particularly how much trust do you/Talia have in the Psi Corp since the
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discovery of the "deceased" telepath?
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Psi Andrea : Outwardly, Talia is the same as always. Loyal to the Corps.
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Inwardly, she has many fears and reservations. To express these, within
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the Corps, could mean death.
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HOL Live : Here is one from Kdubose77:
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Question : Have read either of the B5 books? You know, the first one,
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Voices, is very much a Talia story.
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Psi Andrea : Yes, I did read Voices. And enjoyed it very much.
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HOL Live : Here is one from JJMAYER:
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Question : Are there any plans for Walter Koenig to return in his
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PsiCorp role?
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Psi Andrea : Definitely. And isn't he good at it. At playing such an
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evil character.
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Question : Do you ever find yourself becoming more like the characters
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you play as time goes on?
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Psi Andrea : Oh yeah, it's a big pitfall. Sometimes, when I'm playing a
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character who's dark. I'll begin to take on depressing characteristics.
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So, wild characters, wilder impulses. Every once in a while, I have to
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remind myself, this is just my job - don't get to carried away. I find it
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self-indulgent.
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Question : How long does it take to make an episode?
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Psi Andrea : 7 days. Of filming. Post, another week.
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Question : Will there be a spinoff of b5
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Psi Andrea : I don't know.
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Question : How did you start your career in acting?
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Psi Andrea : In New York City, I went and did the usual cliche' waited
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tables and went to acting school.
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Question : Do you ever read any Pournelle or Niven or any other Sci fi
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writers?
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Psi Andrea : I recently finished a book by David Brin, called Post Man.
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I found it extremely interesting, and quite chilling in light of the
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recent tragedy in Oaklahoma City.
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Question : Is there a good possibility that Talia is a double agent for
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PSI Corps?
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Psi Andrea : Ya never know.
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HOL Live : Andrea - You've been a wonderful guest! Is this your first
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venture into cyberspace? And will you come back on again for us?
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Psi Andrea : Thank you! Yes, I was a cyber-virgin until this evening.
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And I'd love to come back! Keep tuning in!
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HOL Live : Do you have any closing comments for our audience?
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Psi Andrea : Good night America.
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OnlineHost : We'd like to thank our guest Andrea Thompson for appearing
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with Hollywood Online's Inside Hollywood! transcript of this event will
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be available in the Hollywood Online Inside Holloywood Press Transcript
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OnlineHost : Copyright 1995 America Online, Inc.
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