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Transcript: Chat with Sara Gilbert, 11/12/99 Yahoomc: Hi folks -- Thanks for joining us! Yahoomc: Our chat with Sara Gilbert will start in about 15 minutes Yahoomc: Keep sending in your questions! Yahoomc: Sara is currently starring in the new film "Light It Up" Yahoomc: Be sure to check out the web-site for the movie: Yahoomc: www.foxmovies.com/lightitup Yahoomc: Of course, she also appeared on Roseanne Yahoomc: Send in your questions now for this talented young actress Yahoomc: Sara was born in 1975 Yahoomc: and she's the sister of Melissa Gilbert Yahoomc: from "Little House on the Prairie" Yahoomc: Sara also has been attending Yale University Yahoomc: Welcome to Yahoo! Chat Yahoomc: Our chat with Sara Gilbert will start in less than ten minutes skydivto asks: will this be in voice chat? Yahoomc: Sorry, we won't be using voice for this chat Yahoomc: Sara will be joining us by telephone tonight Yahoomc: Her typist will be logged in as sara_gilbert_live Yahoomc: Hi folks -- We're back! Yahoomc: Our chat with Sara Gilbert is about to get underway Yahoomc: Keep sending in your questions Yahoomc: Please, no spamming or obscenity Yahoomc: OK -- everyone -- Sara Gilbert is now on-line! sara_gilbert_live: Hi everybody! sara_gilbert_live: Thanks for being here busta_sac asks: Sara is it true that your father is none other than the WWF's Undertaker? sara_gilbert_live: How did you find that out! Yahoomc: Really? sara_gilbert_live: No. ImpCelyn asks: What was it like, doing an episode of 'The Simpsons?' How does that whole thing work? Do you read the script first? sara_gilbert_live: Yeah you sit around the table and read the script with a whole lot of actors. sara_gilbert_live: And you never really see it till later. They draw it later. sara_gilbert_live: You record all of it before it's drawn - then they send it to Japan to draw it. stard2000 asks: Who do you play in this movie? Yahoomc: Talking about Light It Up... sara_gilbert_live: I play Lynn, the pregnant punker reject teenager. sara_gilbert_live: It was kind of tough playing her because it was freezing cold in Chicago in the winter sara_gilbert_live: but it was fun player her. Shooting was just hard. sara_gilbert_live: playing her, not player AfricanAmericanQueenNee asks: Mrs. Gilbert , What's next for you , more drama films , I've seen Light it up and its an excellent film "Well Written"!! sara_gilbert_live: I did a movie called High Fidelity sara_gilbert_live: from the book sara_gilbert_live: and another movie called The Big Tease. sara_gilbert_live: One's a romantic comedy, the other is a mockumentary. klove_1976 asks: How did you hear about "Light It up"? And what attracted you to the part? sara_gilbert_live: It was submitted to my agent. sara_gilbert_live: The writer/director had been thinking about me for a while sara_gilbert_live: so they sent me the script sara_gilbert_live: And I wanted to work with Fox and BabyFace and Forrest Whitaker so I accepted. lewis_35 asks: Did you enjoy working with Forest Whitaker? sara_gilbert_live: Yes, he's a genius. sara_gilbert_live: He's such a good actor. He's so consistent. sara_gilbert_live: and he's really sincere with his acting. sara_gilbert_live: And he's nothing like his character so it's amazing to see him break out of it and just be a regular guy. jancanyon asks: I just read an article about you in US. Do you think that your education at Yale helped with acting? sara_gilbert_live: Maybe it gives you more experience. sara_gilbert_live: And as an artist it's important to have as much experience as you can to connect to as many emotions as you can. sara_gilbert_live: But I think that acting makes you good at acting. sara_gilbert_live: And good directors. klove_1976 asks: HOw long have you been acting? Is it something that runs in the family? Did you feel pressured to become an actress since your sister is one? sara_gilbert_live: I've been acting since I was six. sara_gilbert_live: I acted for a few years and took a few years off. sara_gilbert_live: My sister acted and my grandfather was a comedy writer. sara_gilbert_live: My brother was an actor. sara_gilbert_live: I didn't feel any pressure to act, I just wanted to. sara_gilbert_live: I'm an attention whore. DUBHEAD1 asks: Sarah...you used to come to Sun Valley a lot. How come we don't see you anymore? I remember you were on the local bus system one night and forgot your smokes. sara_gilbert_live: I used to go there with my Mom. sara_gilbert_live: I should go back there. It's so beautiful too. sara_gilbert_live: I quit smoking too. sara_gilbert_live: (And so should my friend Amy!) xaiah asks: We've all enjoyed watching you grow up on TV and film. Are you ready to make the transition to playing more adult characters? Your young looks may be a bit of a hinderance,but your acting skills will surely allow for stronger and mature roles. sara_gilbert_live: It can be a hindrance because I do look young. sara_gilbert_live: But i'm totally ready to play older parts. sara_gilbert_live: In TV I have a choice whether I play older roles. sara_gilbert_live: Where in film I don't have that choice, because I have to audition while in television I have a sort of power. sara_gilbert_live: To choose sara_gilbert_live: Even though it probably won't make it on the air! plastik9_1999 asks: Sara, I loved you on Roseanne, can we expect any future television projects from you? sara_gilbert_live: Yeah, I think I want to do another show. hansonbabe_2000 asks: Do you want to do any other work besides acting like, directing or producing a film? sara_gilbert_live: I'd like to direct. sara_gilbert_live: For me - I love film. sara_gilbert_live: I love photography. sara_gilbert_live: I love the medium. sara_gilbert_live: I love acting, sara_gilbert_live: and I love being in charge. sara_gilbert_live: So it's the perfect balance of those. sonshineflower asks: Have you ever been Pressured to do anything that you didn't want to do ? sara_gilbert_live: Anything that I mention would be too incriminating . .. peppermintp_29150 asks: What did you learn from being out of the spotlight for a while? sara_gilbert_live: I found my identity, separate from that world. dursco asks: i felt like i identified with darlene. did you enjoy the character that she was? sara_gilbert_live: Yes, very much so. sara_gilbert_live: I liked that she was tough, but soft underneath. sara_gilbert_live: I always liked that combination. stard2000 asks: Do you ever play any characters that aren't dark and brooding? sara_gilbert_live: Yeah - these upcoming characters are not sara_gilbert_live: Thank god. Yahoomc: Do you worry about being typecast? sara_gilbert_live: I don't worry about being typecast. I just have to be patient I think. ImpCelyn asks: Why did you do 'Poison Ivy?' Did you not read the script first? Or did you do the movie as a dare? Fri Nov 12 17:15:00 1999 sara_gilbert_live: I read the script and thought it was actually alright. sara_gilbert_live: But it's kind of a cult classic and it's cool to be in something like that. nauners.rm asks: sara how do you feel about light it up? sara_gilbert_live: It's always hard to see yourself on screen. sara_gilbert_live: I've only seen it once, but I'm happy about it. sara_gilbert_live: I think it has a lot of stuff to say that's important. samasap69 asks: Do you feel that things have changed in America's schools since you were in high school? sara_gilbert_live: I don't know because I wasn't really in high school that much. sara_gilbert_live: I was in set school - one room with one other student and a teacher. skip_13_99 asks: hi, how do you and your sister Melissa and your brother Jonathan get along? sara_gilbert_live: Yeah, I'm especially close to my sister. sara_gilbert_live: We talk almost everyday. IgnatiousPReilly asks: Hi Sara!! Howard Stern once convinced a guest to let him tickle her foot for . Would you take Howard up on his offer?? sara_gilbert_live: Yeah, I'd take him up on that offer. Meriadoc91 asks: What is the most embarrassing moment in your life? Could you share it with us? sara_gilbert_live: I can't think of it, but if I could, I can't imagine that I'd want to share it. jermika_99_00 asks: Do you think that you would ever do a reunion show? sara_gilbert_live: Maybe. dr_rachael asks: When you were filming Roseanne, you were growing up in the spotlight. The media can at times be very cruel. At times it can be very insensitive. How did you handle this. Do you resent the fact that you were forced to grow up under the public eye? sara_gilbert_live: No because I wasn't forced. sara_gilbert_live: I was dying to be in the public eye. sara_gilbert_live: More so than I even am now. sara_gilbert_live: I think that the media only has as much power as you give them. sara_gilbert_live: For me, I try to detach from negative press and not let it effect me. sara_gilbert_live: It's hard, but you get to a place where you can just kind of let it go. sugardoll28 asks: I LOVE YOUR HAIR sara_gilbert_live: I ended up being allergic to the hair dye we were using in the movie. sara_gilbert_live: So you can see it fade out during the movie and get bright again at the end when I redyed it. sara_gilbert_live: It had citric acid which I know I'm allergic too, but I'm a little crazy and just convinced myself that I was allergic. sara_gilbert_live: But I was probably fine. grandvezir asks: Are you a Goth? sara_gilbert_live: I am not. sara_gilbert_live: But I appreciate Goth. AfricanAmericanQueenNee asks: How does it feel to work with Usher Raymond my FAVORITE actor? sara_gilbert_live: It was great. sara_gilbert_live: He's so professional and sweet and grounded. fatsean asks: who's your favorite author? sara_gilbert_live: I would say - that's not so easy. . . sara_gilbert_live: Kurt Vonnegut hansonbabe_2000 asks: What's your fave t.v show and movie? sara_gilbert_live: I like Katherine Dunne - Geek Love - as an author or book sara_gilbert_live: Sex And the City - for TV - I've only seen it once, but I like it a lot. sara_gilbert_live: Movie - Harold and Maude green_m28 asks: do you play softball? sara_gilbert_live: Not really - I'm okay at skiing, but I'm not good at team sports. plastik9_1999 asks: Are you a genius? sara_gilbert_live: Totally. Meriadoc91 asks: What's the hardest thing about acting? sara_gilbert_live: Doing things that you don't feel ready to do in your own life at work. sara_gilbert_live: Like I have to dance and be crazy in a scene, but I'm not a point in my life where I'm comfortable doing it. sara_gilbert_live: But I have to push through and do it anyway. sara_gilbert_live: Then you get the big fat paycheck and it's all worth it!!!! seamster123 asks: What was your favorite class at Yale? sara_gilbert_live: Photography - any photography class I took. xaiah asks: Is is just me or do you feel that MTV's Daria was based heavily on your Darlene character ? sara_gilbert_live: I've heard that before. sara_gilbert_live: I don't know because I haven't really seen it. sara_gilbert_live: But I like the reference. Ares_of_Mars asks: what is the last book you read? sara_gilbert_live: I'm reading 100 Years of Solitude goodbadman_2000 asks: Seeing that Master P did one of the Songs on the Light It Up soundtrack, have you got to meet him? sara_gilbert_live: Just Fred Ro - because I worked with him and he did some stuff on the soundtrack. Hawk_1980 asks: I'm interested in becoming an actor(actually it consumes my life) what advice can you give me? sara_gilbert_live: Well if you have that much drive and dedication, then I'm sure you don't need my advice. livid223 asks: do you enjoy theater? sara_gilbert_live: I do. sara_gilbert_live: As a matter of fact. sara_gilbert_live: I did a play called DownWinder Dance, but I went to Ohio to do it sara_gilbert_live: because I was too freaked out to do it in L.A. or New York taken_ShadowKnight asks: was your first kiss on or off the rosanne set sara_gilbert_live: Way off! tx_marine_94_98 asks: Sara, would you ever join the Marines? sara_gilbert_live: I would never say never! sara_gilbert_live: That's a trick question. Meriadoc91 asks: Do you feel you're celebrity status makes you different from ordinary people? sara_gilbert_live: Yes, it's different, unusual I guess, to be a celebrity sara_gilbert_live: but does it make me different on a real level - no. dr_rachael asks: You choose to go to Yale, right? Now how did you balance this and working on Rosanne? How did you film your scenes? sara_gilbert_live: I would go to school 4 days a week sara_gilbert_live: and then I would fly back to L.A. and do my scenes on Friday sara_gilbert_live: And some weeks I wouldn't work. angel71446 asks: why were you freaked out about doing the play in New York or L.A.? sara_gilbert_live: I was afraid of being judged quite frankly. sara_gilbert_live: I didn't feel ready. sara_gilbert_live: afraid dthomasc_99 asks: Are you looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas? sara_gilbert_live: I like those times of year because it feels familiar so it feels safe. sara_gilbert_live: I dress up as an elf and walk around West Hollywood. august_peach78 asks: do you ever watch your show and laugh at your own punch lines? sara_gilbert_live: No, I don't watch the show that much. sara_gilbert_live: But I laugh at my own jokes all the time, just in life and when I'm delivering them. sara_gilbert_live: I'm very critical of myself. Meriadoc91 asks: I'm a freshman in high school and I'm wondering what were some of the things you did in high school that made Yale or the other prestigious universities to accept you. Do you have any advice, details, or., tips.. besides the fact of aiming high and studying hard? sara_gilbert_live: Make your application a little bit different sara_gilbert_live: When writing the essays, I tried not to worry about what they were looking for, and let them speak from who I really was. sara_gilbert_live: So maybe it was a little quirky or offbeat and I think that may have set me apart. sara_gilbert_live: That, or be on a huge tv show. They like the publicity! Ares_of_Mars asks: when will we see you on star trek as a bizarre alien? missylin01 asks: Sara, do you think TV/movies today are responsible for violence in some kids today? sara_gilbert_live: Absolutely not. sara_gilbert_live: No I think that guns are responsible for violence. sara_gilbert_live: I think that there's violent programming in all different countries but you don't see excessive violence. sara_gilbert_live: But you do in this country and I think it goes with handguns. mryesse asks: How do you respond to the negative press 'Light It Up' is getting because of the post columbine hysteria? Do you think it gives a good message as to what the REAL problems are? sara_gilbert_live: It shows how we get in a situation that turns violent. sara_gilbert_live: The point of the movie is what makes the situation escalate to violence. Yahoomc: Sara will be here for another ten minutes -- So send in your final questions! jiggy_7499 asks: i am going to see the show tonight and since i am a very sensitive guy, do i need to pack some tissues sara_gilbert_live: He just might. fdul asks: What director do you favor? sara_gilbert_live: I like Todd Haynes and Todd Solondz sara_gilbert_live: Neil Labute bpsheldon_99 asks: Would you ever appear nude on stage or on screen? sara_gilbert_live: Yeah, probably. Williamthebrave asks: who in hollywood wood you consider a good role model you would like to emmulate? sara_gilbert_live: Amy Letterman dragonlily27 asks: Were you in any theatre productions at Yale? sara_gilbert_live: No - I wanted to focus on other pursuits. firedude3115 asks: Do you do volunteer work? sara_gilbert_live: I did a lot of stuff with the environment and for AIDS but I was talking to a friend about doing Meals on Wheels next week. hansonbabe_2000 asks: Do you believe in aliens or ghosts? sara_gilbert_live: Yes sara_gilbert_live: I think so. Meriadoc91 asks: What do you think the power of music? Has music affected your life in any way? sara_gilbert_live: Yeah - music effects me profoundly. sara_gilbert_live: I like all kinds of music. possumxing asks: sara, what's your relationship situation? sara_gilbert_live: Co-dependent constance20_99 asks: Hi Sara.....I saw you on the Rosanne show not too long ago....Do you miss working with the cast? It seemed that you were shy and that you felt awkward around Rosanne, or was I reading into it to much? sara_gilbert_live: No I'm shy and awkward on camera - it has nothing to do with Rosanne puma_el_gato asks: What type of rice do you like best? sara_gilbert_live: brown sara_gilbert_live: I like everything healthy and whole grain dthomasc_99 asks: Can you sing? sara_gilbert_live: No I don't sing. sara_gilbert_live: Well, maybe in the shower. hansonbabe_2000 asks: Do you like horror films? And if so would you ever think of acting in one? sara_gilbert_live: Yeah, I'd think of acting in one. It's not my favorite genre - but I do like them. makin_ya_blush asks: you should have done "blair witch" it would have been better sara_gilbert_live: Thank you. Hawk_1980 asks: Are you to a point where you get film offers or do you still have to audition? sara_gilbert_live: I usually like auditioning sara_gilbert_live: Sometimes it can be a little nerve wracking sara_gilbert_live: but when you're an actor you don't act very much sara_gilbert_live: because filming takes up so little time of the process sara_gilbert_live: that auditions give you a chance to act. Alice1025 asks: how do you get past being shy on camera? sara_gilbert_live: I don't know and when you figure it out - can you let me know?! simonpberry asks: WHATS YOUR FAVORITE BEER? sara_gilbert_live: I'm not a big beer drinker sara_gilbert_live: Beverage of choice - tea sara_gilbert_live: and coffee river_plate_1999 asks: where do you find your inspiration?? sara_gilbert_live: From you river_plate angel71446 asks: Where do you see your self in 20 years? sara_gilbert_live: I see myself hopefully acting and directing and having a family. Fri Nov 12 17:45:23 1999 sara_gilbert_live: I hope people watch me and go see my movies and have fun! Yahoomc: Thanks Sara! |
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