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With such a
phenomenal cast of seasoned actors and
actresses, Terry manages professionalism
and brings a lot of himself into the
character; which proves a level of
commitment that lots of established
celebrities don’t have. Bradshaw has
spread his wings in his acting ability
and provides a lighter side to an
actress whose dramatic tones are
consistent with such movies as ‘Misery’.
Bates creatively takes the bull by the
horn and runs with an evolving character
herself. Her southern lifestyle
materializes as she eases into
homemaker, housewife. She reminds the
world that there is a fun part to the
Bates theatrical legacy.
You guys must have some pretty good
genes to make the world think you
created the sexiest man alive?
Kathy: We needed a studly man
to play Al to make that believable.
Wouldn’t you
like to know what they were thinking
when they paired the two of you up?
Terry: What were they
thinking?
Were you shy at
first about doing the nude scene?
Terry: I haven’t done a movie
in about 25 years. In fact, I’ve never
done a movie. It was because nobody
expected me to do it. It was fun to do.
I didn’t like putting a little penis
sock on. I’d just rather be in the raw.
You got to work
with an Oscar winning actress?
Terry: I told everybody. I
mean people…how many people are
unqualified to go on the screen with an
Academy Award winner; Best Actress? I
mean, you can’t get any better than
that. If I never do another movie again
it’s just no big deal.
Kathy, how does
Terry compare to an actor that…?
Terry:
Someone who studied? Lol.
Kathy:
It’s great to work with someone
of that stature like Meryl Streep, which
I’d love to work with someday. But this
was so much fun. So relaxing. So mutual.
That’s what I liked about it. It was so
much fun.
You did have a
really dramatic part towards the end?
Kathy: It wasn’t part of the
original screen play. My character
really evolved. In the first part she
was…more…not as well drawn in the
beginning. But once we all started
meeting and reading they really worked
on her for me and they created this
really wonderful scene which really
fixes her in the fundament of that movie
in the relationship with the scene about
her husband. It was good to do that with
Matthew.
What is the age
that you think children should leave?
Kathy: We were talking about
this; the time we left, cause we both
left like when we were 16, 17. My mother
used to say…a good parent works
themselves out of a job. I know so many
people; so many friends whose kids are
30 and still living at home.
Are your
friends complaining about it?
Kathy:
Yeah. I have a friend who
recently divorced; lost everything.
Living in this tiny little house across
from an Arco station and his daughters
been living with him and she’s in her
20s. And finally said ‘out of here’. But
he really had to say, that’s it. Get out
of here.
Terry:
I mean at 17 I was gone. I knew what I
had to do. I had planned.
In the movie,
the guys still live at home but the
girls don’t. Is it really more of a guy
thing? And why?
Terry:
I can’t imagine a man staying at home;
can you? I think and this is from my
perspective, I think a woman, maybe if
she’s single and doesn’t have kids…
Kathy:
On one had she knows he needs to get out
but yet she keeps making him pancakes.
It’s also status quo. She’s keeping the
nest full also so that she doesn’t have
to face staying at home alone with her
husband.
How would that
be; if that part of raising the family
is over and now it’s just you and him?
Kathy:
OK. I just froze when you asked me that
question. I think it would be absolutely
terrifying.
Terry:
You know, I was thinking…mothers show
their love for their sons so much
greater than dads do. If I went back, my
mother would love for me to move in
cause she just absolutely loves her
boys. She just showers us; spoils us.
And it would be no problem to have us
back in the house.
When you were
looking for a wife; were you looking for
the same qualities as your mom?
Terry:
If I have, I haven’t been very
successful. My moms like this or she’s
like that; I’ve never made those
comparisons. Deep down inside, you’re
molded by your parents in a large sense.
Kathy:
You know, I was just thinking that when
I was first starting here and I had
success on Broadway; I remember my dad
saying ‘are you ready to come home now’?
Terry:
My parents say that too. I talk to my
mom 3x’s a week. And my dad too, if he’s
there. And she say’s, ‘when are you
coming home’. Because home is always
home. That’s how you are raised.
Is there any
truth to the film in that men are like
children and never wanting to grow up?
Terry:
I don’t think that that’s any different
than anybody sitting at this table. I
think that if we wanted to be; we have a
natural…we can always call on something
else if we needed to survive. I think
that everybody in here likes to have
fun. There’s a child in all of us. Some
of us express it more; you see it more
in a lot of people.
Kathy:
And you don’t have to have any
responsibility.
Can you talk
about Bonneville?
Kathy: It’s about 3 friends
from Utah. The husband is cremated which
is against the Mormon religion. And his
child wants his ashes to be brought back
to where his home is and they ride back
across country in this Bonneville. On
the way back she visits all they places
where he went on his honeymoon.
Did you finish in the fall?
Kathy: We just finished in
December.
Are you guys
headed for Toronto?
Kathy: I hope.
You’ve directed
a lot of TV in the last couple of years.
Any interest in directing a movie?
Kathy: If I could find one
that I really love…I would.
You’re doing
some voices too?
Kathy: I just did one for the
Bee Movie. And Reba McIntire and I are
doing cows for Charlotte’s Web.
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