| Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236524] |
Sat, 21 April 2007 23:46  |
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Originally posted by: Garondo Marondo
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-files.html
Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
By Daniel Kilkelly
Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
and will never appear in another TV series.
The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully for
nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of starring
on the show.
"I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
that sounds wonderful.'
"But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
myself to doing it for another couple of years."
Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I don't
like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of sitting
down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's destroying
society, as far as I'm concerned."
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236526 is a reply to message #236524] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 00:29  |
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Originally posted by: marc0ni@earthlink.net
On Apr 21, 8:46 pm, Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-file...
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> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>
> By Daniel Kilkelly
>
> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
> and will never appear in another TV series.
>
> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully for
> nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of starring
> on the show.
>
> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
> that sounds wonderful.'
>
> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>
> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
> Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I don't
> like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of sitting
> down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's destroying
> society, as far as I'm concerned."
Oh, Gillian, Gillian... you're just one ungrateful, one-time hottie,
aren't you? Have you ever had a real job? And by "real job", I mean
something more strenuous than spending 16 hours-a-day, nine-months-a-
year preening before fawning employers and co-workers.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236527 is a reply to message #236524] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 00:39 |
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Originally posted by: It's the Principle!
Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> wrote in rec.arts.tv:
> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-fi
> les.html
>
> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>
> By Daniel Kilkelly
>
> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The
> X-Files and will never appear in another TV series.
>
> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully
> for nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of
> starring on the show.
>
> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
> that sounds wonderful.'
>
> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I
> stayed so long was because the only way I could get more money was
> to commit myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>
> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f***
> up! Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I
> don't like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of
> sitting down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's
> destroying society, as far as I'm concerned."
>
>
Okay, see you flipping at McD. You sound like AJ. It's an offense to
your sensibilities and artiste-ry to perform for the masses, but you
keep going on auditions and begging for work. Must have discovered you
aren't much go for anything else, as if you were good for acting in the
first place. I only watched for DD.
--
Brandy Alexandre
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he
never would be found out. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236528 is a reply to message #236525] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 00:42 |
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Originally posted by: marc0ni@earthlink.net
On Apr 21, 9:21 pm, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
> In article <1177213580.126527.138...@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
> Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-file...
>
>> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>
>> By Daniel Kilkelly
>
>> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
>> and will never appear in another TV series.
>
> Is anybody asking her?
I just checked. She was in "Bleak House" in 2005, so I guess she
*will* do TV if it's "high-brow."
A quick scan of IMDB, though, shows that the busiest period of her
career so far has been *while* she was doing the "X-Files". So Fox
(the network) did let her out of the woods every now and then, after
all.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236529 is a reply to message #236524] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 00:43 |
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Originally posted by: af250
Garondo Marondo (Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com) writes:
> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-files.html
>
> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>
> By Daniel Kilkelly
>
> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
> and will never appear in another TV series.
>
> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully for
> nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of starring
> on the show.
>
> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
> that sounds wonderful.'
>
> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>
> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
> Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I don't
> like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of sitting
> down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's destroying
> society, as far as I'm concerned."
>
Hmm. I wonder where her highly rated performance in the BBC production of
_Bleak House_ (fifteen half-hour episodes a couple of years ago) fits in.
--John Park
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236530 is a reply to message #236527] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 00:55 |
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Originally posted by: marc0ni@earthlink.net
On Apr 21, 9:39 pm, "It's the Principle!"
<brandy...@kittylitternewsguy.com> wrote:
> Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote in rec.arts.tv:
>
>
>
>> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-fi
>> les.html
>
>> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>
>> By Daniel Kilkelly
>
>> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The
>> X-Files and will never appear in another TV series.
>
>> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully
>> for nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of
>> starring on the show.
>
>> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
>> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
>> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
>> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
>> that sounds wonderful.'
>
>> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
>> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I
>> stayed so long was because the only way I could get more money was
>> to commit myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>
>> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f***
>> up! Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I
>> don't like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of
>> sitting down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's
>> destroying society, as far as I'm concerned."
>
> Okay, see you flipping at McD. You sound like AJ. It's an offense to
> your sensibilities and artiste-ry to perform for the masses, but you
> keep going on auditions and begging for work. Must have discovered you
> aren't much go for anything else, as if you were good for acting in the
> first place. I only watched for DD.
>
Did she talk like this when she was with the "X-Files"? Judging by her
post-XF resume, she could just be parrotting the prejudices of her new
audience.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236531 is a reply to message #236530] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 01:40 |
Rob Jensen
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On 21 Apr 2007 21:55:39 -0700, "marc0ni@earthlink.net"
<marc0ni@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Apr 21, 9:39 pm, "It's the Principle!"
> <brandy...@kittylitternewsguy.com> wrote:
>> Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote in rec.arts.tv:
>>
>>
>>
>>> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-fi
>>> les.html
>>
>>> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>>
>>> By Daniel Kilkelly
>>
>>> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The
>>> X-Files and will never appear in another TV series.
>>
>>> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully
>>> for nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of
>>> starring on the show.
>>
>>> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
>>> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
>>> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
>>> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
>>> that sounds wonderful.'
>>
>>> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
>>> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I
>>> stayed so long was because the only way I could get more money was
>>> to commit myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>>
>>> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f***
>>> up! Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I
>>> don't like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of
>>> sitting down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's
>>> destroying society, as far as I'm concerned."
>>
>> Okay, see you flipping at McD. You sound like AJ. It's an offense to
>> your sensibilities and artiste-ry to perform for the masses, but you
>> keep going on auditions and begging for work. Must have discovered you
>> aren't much go for anything else, as if you were good for acting in the
>> first place. I only watched for DD.
>>
>
> Did she talk like this when she was with the "X-Files"? Judging by her
> post-XF resume, she could just be parrotting the prejudices of her new
> audience.
She has more or less been like this for as long as I can remember (and
I have a thing for redheads.) But then again, she was more or less a
punk/goth chick before she landed the X-Files gig, so this all might
be her way of saying how much she likes a series gig by saying how
much she hates it. The fact that she lives in England now only
convinces me more. The fact that the report comes from a British
tabloid convinces me even *more,* as they tend to take anything out of
context, stripping anything anybody says of any actual ironic content.
-- Rob
--
LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236532 is a reply to message #236524] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 02:58 |
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Originally posted by: Highlandish
Quoth The Raven; Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> in
<1177213580.126527.138000@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>
> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-files.html
>
> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>
> By Daniel Kilkelly
>
> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
> and will never appear in another TV series.
>
> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully for
> nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of starring
> on the show.
>
> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
> that sounds wonderful.'
>
> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>
> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
> Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I don't
> like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of sitting
> down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's destroying
> society, as far as I'm concerned."
and so; many tvgeeks hearts just broke.
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When you pulled on the ropes the mattress tightened, making the bed
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236533 is a reply to message #236531] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 03:01 |
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Originally posted by: Highlandish
Quoth The Raven; Rob Jensen <ShutUpRob@aol.com> in
<5tsl23lf0ub4bp2q1e5b0njsqcps9at585@4ax.com>
> On 21 Apr 2007 21:55:39 -0700, "marc0ni@earthlink.net"
> <marc0ni@earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> On Apr 21, 9:39 pm, "It's the Principle!"
>> <brandy...@kittylitternewsguy.com> wrote:
>>> Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote in rec.arts.tv:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-fi
>>>> les.html
>>>
>>>> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>>>
>>>> By Daniel Kilkelly
>>>
>>>> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The
>>>> X-Files and will never appear in another TV series.
>>>
>>>> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully
>>>> for nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of
>>>> starring on the show.
>>>
>>>> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
>>>> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
>>>> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
>>>> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
>>>> that sounds wonderful.'
>>>
>>>> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
>>>> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I
>>>> stayed so long was because the only way I could get more money was
>>>> to commit myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>>>
>>>> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f***
>>>> up! Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I
>>>> don't like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of
>>>> sitting down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's
>>>> destroying society, as far as I'm concerned."
>>>
>>> Okay, see you flipping at McD. You sound like AJ. It's an offense
>>> to your sensibilities and artiste-ry to perform for the masses, but
>>> you keep going on auditions and begging for work. Must have
>>> discovered you aren't much go for anything else, as if you were
>>> good for acting in the first place. I only watched for DD.
>>>
>>
>> Did she talk like this when she was with the "X-Files"? Judging by her
>> post-XF resume, she could just be parrotting the prejudices of her new
>> audience.
>
> She has more or less been like this for as long as I can remember (and
> I have a thing for redheads.) But then again, she was more or less a
> punk/goth chick before she landed the X-Files gig, so this all might
> be her way of saying how much she likes a series gig by saying how
> much she hates it. The fact that she lives in England now only
> convinces me more. The fact that the report comes from a British
> tabloid convinces me even *more,* as they tend to take anything out of
> context, stripping anything anybody says of any actual ironic content.
>
> -- Rob
i am punk/goth and i had always liked her, but i didnt know she was
punk/goth.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236534 is a reply to message #236524] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 03:24 |
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Originally posted by: Nico Bartels
On 21 Apr 2007 20:46:20 -0700, Garondo Marondo
<Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> wrote:
> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
> Stella magazine.
"Five-and-a-half-years" and yet she did it for nine years, because:
> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
So the message is: There will be another X-files movie with GA, if GA
gets enough money.. ?
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236536 is a reply to message #236524] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 06:53 |
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Originally posted by: Mojo
"Garondo Marondo" <Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1177213580.126527.138000@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-files.html
>
> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>
> By Daniel Kilkelly
>
> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
> and will never appear in another TV series.
>
> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully for
> nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of starring
> on the show.
>
> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
> that sounds wonderful.'
>
> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>
> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
> Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I don't
> like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of sitting
> down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's destroying
> society, as far as I'm concerned."
Ike! Do your impression of Gillian Anderson's post-"X-Files" career!
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236537 is a reply to message #236535] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 07:03 |
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Originally posted by: Mari
On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:03:11 -0700, WGRG3@webtv.net wrote:
> So we are supposed to believe that she was on a show for 'nine years',
> that she hated doing. She was only contracted for five years, but she
> hated it so much that she stayed for four more years! Did this story
> come out on April 1st?
>
I'm pretty sure she and David got paid a lot more to renew their
contracts after year 5.
And the "wood" she had to live in the first five years was Vancouver.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236539 is a reply to message #236535] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 08:54 |
rob
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 01:03:11 -0700, WGRG3@webtv.net wrote:
> So we are supposed to believe that she was on a show for 'nine years',
> that she hated doing. She was only contracted for five years, but she
> hated it so much that she stayed for four more years! Did this story
> come out on April 1st?
>
>
It's a bullshit story which has been "spinned" beyond sensibility. I
seriously doubt GA would pour a bucket of shit over all her work on
the X-files and TV viewers in general.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236541 is a reply to message #236524] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 09:05 |
Ken from Chicago
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"Garondo Marondo" <Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1177213580.126527.138000@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-files.html
>
> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>
> By Daniel Kilkelly
>
> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
> and will never appear in another TV series.
>
> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully for
> nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of starring
> on the show.
>
> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
> that sounds wonderful.'
>
> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>
> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
> Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I don't
> like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of sitting
> down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's destroying
> society, as far as I'm concerned."
>
Brent Spiner fell out of love with the role of "Data". A lot actors aren't
as crazy about the roles they play--even if said roles are hugely popular.
-- Ken from Chicago
P.S. It's like musicians, such as Cheap Trick, who hate their most popular
song, such as "The Flame".
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236543 is a reply to message #236530] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 09:37 |
Alan McHurshman
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On Apr 22, 1:55 am, "marc...@earthlink.net" <marc...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
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> Did she talk like this when she was with the "X-Files"? Judging by her
> post-XF resume, she could just be parrotting the prejudices of her new
> audience.
If this interview is accurate and real I think you could
be right. She may be dissing TV because the artsy
crowd in London expects it of her.
The one problem with that interpretation is that
TV acting never had the negative career impact
or low status in England that it had in America.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236544 is a reply to message #236528] |
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Originally posted by: cathy
On 21 Apr 2007 21:42:13 -0700, "marc0ni@earthlink.net"
<marc0ni@earthlink.net> wrote:
> On Apr 21, 9:21 pm, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
>> In article <1177213580.126527.138...@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
>> Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-file...
>>
>>> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>>
>>> By Daniel Kilkelly
>>
>>> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
>>> and will never appear in another TV series.
>>
>> Is anybody asking her?
>
> I just checked. She was in "Bleak House" in 2005, so I guess she
> *will* do TV if it's "high-brow."
No, she said she'd never do another SERIES, which by definition is
open ended. Bleak House was essentially a long movie. Her contract was
for a specific project, NOT a specific time frame (like 5 and a half
years). Huge difference.
Cathy
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236545 is a reply to message #236544] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 11:09 |
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Originally posted by: marc0ni@earthlink.net
On Apr 22, 7:20 am, cathy <cwell...@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
> On 21 Apr 2007 21:42:13 -0700, "marc...@earthlink.net"
>
>
>
> <marc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> On Apr 21, 9:21 pm, Anim8rFSK <ANIM8R...@cox.net> wrote:
>>> In article <1177213580.126527.138...@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
>>> Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>>> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-file...
>
>>>> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>
>>>> By Daniel Kilkelly
>
>>>> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
>>>> and will never appear in another TV series.
>
>>> Is anybody asking her?
>
>> I just checked. She was in "Bleak House" in 2005, so I guess she
>> *will* do TV if it's "high-brow."
>
> No, she said she'd never do another SERIES, which by definition is
> open ended. Bleak House was essentially a long movie. Her contract was
> for a specific project, NOT a specific time frame (like 5 and a half
> years). Huge difference.
>
> Cathy
I'll concede the point. But she wasn't dumping on *just* series
television. She was implicitly dumping on television viewers
themselves, contending that "sitting down in front of a TV feels like
one of the things that's destroying society".
So does it really make a difference whether she performs in an open-
ended tv series or in "long movies" that just happen to play on
television?
To be fair, however, we don't really know what she was responding to
when she gave her answers. The article makes it sound as though GA
burst into the Stella magazine offices one day just to gripe about her
days on the X-Files. Then when the writer finally got a chance to ask
about her future TV projects, she evidently launched into another
tirade about how TV itself is a waste of time.
More likely, she was responding to a series of leading questions the
writer asked. And then her entire interview was condensed into three
paragraphs, devoid of context.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236546 is a reply to message #236526] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 11:24 |
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Originally posted by: Forge
On 21 Apr 2007 21:29:48 -0700, marc0ni@earthlink.net wrote:
> Oh, Gillian, Gillian... you're just one ungrateful, one-time hottie,
> aren't you? Have you ever had a real job? And by "real job", I mean
> something more strenuous than spending 16 hours-a-day, nine-months-a-
> year preening before fawning employers and co-workers.
I'm totally sure you could stand up to the workload of someone working on a
series for a major television network. Me, I'll stick to 10-hour days
supporting clueless users at the IT helpdesk. It's WAY easier work.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236547 is a reply to message #236543] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 11:44 |
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Originally posted by: It's the Principle!
Alan McHurshman <alan.hurshman@gmail.com> wrote in rec.arts.tv:
> On Apr 22, 1:55 am, "marc...@earthlink.net"
> <marc...@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>> Did she talk like this when she was with the "X-Files"? Judging
>> by her post-XF resume, she could just be parrotting the
>> prejudices of her new audience.
>
> If this interview is accurate and real I think you could
> be right. She may be dissing TV because the artsy
> crowd in London expects it of her.
>
> The one problem with that interpretation is that
> TV acting never had the negative career impact
> or low status in England that it had in America.
>
> --
> AlanH
>
>
>
>
The fact remains she's just not good enough for feature work. She
barely passed for TV.
--
Brandy Alexandre
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he
never would be found out. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236548 is a reply to message #236524] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 11:49 |
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Originally posted by: Uniblab
"Garondo Marondo" <Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1177213580.126527.138000@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-files.html
>
> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>
> By Daniel Kilkelly
>
> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>
> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
> Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I don't
> like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of sitting
> down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's destroying
> society, as far as I'm concerned."
>
But she was willing to contribute to "one of those things that's destroying
society", for the right price.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236550 is a reply to message #236541] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 12:23 |
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Originally posted by: FDR
"Ken from Chicago" <kwicker1b_nospam@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:AcGdnVuep_MjwLbbnZ2dnUVZ_t-mnZ2d@comcast.com...
>
> "Garondo Marondo" <Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1177213580.126527.138000@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-files.html
>>
>> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>>
>> By Daniel Kilkelly
>>
>> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
>> and will never appear in another TV series.
>>
>> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully for
>> nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of starring
>> on the show.
>>
>> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
>> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
>> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
>> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
>> that sounds wonderful.'
>>
>> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
>> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
>> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
>> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>>
>> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
>> Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I don't
>> like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of sitting
>> down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's destroying
>> society, as far as I'm concerned."
>>
>
> Brent Spiner fell out of love with the role of "Data". A lot actors aren't
> as crazy about the roles they play--even if said roles are hugely popular.
>
> -- Ken from Chicago
>
> P.S. It's like musicians, such as Cheap Trick, who hate their most popular
> song, such as "The Flame".
They rightfully should hate that song :)
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236552 is a reply to message #236533] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 12:56 |
Rob Jensen
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:01:06 +1000, "Highlandish" <Say No To Spam>
wrote:
> Quoth The Raven; Rob Jensen <ShutUpRob@aol.com> in
> <5tsl23lf0ub4bp2q1e5b0njsqcps9at585@4ax.com>
>> On 21 Apr 2007 21:55:39 -0700, "marc0ni@earthlink.net"
>> <marc0ni@earthlink.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Apr 21, 9:39 pm, "It's the Principle!"
>>> <brandy...@kittylitternewsguy.com> wrote:
>>>> Garondo Marondo <Classic.Mr.H...@gmail.com> wrote in rec.arts.tv:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-fi
>>>> > les.html
>>>>
>>>> > Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>>>>
>>>> > By Daniel Kilkelly
>>>>
>>>> > Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The
>>>> > X-Files and will never appear in another TV series.
>>>>
>>>> > The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully
>>>> > for nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of
>>>> > starring on the show.
>>>>
>>>> > "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
>>>> > contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
>>>> > audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
>>>> > Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
>>>> > that sounds wonderful.'
>>>>
>>>> > "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
>>>> > working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I
>>>> > stayed so long was because the only way I could get more money was
>>>> > to commit myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>>>>
>>>> > Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f***
>>>> > up! Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I
>>>> > don't like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of
>>>> > sitting down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's
>>>> > destroying society, as far as I'm concerned."
>>>>
>>>> Okay, see you flipping at McD. You sound like AJ. It's an offense
>>>> to your sensibilities and artiste-ry to perform for the masses, but
>>>> you keep going on auditions and begging for work. Must have
>>>> discovered you aren't much go for anything else, as if you were
>>>> good for acting in the first place. I only watched for DD.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Did she talk like this when she was with the "X-Files"? Judging by her
>>> post-XF resume, she could just be parrotting the prejudices of her new
>>> audience.
>>
>> She has more or less been like this for as long as I can remember (and
>> I have a thing for redheads.) But then again, she was more or less a
>> punk/goth chick before she landed the X-Files gig, so this all might
>> be her way of saying how much she likes a series gig by saying how
>> much she hates it. The fact that she lives in England now only
>> convinces me more. The fact that the report comes from a British
>> tabloid convinces me even *more,* as they tend to take anything out of
>> context, stripping anything anybody says of any actual ironic content.
>>
>> -- Rob
>
> i am punk/goth and i had always liked her, but i didnt know she was
> punk/goth.
Oh yeah, you should read some of the biographical interviews with GA
in which she discusses her personal history pre-XF, there are some
pictures of her floating about from those years -- half-shaved blue
hair, nose-piercing (IIRC), torn t-shirts, whole mid-to-late 80's punk
thang.
-- Rob
--
LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236553 is a reply to message #236534] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 12:56 |
Rob Jensen
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 09:24:13 +0200, Nico Bartels
<no.spam.4.me@xs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 21 Apr 2007 20:46:20 -0700, Garondo Marondo
> <Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
>> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
>> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
>> Stella magazine.
>
> "Five-and-a-half-years" and yet she did it for nine years, because:
>
>> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
>> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
>> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
>> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>
> So the message is: There will be another X-files movie with GA, if GA
> gets enough money.. ?
Of *course* there'll be another X-Files movie. GA has, like, DD, said
she'll do another one if the script is good enough and now that CC's
lawsuit against Fox over profit-participation issues is just about
resolved, they're just waiting for the i-dotting and t-crossing to be
finished on the settlement. I wouldn't be too surprised if CC is
already working on the script or script treatment off-the-record.
-- Rob
--
LORELAI: I am so done with plans. I am never, ever making one again.
It never works. I spend the day obsessing over why it didn't work
and what I could've done differently. I'm analyzing all my shortcomings
when all I really need to be doing is vowing to never, ever make a plan
ever again, which I'm doing now, having once again been the innocent
victim of my own stupid plans. God, I need some coffee.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236555 is a reply to message #236541] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 13:13 |
Steven L.
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Ken from Chicago wrote:
> "Garondo Marondo" <Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1177213580.126527.138000@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-files.html
>>
>> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>>
>> By Daniel Kilkelly
>>
>> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
>> and will never appear in another TV series.
>>
>> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully for
>> nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of starring
>> on the show.
>>
>> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
>> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
>> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
>> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
>> that sounds wonderful.'
>>
>> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
>> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
>> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
>> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>>
>> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
>> Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I don't
>> like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of sitting
>> down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's destroying
>> society, as far as I'm concerned."
>>
>
> Brent Spiner fell out of love with the role of "Data". A lot actors aren't
> as crazy about the roles they play--even if said roles are hugely popular.
In fact, Evangeline Lilly just said pretty much the same thing about her
show "Lost": She's gotten to the point that now she hates it.
And Patrick Stewart wanted out of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" too.
Of course, that show ran for 7 seasons, so I can see how an
accomplished actor like Stewart might want to do something else with his
life already, after spending 7 years on one project.
--
Steven D. Litvintchouk
Email: sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net
Remove the NOSPAM before replying to me.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236557 is a reply to message #236539] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 13:25 |
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Originally posted by: Sean Carroll
rob wrote:
> It's a bullshit story which has been "spinned" beyond sensibility. I
> seriously doubt GA would pour a bucket of shit over all her work on
> the X-files and TV viewers in general.
*DD* might, though. But the fact that she's already on record as saying
she would love to do XF2 and is just waiting for it to get okay'ed by
the Fox people casts, shall we say, a bit of doubt on all this.
In any event, since when the fuck does anyone take idiotic tabloid
stories like this seriously? Some of you folks out there really need a
refresher course in reality.
--
--Sean
http://spclsd223.livejournal.com/
'Nobel invented dynamite. I won't accept his blood money.' --Dr Gregory
House
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236559 is a reply to message #236551] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 13:30 |
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Originally posted by: Sean Carroll
FDR wrote:
> "Irulan" <lrulan@comcast.net> wrote
>>> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
>>> and will never appear in another TV series.
>> Sure, bite the hand that fed you very well for years.
> Oh heck, lots of ppl hate their jobs but do it anyway.
And lots of 'ppl' know better than to take idiotic tabloid soundbites
seriously.
if n is the number of replies this 'story' has already triggered, then n
is exactly n more than it's worth. Don't you people have anything better
to do than to dance whenever the overblown-celebrity-scandal-media
industry tells you it's time to be 'outraged'?
--
--Sean
http://spclsd223.livejournal.com/
'Nobel invented dynamite. I won't accept his blood money.' --Dr Gregory
House
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236560 is a reply to message #236526] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 13:32 |
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Originally posted by: zaryzary2003
On Apr 22, 12:29 am, "marc...@earthlink.net" <marc...@earthlink.net>
wrote:
> Oh, Gillian, Gillian... you're just one ungrateful, one-time hottie,
> aren't you? Have you ever had a real job? And by "real job", I mean
> something more strenuous than spending 16 hours-a-day, nine-months-a-
> year preening before fawning employers and co-workers.- Hide quoted text -
Doubtful. She went on "X Files" when she was 25 and became a huge
star. Poor thing had to work long hours and her only reward was
millions of dollars and international fame. (Although, I never
really took to the series, personally. I saw an episode here or there
but never really got into it.)
I can understand that working long hours isn't your thing, it might
get kinda tiresome. But she ought to know that talking about it like
that makes her sound like a spoiled millionaire. What's more, her
comments about TV contributing to the destruction of society make her
sound both unbelievably pretentious and incredibly stupid at the same
time. I wonder if she realizes that she comes off as an airhead with a
gigantic and wildly unearned sense of ego.
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236562 is a reply to message #236555] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 13:50 |
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Originally posted by: Running Scissors
Steven L. wrote:
> Ken from Chicago wrote:
>
>> "Garondo Marondo" <Classic.Mr.Hole@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1177213580.126527.138000@y80g2000hsf.googlegroups.com...
>>
>>> http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/a45533/gillian-anderson-hat ed-x-files.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Saturday, April 21 2007, 09:51 BST (04:51 ET)
>>>
>>> By Daniel Kilkelly
>>>
>>> Gillian Anderson has confessed that she hated her time on The X-Files
>>> and will never appear in another TV series.
>>>
>>> The actress insisted that the only reason she played Agent Scully for
>>> nine years was because she enjoyed the financial rewards of starring
>>> on the show.
>>>
>>> "I couldn't get out of it. I didn't have a choice. I had to sign a
>>> contract for five-and-a-half-years before I even went to my first
>>> audition - when I didn't know if I'd got the part," Gillian told
>>> Stella magazine. "Back then I was all innocent and I thought, 'Wow
>>> that sounds wonderful.'
>>>
>>> "But then, when I started, I realised I'd be in a Canadian wood
>>> working 16 hours a day for nine months a year. And the reason I stayed
>>> so long was because the only way I could get more money was to commit
>>> myself to doing it for another couple of years."
>>>
>>> Asked about future TV projects, she replied: "Oh, shut the f*** up!
>>> Are you kidding me? My God, I don't even watch television. I don't
>>> like television. I never have liked it. The whole concept of sitting
>>> down in front of a TV feels like one of the things that's destroying
>>> society, as far as I'm concerned."
>>>
>>
>> Brent Spiner fell out of love with the role of "Data". A lot actors
>> aren't as crazy about the roles they play--even if said roles are
>> hugely popular.
And yet... have we seen either of them again in any significant way?
(I'm thinking their attitude may have more to do with the lack of
offers than their genuine dislike for the work.)
>
>
> In fact, Evangeline Lilly just said pretty much the same thing about her
> show "Lost": She's gotten to the point that now she hates it.
Spoiled brat. Many actors would KILL for regular work.
> And Patrick Stewart wanted out of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" too.
> Of course, that show ran for 7 seasons, so I can see how an
> accomplished actor like Stewart might want to do something else with his
> life already, after spending 7 years on one project.
Yes, we see how disenchanted he was since he then signed on to do how
many follow-up films? Four? Five?
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| Re: Gillian Anderson hated 'X-Files', and probably you too [message #236564 is a reply to message #236555] |
Sun, 22 April 2007 14:01 |
thinbluemime
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On Sun, 22 Apr 2007 13:13:51 -0400, Steven L.
<sdlitvin@earthlinkNOSPAM.net> wrote:
> In fact, Evangeline Lilly just said pretty much the same thing about her
> show "Lost": She's gotten to the point that now she hates it.
>
> And Patrick Stewart wanted out of "Star Trek: The Next Generation" too.
> Of course, that show ran for 7 seasons, so I can see how an
> accomplished actor like Stewart might want to do something else with his
> life already, after spending 7 years on one project.
I am not disputing Lilly said the above, but I sure would like a source,
so I can read specifically what she said. Any URL to the article? Much
appreciated!
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