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A: I SPEAK GERMAN AND FRENCH AND A LITTLE (VERY LITTLE) ITALIAN.
Q: DID YOU SANG YOURSELF IN `ALLO `ALLO?
A: YES.
Q: DO YOU REALLY KNOW HOW TO PLAY A PIANO? BEACUSE IN `ALLO `ALLO YOU DO SEEM TO BE ABLE TO?
A: NO. I WAS MIMING ON A DUMMY KEYBOARD. THE PIANIST WAS BEHIND THE SCENES. I`M FLATTERED YOU DIDN`T KNOW!
Q: DO YOU CONCIDER YOURSELF TO BE AMERICAN OR ENGLISH (SINCE YOU WERE BORN IN USA BUT EDUCATED IN ENGLAND)? IF SO WHERE DO YOUR PARENTS COME FROM?
A: I CONSIDER MYSELF - AS WE SAY IN MY FAMILY - "HAFF AND HAWF". MY FATHER WAS AMERICAN, BORN IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. MY MOTHER IS ENGLISH, BORN IN BEXHILL. I FEEL EQUALLY AT HOME IN EITHER COUNTRY.
Q: CAN YOU TELL AT LEAST ONE MEMORY YOU HAVE WHEN YOU WERE CASTING AT THE `ALLO `ALLO? WITH WHOM DID YOU GET ALONG THE LEAST/THE MOST AT THE CASTING?
A: AT THE CASTING I MET ONLY THE WRITER / PRODUCER / DIRECTOR DAVID CROFT AND HIS THEN ASSISTANT SUSIE BELBIN. AT THAT TIME NO OTHER ACTORS WERE THERE. I READ FOR DAVID AND IT WAS ENTIRELY HIS DECISION TO GIVE ME THE ROLE. WE GOT ON VERY WELL, AS WE DID LATER WHEN THE SHOW STARTED.
Q: HOW IS YOUR MOVIE GOING ALONG? COULD YOU TELL US WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
A: "THE DAY THE TRAIN STOPPED" IS A WORKING TITLE. WE HAVEN`T DECIDED WHAT TO CALL IT YET.... IT IS A ROMANTIC CAPER COMEDY ABOUT A YOUNG AMERICAN WRITER WHO FINDS HIMSELF STRANDED IN A REMOTE ENGLISH VILLAGE AND BECOMES INVOLVED WITH SOME VERY STRANGE LOCAL PEOPLE.....
I HAVE ALWAYS THOUGHT THE MOMENT THE CAMERA ROLLS ON A FILM IS A TREMENDOUS TRIBUTE TO THE BELIEF, DEDICATION AND SHEER HARD WORK OF THE CREATIVE TEAM. NOW, WORKING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAMERA FOR THE FIRST TIME, I AM LEARNING JUST HOW TRUE THAT IS.
Q: WHICH MOVIE DO YOU MOST REGRET THAT YOU CASTED IN?
A: I DON`T REGRET ANY FILMS I`VE MADE, ALTHOUGH "LEPRECHAUN 4" WAS NOT A PLEA-SANT EXPERIENCE. I WAS CALLED DAILY AROUND 5 AM AND SPENT MANY, MANY HOURS IN THE MAKE-UP CHAIR BEING TORTURED BY THE BRILLIANT SPECIAL EFFECTS ARTIST GABE BARTELOS. THE PROSTHETIC WAS GLUED TO MY BODY ALL OVER FROM THE WAIST UP AND WAS EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE.
I CAN THINK OF A LOT OF FILMS I REGRET NOT BEING CAST IN ...
Q: THERE ARE RUMORS THAT YOU ARE ENGAGED AND GETTING MARRIED. YOUR COMMENTS PLEASE. (IF IT IS TRUE, COULD WE KNOW HER NAME).
A: HER NAME IS DIANA. SHE IS VERY BEAUTIFUL.
Q: YOUR RELIGION?
A: LAPSED CHRISTIAN.
Q: ANY BLOOPERS THAT HAPPENED DURING THE FILMING HAVE BEEN SAVED AS I WOULD IMAGINE THESE WHOULD BE VERY ENTERTAINING TO SEE.
A: THE BBC HAS MANY OF THESE. I DON`T. THE FUNIEST I CAN REMEBER IS THE OUTTAKES FROM THE "SUICIDE TEETH" SCENE IN THE TRAIN. I HAD TO DO THE LINES OVER AND OVER BECAUSE THE CREW WERE LAUGHING SO MUCH.
SORRY FOR DELAY. THANKS FOR TAKING THE TROUBLE TO ASK QUESTIONS.
MY BEST WISHES TO YOU ALL.
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