Gina Gershon, hotass actress/singer, is showcasing music from her new album "In Seach Of Cleo" at The Box in NYC this month. It's her first ever solo recording, and it's about her search for her cat and for love. No, that isn't a mistype. It's a metaphor. Gina's been called an "indie move stalwart" by the Los Angeles Times and she's been in a ton of movies ("Showgirls"!) and TV (she makes recurring appearances on "Rescue Me" and "Ugly Betty" as Fabia, the Donatella Versace caricature). She was even in "Pretty in Pink"! And Dreamworks recently optioned the young adult book she wrote with her brother, "Camp Creepy Time". I was just thinking, "Donatelle Versace caricature" is kind of an oxymoron. Anyway, Gina's fantastic and she was kind enough to submit to some e-mail questions from me. Though, you can sorta feel the boredom implicit in her answers. In fact, I think her assisant might have answered them. I can't blame her ass. She's a celebrity and I'm some queer chump in Boston.
I haven't seen the show yet (I'm going on the 21st), is it really
about your lost cat? Did you really lose your cat? Is the cat ok now?
Is it actually a big metaphor?
Yes, it is about my cat. But it is also a larger metaphor for love
relationships.
Please tell me you're going to reprise your role as "Fabia" on "Ugly
Betty" this season. And did you model your performance after Donatella
Versace? Is playing "Fabia" as fun as it looks? What's the "Ugly
Betty" set like?
I would love to play Fabia again. All they have to do is write more parts
for her in the story.
You seem to me like a rock star who happened to start out as an
actress. Which one would you choose if you (god forbid) had to -
actress or musican?
At this point, I don't have to choose. It used to be a lot harder to do
both. My favorite is when both acting and singing merge into one and I can
do both at the same time.
Is it true that Spielberg optioned "Camp Creepy Time"? If so, what's
the status of that?
Yes, it is true. They are working on the screenplay right now. But, everyone
please go to your local bookstore or amazon.com and buy the book!
So, yeah, that was my brief contact with Gina Gershon. She didn't answer all of my questions, though. I wanted to spice things up a bit so read what she avoided answering AFTER the jump.
And - for info and to buy tickets for Gina Gershon's "In Search Of Cleo", go here or here.
Lenny Kravitz is a hot piece of ass. You know him. Why is he so damn
charismatic?
She avoided that one. She went to high school with him or something, and played his girlfriend in a video. God forbid I ask something people are interested in.
Youre career has been so diverse - acting, music, author, you even do
a lot of voice-overs for animation. Was that always your goal to just
try everything? How did you know that you were good at so many things?
Is it because you didn't want to get pigeon-holed as one thing?
God I'm so cheesy. That was my retarded Mary Hart question. To be honest, I don't want to talk to that many celebrities. I really just want to write bitchy things. But you gotta suck up sometimes. She apparently thought it was a retarded Mary Hart question, too because bitch didn't waste her time!
IMDB has this quote of yours about how you feel that most of life's
problems can be solved by what's in bottles. I agree. We like martinis
here at the site (dirty, three olives). What's your favorite libation?
She avoided this one, too. Bitch, no one cares if you drink! Let us in on it! You won't lose fans. You're a rock-type, you're supposed to! In fact, she described this show as "drinking theatre, not dinner theatre"! Actually, she's probably on the wagon and I ruined her goddamn day with that one. Good lord, I am NOT an interviewer.
Anyway, special thanks to Gina for talking to us! She's in the middle of eight shows at NYC's The Box (which is a fairly happening place to be lately). Check it out! I'll be there on the 21st, so come up and say hi. I'll be the queer troll hoping Gina doesn't slap me for asking stupid questions.
kushiro says:
So she's doing a show about love and her kitty at "The Box". Why am I suddenly so horny?
karen says:
I hope they credit Mark Ryden for taking the idea for that picture.
Clearly its a rip off of "Rose"
http://www.markryden.com/paintings/index.html
jbonz says:
You know what you get when you put Kitty in a box don't you?
John says:
I agree with Karen, this is clearly ripped from mark ryden's 'rose'.
Brain says:
Cleary lifted from Ryden...