I’m very willing to make a fool out of myself.” When I drove the car into the church, I had the idea of, ‘Why don’t I pop out through the sunroof?’ And that’s what I did. Comedy is hard to play, so to pull off those scenes that were over-the-top and ridiculous wasn’t easy. I love doing comedy and high drama and camp. So, it wasn’t hard for you to embrace the tone of the show?“No, not for me. They found the humor and the camp in it.” They thought it was hysterical and great.
I had writer and producer friends in the business who worked on big shows and they would stop to watch PASSIONS. What do you remember about the critical response to PASSIONS? “I remember watching the first day, and this is nothing against the actors because everybody turned out to be really good actors, but I remember watching some of the young actors and thinking, ‘Oh, boy, we won’t be on long.’ But they quickly found their stride and most have gone on and are doing well. So, I most remember coming in wearing this fabulous dress and I looked really good.” What do you remember about your first week? “Most memorable to me was when Ben and I were coming through the door of the mansion and I had on this amazing red dress that the costumer at that time had built for me. We got to be in a tsunami, I went to hell, I got to run my car into a church, play a witch, go back in time and so many other things that you wouldn’t do on a TV show. It was a great job and was the most fun I ever had.
And I had no idea that I would get to do some really amazing, fun and crazy things. I knew that Ivy was married and in love with someone else but I had no idea the extreme it would take. Wallace, Endora, Theresa, Sheridan, Eve, Pilar, Julian, Whitney, Norma, Precious, Liz, Aunt Irma.Did you think you were signing on to a run-of-the-mill soap? “I had been on AS THE WORLD TURNS, so I understood the machinations of a soap and even though they can be serious you know there will still be some outrageous, ridiculous, crazy moments because that’s just the nature of the beast. I will never forget the show's larger than life characters: My favorites.Timmy, Tabitha, Chairty, Vincent, Siren, Rebecca, Beth, Gwen, Ms. I am a lucky one that has Direct, but Passions is an unforgettable show that came back to life in the last year or so.
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