最近迷上了KATE MOENNIG！
超帥的女演員，2004-2009演繹The L Word裡頭的Shane，
整個迷倒千千萬萬女粉絲阿！
明年也有新電視劇Ray Donovan要在美國開播了！
希望能夠有好成績，能像TLW劇一樣長久。
以下的訪問雖然是2011年的，但算是內容比較充實的訪問了！
Exclusive Interview With Kate Moennig
by Tasya on Nov 30, 2011 • 5:53 pm
Exclusive Interview for Focus Onto Film by Allyson Spiegelman
October, 2011
I sat down with KATE MOENNIG in her Hollywood Hills home to discuss everything from Philadelphia to Patti Smith. An incredible person and a great actress who accidentally started the biggest hair trend that changed a million heads.
FOCUS ONTO FILM: Hi kate, how are you?
KATE MOENNIG: I’m good! How are you?
FOF: I’m good, sweating… 92 degrees! But good. So let’s start from the beginning. You were born in the late ‘70s in Philadelphia and you recently went home. Not many people know about life in Philly. Most people only know about New York, Los Angeles or Miami, but not much about Philly.
KM: Very true. Philly’s kind of that city people hear about, but no one says much more after that unless you’re from there… just “oh you’re from philly?”
FOF: Good music scene? Good food?
KM: I’m not too familiar with the music scene, but there was good music coming out of there. I used to love G. Love and Special Sauce. As for the food, it’s really good, each time I go home, I appreciate it more and more.
FOF: What’s the biggest cultural change since going home last week in comparison to growing up there?
KM: The one thing that I noticed, that is terrifying, is the crime. I mean, it’s always been a tough town, but there are these flash mobs that keep happening. These gangs of kids come into center city and beat people up. Seriously, assaulting these poor tourists/bystanders. So much so, the mayor has inflicted a 9pm curfew in the city.
FOF: I thought flash mobs were to bring attention around a new band or product??!
KM: Initially that’s how it started, but it took a negative route. These kids come into the touristy sections or business sections and beat people up there.
FOF: I haven’t heard about this. Wild.
KM: Neither have I! I read about it in the papers. My mom lives there and she’s getting older. It’s scary!
FOF: Crazy. So on a separate, more positive note. You grew up in a musical family. Both your Grandfather and Father were in the music industry, and you never checked out the music scene?
KM: They’re violin makers. I guess when you’re raised with it, you don’t have a full appreciation for it. I was one of those kids that went in the opposite direction when someone pushed something on me.
FOF: What kind of music did you like?
KM: I went thru a raver phase then a hip-hop phase. I remember the raver phase more, because raves were really big in the mid 90′s.
FOF: At 18 you moved to New York, was it to attend the American Academy of Dramatic Arts or to get the hell out of home?
KM: Both. I knew I didn’t want to go to a state school or university. I discovered the academy. I thought a 2 year commitment, perfect. I auditioned, got in and moved to New York.
FOF: And you modeled too?
KM: Yes, for a hot second.
FOF: Did it pay the bills?
KM: No I left before that. It was the supermodel era. When I started it was the amazon beauty that was IN. The waif movement came later. So strangely enough, we’re back into that now. So modeling didn’t fully take to me.
FOF: In ‘99 you do the Our Lady of Peace video, “Is Anybody Home.”
KM: That was the first and only video I did. We shot it in Toronto over Thanksgiving. It was utterly freezing. I never shot with the band, just the director, Giuseppe Capotondi. I hadn’t even heard the song. I kept thinking, I hope its not a bad song (laughs). Afterwards they did give me the cd and I did like it.
FOF: Would you shoot another music video?
KM: Yeah sure.
FOF: In that same year you auditioned for Boys Don’t Cry, how was that?
KM: I went in prior to getting the Young Americans role, and it was great. I was really flattered and happy about how far I got. I didn’t have an agent and a friend in the film recommended me to the director. I went in a few times. I’m happy for the way the movie came out though. It was my first audition.
FOF: I read that she had been looking for the lead for 3 years?
KM: Yeah, so again, I was flattered. It was the first major film I went out for.
FOF: That’s fantastic and a real ego boost!
KM: Yeah, but I didn’t realize it then. I was 20 and very green.
FOF: So in 2000 you begin filming Young Americans, your first TV role and also the first time playing a girl wanting to be a boy. How did you feel about that?
KM: I felt quite fine about it. Strangely, I got the role through my modeling agency. The casting director couldn’t find an androgynous girl so they went through modeling agencies looking for one and my name came up.
FOF: How quickly did this job offer come up, being that you were new to acting?
KM: Pretty quickly. Maybe six months after I graduated from the academy. So I sort of scored from that.
FOF: Do you think this may have set a tone for future rolls of playing androgynous girls?
KM: Probably. It was on the WB which was a big network at that time. It was an interesting role and I liked the script. It was a fun teen show and I said yeah I can do this.
FOF: In 2000 you do Shipping News with Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore and Dame Judy Dench. How was that experience? Working with such incredible A-list actors?
KM: It was such a small part. I was pretty much in and out. A few days. I feel like it was right after American Beauty came out. It was fun. I love the Director Lasse Hallstrom and I was really glad to work with him. I loved being on set and being a fly on the wall soaking in everything.
FOF: So you come from a celebrity family; Blythe Danner, Gwenyth Paltrow and Bruce Paltrow. Were they ever encouraging or discouraging?
KM: I never asked them for anything in that regard, so no. I never did and I never want to. I figured if I’m gonna do it, I’m just going to do it. It certainly never helped or hurt me. There’s really no story there, but I wouldn’t expect that.
FOF: I just meant there’s a lot of nepotism in the business.
KM: Absolutely. Just not in my family. We don’t talk about work. It’s just about the more important things.
FOF: 2004-2009 you begin The L Word as the legendary Shane. How was the casting process for you?
KM: It was kind of simple. I lived in New York. I got the script. Interviewed on a Saturday, and then they called me back a few days later to fly to Los Angeles. The hardest part about that was getting on a plane as it was right after September 11th.
FOF: Where were you?
KM: I lived in Chelsea, but I was on Bleeker Street with a friend of mine, who specifically got his apartment because of the view.
FOF: I was on 8th Street and MacDougal.
KM: We were right around the corner from each other.
FOF: Yes!
KM: So getting on a plane was truly stressful.
FOF: Back to you. You go to Los Angeles to audition for Shane…
KM: Yeah, it was pretty cut and dry. The network was its own studio so it was all in one testing. I went in to read and that was that. Went back to New York. A week and a half later they called and said I got the part.
FOF: How many years were you on it?
KM: Eight years in total. Pilot to finale.
FOF: And you shot in canada?
KM: Yes, Vancouver.
FOF: Why did the show end?
KM: It was time. Even though you love the people, the stability, and you’re having so much fun, it gets to a point where it’s time.
FOF: I thought your character was awesome. Like I wanted to be your friend. It was interesting how many girls fell in love with Shane, especially all of my straight friends. Did you like your character? Did you have any feelings either way about how she was portrayed towards women? Love them and leave them?
KM: People interpret it the way they want. I thought she was very honest. I think she was upfront on how she felt and I don’t think she spent a lot of time leading people on to believe she was something she wasn’t. So I didn’t really find fault with her. I feel like the only difficult part was people assuming that was really me, which I understand of course.
FOF: The public opinion always seems to reflect the character as opposed to the real person?
KM: Exactly, plus so many things happened at once. My father had passed and I was new to Los Angeles. Then the show airs and gains all this popularity. There were a lot of things happening at once. It was a challenging time. I didn’t have time to catch my breathe, but I’m grateful because it kept my feet on the ground.
FOF: Yeah. You have fame, fans and a personal life, all with little privacy… Rosanna Arquette, so fucking cool. How amazing was she to work with?
KM: So fucking amazing. I was so glad they chose her for that role. I really didn’t have any idea who they were looking at.
FOF: Your dynamic together was fantastic. Funny, sexy, cool. Would you like to work together again?
KM: YES! She was very motherly, and very much my equal… and sexy at the same time. No ego trip. She came in and was very open. She could’ve been closed up, but she was the opposite.
FOF: Was there anyone you worked with who was closed up?
KM: Oh yeah, absolutely.
FOF: Who? Or can we not say (laughs)?
KM: Some people who didn’t deliver what they signed on to do, but that was few and far between.
FOF: You had some cool guest stars, but I liked Rosanna the most.
KM: She was excellent, I would work with her again in a heart beat.
FOF: Did you ever see her documentary, All We Are Saying?
KM: YES! loved it, but the one I love and saw again recently was Searching For Deborah Winger, so amazing right?!
FOF: Well you know how much I love music and she interviewed EVERYBODY in this documentary and I loved how she held her own camera besides the cameraman. She’s so fucking cool.
KM: I think they’re both great. I remember her telling me about Searching For Deborah Winger, and she lent it to me and I remember thinking, this is killer. And then when I saw her the following year, she was working on All We Are Saying. I love how she shoots them in the comfort of their own home (or hotel room).
FOF: Exactly! That’s why I’m interviewing in your home. A comfortable energy. No stress. Just conversation between two people, that’s what Focused Onto Film is all about.
KM: Yeah, just let them talk!
FOF: Any actors or actresses you’re dying to work with? Like if you were to get that phone call that you’re starring opposite so and so, that would make you shit yourself.
KM: Hmmm, Tilda Swinton. I think she’s remarkable, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
FOF: How do you feel about The Real L Word? I mean from the title itself to the idea?
KM: I think its smart. I mean she (Ilene Chaiken) created a brand from that show and she ran with it. I don’t feel like I have anything to do with it. It’s separate entities.
FOF: What about the title?
KM: The title is what it is. It’s entirely different. I don’t put them together, and I haven’t seen the reality show so I can’t comment on it. And again, it has nothing to do with me, not in a good way or bad way.
FOF: Do you ever watch reality shows?
KM: Yeah I’ll totally sit down and watch one (laughs).
FOF: Jersey Shore?
KM: Hell yeah, I mean I grew up with girls like that. People say how can I? But I get their culture. I get it. I’m not a part of it, but I know it like the back of my hand. I grew up in the Jersey Shore, not with them, but people like them. I knew Paulies, Snookies and J-Wows.
FOF: I knew some J-Wows.
KM: Oh fuck yeah. J-Wow was the tough girl in school. She was really smart with an acidic tongue and the perfect remark to shut someone up in that moment, that nobody fucks with and that’s why I love it.
FOF: Back to the cultural difference. People walk in the East Coast. They don’t walk out here.
KM: Yes! It’s tougher, thus the crime. But if you know how to walk, you’re okay.
FOF: In 2009, you film Everybody’s Fine with Robert Deniro, Kate Beckingsdale, Sam Rockwell. You play Drew Barrymore’s lover. Awesome film. I loved watching him in this different kind of role. You had most of your scenes with Drew and him. How was that experience?
KM: Everyone on that film was just lovely. I wish it was promoted a little better. I feel like the advertising didn’t sell it properly. I loved the movie, the script and the cast. I just wish it was promoted better and not made to seem like some sappy holiday story.
FOF: In 2011, you did Lincoln Lawyer with my boy Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillipe, Josh Lucas and William H. Macy. You played a prostitute. How was that?
KM: I loved this movie. Brad Furman was the Director and we got along so well. He was from Philly! It was really a 90’s crime thriller. I liked that it didn’t treat the audience like idiots. You had to keep up with it and I loved working with everyone on it. Brad really let people flow and trust their instincts with their characters, which was incredible.
FOF: It definitely did its job. Time flew by and my money was spent well. And… it wasn’t shot in Canada (laughs)!
KM: Noooo, downtown women’s penitentiary… at least my part was.
FOF: How was it playing a prostitute?
KM: It was my first time.
FOF: Did you do any research?
KM: I mean I’ve seen so many fucking movies (laughs).
FOF: I mean did you base your role on anyone in particular?
KM: I remember talking to the Producer and we discussed playing it the opposite from what it seems like on the page. On the page it could seem as though she was coming down from something or tweaked out, but really she was just misunderstood and was always in the wrong place at the wrong time. Bad luck, and I really liked how it wasn’t so ‘actory’, it was just like “fuck, caught again” and you gain sympathy from the audience.
FOF: Kind of like how some of the actors are on Law and Order, which I caught you on! I love Law and Order SVU. Everyone I know has guest starred on it. Jonny Abrahams, Clea DuVall, Rosemary Dewitt, you…
KM: That’s your initiation! You have to do Law and Order if you lived in New York.
FOF: Do you like the TV process? Shooting five days a week?
KM: I do. I haven’t been in a big budget action film yet, but I hear there’s a lot of waiting around. I would love to do one. Carry a big one, be a robot, blow shit up (both laugh). But I love TV. Great for discipline, and trusting your instincts. Love the pace of it. Eight pages a day, five days a week, and you have to keep up or you screw up the episode and your constantly having re-writes and different directors. It keeps you on a good schedule to be on. Keeps you on your toes. Helps you to memorize quicker.
FOF: I have to say I love your style and I don’t think I’m alone. Do you have any favorite designers or has anyone ever approach you to work on a line?
KM: I would love for someone to approach me to work on a line.
FOF: I mean there’s a difference in a Kate and a Shane wanna-be, yet there’s a blurred line. I mean I’ve gone out at night and have seen these girls with your haircut!!
KM: Yes. What people don’t realize is that there’s an amalgamation of four bad haircuts that were growing out into one over a couple of years. I mean that was never an idea.
FOF: Hahaah! Remember when we went out one night and saw like twenty five girls all rocking the same hair due?
KM: Yes, it was flattering. But again, I was trying to grow out this amalgamation of four bad hair cuts.
FOF: So again, you would want to collaborate on a clothing line?
KM: I would love to! I feel like jeans have been done, but I would love to work on a female line of clothing that reflects men’s style.
FOF: Most girls I know shop in the men’s section.
KM: Exactly and you buy small or get it tailored.
FOF: Or shrink it. Maybe you should collaborate with Anda and Masha. They’re hat line is amazing and you can do the KATE hat. They’re all inspired by the 70’s rock, so fucking brilliant.
KM: YES! Anda, I need a hat. Their hats are killer! I always look on their website for updates.
FOF: Come on Anda, give Kate a hat! I’ll call her in a minute (both laugh). Favorite Photographers you worked with or wish to work with and what makes a good shot?
KM: Hedi Slimane, a brilliant designer from Dior Homme, whose now a photographer. He’s shot the most beautiful black and whites. I would love to work with him. I just love his work. I’m very lucky, I’ve worked with some great photographers. Cass Bird, I love her. She’s someone who can say take off your clothes, and you feel comfortable doing it. A good photographer makes you feel like you’re not on a shoot. Creates this environment that says do some dumb shit and its all okay (and will look great).
FOF: Like Tasya van Ree?
KM: Exactly! Like Tasya. She got my clothes off. Its true. But Cass got all my clothes off.
FOF: Oh, then I’ll have to talk to her about that (both laugh)!
KM: Tasya, Cass, Bruce Weber… they all make you feel completely comfortable. You want me to wear this? Lie in this? Okay! I totally trust your eye.
FOF: Amazing that you shot with Bruce.
KM: Yes, he’s amazing.
FOF: Favorite quotes, words to live by? Tattooed on you?
KM: This too shall pass. I want to remove half my tattoos.
FOF: I want them to perfect that process first.
KM: Yeah but I don’t think they will.
FOF: Okay, let’s go together because I want some off too.
KM: Yeah, great!
FOF: Any person’s life you’d like to play?
KM: I guess Patti Smith. I love her.
FOF: YES! I love her too and her book, Just Kids. It’s just brilliant.
KM: I’ve read it twice! Yes ideally, I mean I feel kind of stupid saying that, but I’d really love a shot.
FOF: Noooooo, that’s incredible! She’s such a unique woman. Let’s call your agent!
KM: Ha! Yes I heard they’re casting for it, if it happens it’s meant to be.
FOF: Well then we’ll put it out there!! Thanks Kate!
This interview comes from http://focusontofilm.com/2011/11/exclusive-interview-with-kate-moennig/.
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