| M.
Everett to M. Firth:
What did you think
of me when we first met?
Kind, generous, professional...adorable
in every way.
What do you think
of me now? Have I changed much?
You have become a monster.
Has a mid-life crisis
hit yet and if so, describe it in depth?
I’ve started dreaming
about Harley Davidsons, Botox and Britney Spears.
Have you experimented
with drugs?
I can’t remember—it’s
all a blank.
What made you become
an actor?
Desperate need to put
on frocks and be adored. Tyrone Power also had quite a lot to do with it.
Did Bridget Jones’s
Diary change your life?
I’ve changed a lot
more diapers since it was released (had a baby more or less the same day)—and
yes, I get a lot more upgrades.
Are you jealous of
Hugh Grant and if not, who are you jealous of?
I admire his talent
and envy his hair options. I also look forward to the day when my fee equals
his per diem—but I can live with not being him. No further comment. Any
honest answers to this question would be far too revealing.
Do you regret never
having played Hamlet?
Do you regret
my not having played it? I actually did play it once—I regret not have
played it a bit better.
Where do you see
yourself in twenty years? Would you like a knighthood?
While I think a knighthood
is inevitable in the next year or so, I think I’m going to have to decline
on grounds that it might make me seem a bit old and spoil my chances with
Britney. Twenty years time would be fine. I expect I’ll still be acting—if
anyone is still asking and the implants and transplants allow. I’d quite
like to end up as Charles Gray.
Have you ever dabbled
with homosexuality?
I don’t really think
this is the place to come out.
What is your best
memory of making The Importance of Being Earnest?
Dabbling with homosexuality. |
M. Firth to M. Everett:
When they suggested
me for The Importance of Being Earnest what was your first reaction?
Oh God, not him. But
I was pleasantly surprised at the first reading when you didn’t bring that
awful guitar and you seemed to have lost that red brick “Robin-Hoody” thing
that you were working in the old days.
When you dream of
giving it all up and doing something else, what do you dream of doing?
I’d like to be a loader
at Miami International Airport and get rich smuggling.
Would you ever consider
cosmetic surgery. If so, what?
Yes, I would consider
cosmetic surgery—perhaps a penis reduction.
Were you jealous
of my singing voice in The Importance of Being Earnest?
Yes, desperately. I
thought what a shame for you that vaudeville is dead.
What most relaxes
you during breaks in filming?
A good whine about
the production.
What quality in other
actors most enrages you?
When they are too good.
Is there anything
that (as an actor) you would absolutely refuse to do—however much they
paid you?
It would depend on
the money.
Do you like doing
live chat shows?
They terrify me.
Are you in any way
politically motivated?
Yes.
What is your best
memory of making The Importance of Being Earnest?
I enjoyed the whole
thing—you made me laugh the entire time. So did Judi.
Are you jealous of
Hugh Grant? If not, who are you jealous of?
I’m not jealous of
High
Grant, but I am jealous of Denny Night Debenhams (Daniel Day Lewis) because
whenever he goes off to be a cobbler or have a wobbly, Harvey Weinstein
and Martin Scorcese are on the next plane tracking down the shoe shop,
coming in on all fours and begging him to come back. I once threw it all
in for a bar job and I’d still be there now if I hadn’t been fired.
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