Laurel on the Show

I’ve been on other shows, and it’s really interesting I have never really wanted to talk about them. 

I’ve never talked about Angel that much.  Don’t get me wrong, I loved it, but I don’t know it’s just the thing about the L word. I have done other movies and talked about other things, but it’s just not as interesting. I am more interested in the social and political impact and how it affects other people, and I feel really connected to what I am doing. 

How many opportunities as an artist do you get? Not many it’s such a gift. I think the thing about the show is that you can relate to it no matter what.  You know people might watch the show and say, I never knew that a same sex couples had the same issues that we have.  Or I have men come up to me, homosexual men who say, “I am just like Tina”. That to me is fantastic because we have reached a male gay couple and that’s great.  I mean who would have thought?

Laurel on Laurel

I can’t do myself, (laughing) right now jetlagged!!! I guess I would like people to see me as gracious, warm, open. I hope people see me as being playful.

I try not to take myself too seriously.   I think you have to take your work seriously.  With a role like this, you have to take it seriously. That this means a lot to people, and you have to remember that it is a gift that has been given to you. 

I think bottom line that I can say that I am a lot more like Bette, and that there is a part of Jennifer that is a lot more like Tina.  I don’t know, I don’t want to say that for Jennifer.  But I think I am a lot more controlling than Tina.

I haven’t seen all of Season 2, but I may have been staying away from that because I was so really pregnant, and maybe I need some distance from it before I can go back to it.  I don’t necessarily like to watch myself. 

I do feel grateful because I have been in this industry a long time, since I was a teenager, and there just aren’t that many great parts, I mean that’s what I told Ilene that this was a gift.

Laurel on the Cast

Jennifer - It’s really hard because I know her so well. She’s luminous and complex. 

Erin - Hysterical…she is absolutely hilarious.

Leisha - Adorable.  I love Leisha. Adorable, open, truth, open hearted, the real deal.  A great friend.

Kate - Saucy, hot. She would be my type, but I’m probably with a lot of people with that one! Mysterious.

Pam - Bubbly and professional and legendary.

Rachel - She is so different from her character, warm generous, without ego, just lovely.

Sarah - Hot tamale! She’s hysterical too. I think she will be a big star.

Laurel on L-word.com

I’ve been there; it’s the biggest website we have.  It announced this (the convention).  And I think the other girls visit it, too.  I know Leisha does and Kate does.  We check the site out because we can’t access the Showtime site when we are shooting in Canada. 

L-word.com again would like to thank Laurel for her time. Keep an eye on the site for our interview with Rachel Shelley!

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