In the past Susan was press shy because she wants to talk about other things than her character and letting her performance speak for itself in that regard. Moreover she knows she cannot give away stories and dislikes badmouthing performers, writers or producers, so she felt it better to stay away from the press. She agreed to speak to the weekly because the magazine�s staff has been supportive of her and she wanted to show her appreciation.
She has never expected an Emmy nomination to come cause B&B has been ignored in the awards in the past--however she was flattered about her nomination and she was also excited for Adrienne Frantz (Amber) who she thinks is an up and coming talent and she was also excited for Brad Bell who is the head writer and producer. She thinks that Brad is finally out of his father�s (Bill Bell, writer for Y&R) shadow.
She let Rhonda Friedman and the production staff to choose her clips for her Emmy submission, as she feels she is too critical to judge her own work.
Susan wanted to be an actress since she was a child of less than 10 years, and she chose (with her mother�s help) a two year associates program for college at Missouri�s Stephens College so she could move out west sooner to get into the movies.
She credits Betty Corday (widow of DAYS creator Ted Corday), producer Irwin Allen (who cast her in THE TOWERING INFERNO, which she won a Golden globe for, after casting her in his Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea TV series years earlier) and Y&R/B&B co-creator Bill Bell (who also wrote for her on DAYS, which she won an emmy for) as the most important people in her career.
She has fond memories working with Robert Wagner in Toweing Inferno and Larry Hagman in Dallas (where she played PR woman Leslie Stewart.)
She discovered her passion for directing while on DAYS and was influenced by DAYS director Frank Pacelli who, among with Bill Bell convinced her to take to part of Stephanie when Bill created B&B in the 80�s.
She fondly remembers the sense of company she feels on the B&B set, which has been there since the beginning, when she, John McCook (Eric), Ronn Moss (Ridge), Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke) and Joanna Johnson (ex- Caroline/Karen/Faith) started out the show.
She thinks that Stephanie should never have taken Eric back, and she even joked to John McCook who plays Eric that the fact that she was so convincing in doing just that shows what acting�s all about.
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