Older Eric Questions Answered

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THREAD STARTED ON 02/21/2005


Hi Friends,
Eric just sent me replies to all your questions...hurray!
Thank you for being so patient

I have to post his replies in more threads since I can't copy all text in one sigle thread...I'm sorry...

Well, let's start!

Eric Questions Part 1

How did you celebrate X-mas and New Years Eve?
How do you spend your free time at home?

WE TRY TO KEEP CHRISTMAS VERY QUIET.
EMMA CAME OVER FOR A LITTLE WHILE TO BE PRESENTED WITH HER “SIDEKICK” AND OTHER GIFTS. WE ATE MEALS PREPARED BY MORGAN AND THERESA, HER COOKING PARTNER.
WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT OUR TREE? IT’S ACTUALLY A PINK, BARBIE CHRISTMAS TREE. IT HAD BEEN PART OF SARA RUE’S CHARACTER’S APARTMENT SET DRESSING ON “LESS THAN PERFECT”.
ELIZA ADMIRED IT, AND WHEN WE WENT OUT TO OUR CARS AFTER WORK, THE SET DESIGN TEAM HAD PLACED IT IN HER CAR AS A GIFT. THIS CHRISTMAS ELIZA MADE THE ROUNDS WITH KEATON AND MORGAN. THEY WENT TO THE HOME OF SINGER, MELISSA MANCHESTER.
NEW YEAR’S EVE WE TADITIONALLY GO TO SLEEP EARLY, BUT KEEP THE PHONE NEARBY IN CASE ANY KIDS OR FRIENDS NEED A SAFE DRIVER, ONE OF US!

I just heard that about Silk, I really do feel with you.
When did that happen?

IT WAS NOT LONG AGO AT ALL. THANK YOU FOR THE EMPATHY.

How many pets do you have now and what are their names?

HERE ARE JUST A FEW:
SQUIRRELS ? WE HAVE LOTS OF THEM. THEY EAT OUT OF OUR HANDS.
WE BUY NUTS IN BULK, AND FEED OUR TWO SQUIRREL FEEDING BOXES TOO. EVERY TIME WE GO ON LOCATION, WE EITHER PACK NUTS TO FEED LOCAL SQUIRRELS, OR THEY’RE THE FIRST THING WE BUY ONCE WE GET TO OUR LOCATION.
WE HAVE DOGS:
MUDDY
DUKE
ELLA
KIRA
CATS:
CHICK & STU

What music do you like?

KEATON SIMONS. THAT’S KIND OF IT FOR ME THESE DAYS.

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Eric Roberts Questions Part 2

Did you enjoy making the movie "The Specialist"?

SURE. MADE LOTS OF FRIENDS. WE LOVED JERRY WEINTRAUB,
THE PRODUCER, WHO ALSO PRODUCED OCEANS 11 & OCEANS 12.

Of all the people you have worked with, will you let us know two that you would like to work with again?

I’D LIKE TO ACT AGAIN WITH MY WIFE, ELIZA ROBERTS.
AND I’D LIKE TO WORK AGAIN WITH ZACHARY LEVI.

Do you ever do your own stunts in films?

NOT SINCE RUNAWAY TRAIN, WHERE I FOUND IT WAS TOO DISTRACTING. I’M NOT A PROFESSIONAL STUNT PERSON, SO IT TOOK ME AWAY FROM MY PERFORMANCE TO RIDE ON TOP OF THE TRAIN IN SUB ZERO TEMPERATURES IN ALASKA.
IN STILETTO DANCE, I DID A LOT OF MY OWN WORK IN THE KNIFE “DANCE”.

My question is, what are your feelings about live theatre?
I know you have roots in that world, but I'm wondering if you might ever dig back in and perform on stage again.

THE STAGE IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE PLACES TO BE.
I RECENTLY DID “THE EXONERATED”. I WOULD LOVE TO REVIVE “BURN THIS”.

I was wondering-has there ever been an actor/actress you acted with, you didn't get along with? You don't have to tell us who it was,
I was just wondering if there ever was a time.

THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT I HAVE TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FACT THAT SOMETIMES WHEN I’M STRUGGLING TO FIND A ROLE I MAY HAVE SEEMED KIND OF UNFRIENDLY, AND IT’S UNDERSTANDABLE THAT PEOPLE MIGHT TAKE THAT PERSONALLY. BY AND LARGE, THE ACTORS I’VE WORKED WITH HAVE BEEN VERY INTERESTING PEOPLE.

Do you think that Emma will ever do an acting "spot " with you as father and daughter? I would love to see that!!!

I’D LOVE TO SEE THAT TOO. ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN!

Do you enjoy coming to Canada to make some of your movies?

LOVE COMING TO CANADA.

I have often wondered if you have ever considered writing a biography about your life?
(right from when you were a young boy)

I HAVE MANY NOTES FOR A BIOGRAPHY. I PLAN TO WRITE ONE.

I just want to know everything about your life.

THANK YOU FOR THAT INTEREST.

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Eric Roberts Questions Part 3

How did you get the role of "The Littlest Pioneers"?
You were only about five then weren't you?
Do you remember anything about those days?

MY FATHER RAN THE THEATRE I DID THAT PLAY FOR.
I REMEMBER VERY LITTLE ABOUT THOSE DAYS,
AND I’VE FOUND SOME OF MY MEMORIES ARE NOT ACCURATE.

Is there any chance you might appear on the talk show "TheView"? Those women would love you!!!!

IVE DONE “THE VIEW” TWO OR THREE TIMES, OR MORE.
LTP AND “THE VIEW” ARE ABC, SO WE ALL SEE EACH OTHER A LOT.
STAR JONES JUST DID A GUEST SHOT ON LTP, AND BARBARA WALTERS IS A FAN OF KEATON’S.
LISA LING AND I DON’T AGREE ABOUT CHILDREN AND PARENTING.
I ABSOLUTELY DON’T BELIEVE IN HITTING KIDS EVER. THE IDEA IS JUST OUTRAGEOUS TO ME, AND HAS BEEN PROVEN TO CAUSE LIFE LONG PROBLEMS.
JOY BEHAR IS A FABULOUS, FUNNY WOMAN WITH GREAT POLITICS.

You have worked with a few swedish people thru the years (Sven Nykvist, Peter Stormare, Jonas Åkerlund).
What was that like?

DEFINITELY A DIFFERENT CULTURE. YOU HAPPEN TO BE MENTIONING THREE GUYS I REALLY LIKE A LOT.

By the way - have you ever been to Sweden?

I’D LOVE TO GO. EMMA’S BEEN THERE.

Have you consider working with Mickey Rourke again (My other favourite actor)? You two are great together.

THANK YOU. MICKEY AND I WOULD LIKE TO DO A SEQUEL TO
“THE POPE OF GREENWICH” VILLAGE.

Some of my favourite films of yours are By the Sword, Love is a Gun, Saved by the Light, Fugitive Among Us.
Can you tell me what you think of them and what it was like filming them?

INTERESTING CHOICES.
I THINK “BY THE SWORD” IS AN UNDISCOVERED GEM OF A FILM.
I LIKED EVERYTHING ABOUT IT, ESPECIALLY THE TWISTS IN THE STORY.
WE TRAINED HARD FOR THE FENCING PARTS...AT THE OLD HELMS BAKERY IN CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA. SO GLAD YOU SAW “LOVE IS A GUN”! HOW DID YOU COME ACROSS IT?
I LOVE THAT FILM BECAUSE ELIZA AND I HAD SUCH A GREAT TIME WORKING TOGETHER, EVEN AT TIMES WHERE THERE WERE LITTLE HASSLES GOING ON IN OUR LIVES, LIKE CAR PROBLEMS, OR NOT BEING ABLE TO SLEEP PRIOR TO A DAY WITH BIG SCENES TO DO.
I WAS SO GLAD WE BOTH HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.
IT WAS AN INTERESTING TIME ALSO BECAUSE WHILE KELLY, ELIZA AND I WERE SHOOTING, JOHN WAS OFFERED “PULP FICTION”.
JOHN USED TO VISIT THE “LOVE IS A GUN” SET WITH JETT, THEIR SON.
JOHN WAS NOT SURE HE WANTED TO DO THE QUENTIN TARANTINO FILM, BECAUSE IT WAS NOT SOMETHING HIS CHILD OR FUTURE CHILDREN COULD SEE DURING THEIR CHILDHOODS, AND HE WAS ENTIRE FOCUSED ON HIS FAMILY. ELIZA HAD HELPED CAST “LOOK WHO’S TALKING”. JOHN WAS WONDERFUL IN THAT FILM,
BUT WE STILL ENCOURAGED HIM TO DO “PULP”, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A VERY DIFFERENT FEEL.
“SAVED BY THE LIGHT” I LOVE, AGAIN, BECAUSE ELIZA’S IN IT.
ALSO, IT’S BASED ON A TRUE STORY. I LOVE THOSE KINDS OF PROJECTS, AS LONG AS I DON’T HAVE TO IMPERSONATE SOMEONE WHERE IT LOSES ALL ITS REALNESS.
“ A FUGITIVE AMONG US” WAS VERY WELL DONE, I THOUGHT.

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Eric Roberts Questions Part 4

I would love to see you in an hour long drama/cop show...as the star of course!!
Would you ever consider doing something like that instead of a sit-com? Just wondering!!!

I’M GOING TO MEET ABOUT A PROJECT CALLED “FATHOM” TOMORROW.
I WOULD LOVE TO DO A WILLIAM PETERSON, DAVID CARUSO
OR GARY SINISE ROLE. IT SEEMS AS THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PERFECT FOR ME.
DID YOU EVER SEE THE ABC SERIES, “C-16”?

I would like to know why you won't be on Less than Perfect as much.
I read that somewhere and that makes me sad because I only watch the show because of you even though I like the other cast members your my favorite.

TELL THAT TO ABC! THE VERY GOOD WRITERS ON LTP WANT TO BE SURE THE STORIES FLOW. IT’S HARD TO HAVE COMPLETE STORIES FOR EIGHT CAST MEMBERS IN EACH TWENTY-TWO MINUTE SHOW.
I LOVE OUR CAST, SO THE SHOW IS ALWAYS FUNNY, IN MY OPINION.

What do you do to stay in shape?

I GO TO THE GYM AND WORK WITH WEIGHTS EVERY DAY.
I DO PILATES.
I EAT FOOD PREPARED BY MORGAN SIMONS, WITH MENUS PLANNED TO KEEP ME IN SHAPE.

About your hair it always look so great short or long do you use something
special on it?

I USE NO PRODUCT ON MY HAIR, EXCEPT FOR VERY RARELY, SOMETHING VERY LIGHT.

I was surfing last night with my TV remote and came across this movie called Best of the Best 4 I didn't know there was a third one.
My question is were you ask to do those films?

I WAS ASKED TO DO BOTB 3, BUT NOT 4 (OR MAYBE IT WAS THE OTHER SAY ROUND)

I saw you in Love Honor and Obey playing Bill Bonanno, which you were TERRIFFIC in, how was doing the research for that role and how accurate would you say the movie was to the real life folks?

WE WERE TOLD IT WAS FAILY ACCURATE. BILL BONANNO WAS ON SET MOST OF THE TIME. HE AND HIS WIFE HELPED ME A LOT WITH MY RESEARCH. I DID A LOT OF READING, AND CONSULTED SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO WERE KNOWLEDGABLE ABOUT THE BONANNO FAMILY.

What is a normal ordinary day like for you?

ON A WORK DAY, FOR THE SITCOM, I GET UP EARLY,
GO TO THE GYM.
I COME HOME AND COOK EGG WHITES, MIXED WITH SOMETHING MORGAN PREPARES FOR ME TO MIX INTO THE EGGS.
I LEAVE FOR THE STUDIO BETWEEN 8 AND 11 IN THE MORNING,
DEPENDING ON WHAT MY CALL TIME IS.
I REHEARSE, HANG OUT IN MY DRESSING ROOM, TALK TO PEOPLE ON SET, DO A RUN-THRU, THEN I GO SEE SAGAN, OR TO DO A VOICE OVER AUDITION AND THEN COME HOME, EAT A MORGAN MEAL, WATCH CNN, READ WHATEVER BOOK I’M READING, AND GO TO SLEEP.
ELIZA’S WITH ME FOR MUCH OF THE ABOVE.
ON DAYS OFF, I USUALLY SLEEP A LITTLE LATER, AND DO WHAT’S MENTIONED ABOVE, WITHOUT THE WORK PART.
WE LIKE TO GO TO THE DOG PARK IN ADDITION TO TAKING SOME OF THE DOGS WITH US TO THE STABLES.
WE DO ATTEND SOME PRESS EVENTS, LIKE AFTER-GRAMMY PARTIES AND SUCH. WE DON’T LOVE THAT KIND OF STUFF, BUT IT’S A GOOD EXCUSE TO TOUCH BASE WITH FRIENDS AND TO TALK TO OTHER PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY ABOUT WHAT WE’RE MOST EXCITED ABOUT,
WHICH IS KEATON’S BUDDING CAREER.
YOU GUYS HAVE DONE A LOT TO PROMOTE KEATON, AND THERE’S NOTHING I APPRECIATE MORE THAN THAT!

What is your favorite color and why?

I LIKE BLUE AND GREY A LOT. JUST RESPOND TO THOSE COLORS.

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Eric Roberts Questions Part 5

How did you and Eliza fall in love and what is the one thing that keeps your love and relationship alive?

WE MET ON A FLIGHT FROM NEW YORK TO LA, ON MGM AIRLINES.
ELIZA WAS RETURNING FROM FLORIDA AND NEW YORK,
WHERE SHE HAD BEEN WORKING ON A JOHN TRAVOLTA FILM
CALLED “CHAINS OF GOLD”.
WE HAPPENED TO BE SEATED NEXT TO EACH OTHER.
I HAD MY CAT, TENDER, ON MY LAP IN A CAT CARRIER.
SHE THOUGHT THAT WAS SWEET.
SHE HAD A SCRIPT, WRITTEN BY HER BIOLOGICAL FATHER,
DAVID RAYFIEL. IT WAS CALLED “INTERSECTION”.
SHE SLYLY PUT IT AWAY WHEN SHE SAW ME, BECAUSE SHE
DIDN’T WANT TO GET INTO A BUSINESS DISCUSSION.
ELIZA HAS TWO WONDERFUL FATHERS...DAVID, AND DON GARRETT,
WHO’S HER ADOPTED FATHER AND SHOM SHE LOVES VERY MUCH.
ANYWAY, I CALLED HER NOT LONG AFTER WE LANDED.
SHE CAME TO THE SET WHERE I WAS SHOOTING SOMETHING ?
WE CAN’T QUITE REMEMBER WHAT. I SPENT A LOT OF TIME WITH HER
BEFORE SHE’D CONSIDER SEEING ME ROMANTICALLY.
ONE DAY WE WERE ON OUR WAY TO A SCREENING OF “FINAL ANALYSIS”. WE WERE IN A LIMO, I LITERALLY GOT ON THE FLOOR, ON MY KNEES, AND SAID TO HER, “I’M FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU.
I’LL GIVE YOU AS LONG AS YOU NEED TO FALL IN LOVE WITH ME.”<br>IT WAS FUNNY, BECAUSE LOTS OF TIMES IN SOAP OPERAS AND MOVIES, THE GUY REALLY TAKES THE INITIATIVE IN STARTING A ROMANCE. BUT IN REAL LIFE, OFTEN IT’S THE WOMAN. IN OUR CASE, IT WAS ME.
WE REALIZE HOW LOST WE’D FEEL WITHOUT EACH OTHER.
AND WE INSIST ON COMMUNICATING AND EVENTUALLY MAKING SURE WE UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER. THAT’S PART OF HOW WE STAY TOGETHER. THAT AND LAUGHING A LOT.

My question is do you hang out with other stars?

VERY FEW, BUT SOME. WE’RE FRIENDLY WITH CARRIE FISHER,
ED BEGLEY, ERIC MCCORMACK, GREGORY HARRISON, ALEC BALDWIN,
BEN STILLER, SANDRA BULLOCK, BRYAN CRANSTON, CHRISTOPHER KNIGHT, GEORGE CLOONEY, DAVID DUCHOVNY, THE ZAPPA FAMILY...

Was that your horse in It's My Party?

NO. IT WAS THE DIRECTOR’S HOUSE. RANDAL KLEISER.

I know when you do guess spot you don't really get to know the other actors that well but when you were on Law and Order SVU did you connect with anyone that you keep in touch with?

I WAS OFFERED ANOTHER EPISODE, TO PLAY A VIGILANTE, WITH SEVERAL SCENES IN A WHEEL CHAIR. I COULDN’T CLEAR MY SCHEDULE TO DO IT, AND I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED.
ACTUALLY, THIS WAS REGULAR L&O.
I CONNECTED MOST WITH thingy WOLF. YOU GUYS SHOULD WRITE HIM LETTERS REMINDING HIM TO CAST ME IN ONE OF HIS SHOWS!
I LIKED THAT CAST VERY MUCH.

Are you right or left handed?

I’M RIGHT HANDED. ELIZA’S LEFT HANDED.

I watched you as The Master on the movie "Doctor Who".
My question is How did you prepare for the role?
And what made you to decide to take on the role?
I thought you were awsome as The Master!
And I hope someday that you will return as The Master either in another Doctor Who movie or on the series when the BBC decides to bring back "Doctor Who" as a series!

I’LL SEND YOU A COPY OF AN INTERVIEW I DID ABOUT “DR. WHO” RECENTLY