[情報] L5 convention–Interview with Laurel Holloman

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（以下原文部份轉自tibette.com）

L5 convention – Interview with Laurel Holloman
By BetteAndTinaForever

As you all know, I have met and interviewed Laurel a few times
in the past and I’m always amazed at the ease that I feel in
her presence. I’m grateful that she always finds the time to
talk to me, a fan and amateur reporter. It feels like talking
to an old friend and I can joke and not be afraid to sound like
an idiot; even when my Russian accent gets stronger because I’m
nervous or anxious. My silliest questions get answered with a lot
of thought and eloquence on Laurel’s part.

I have nothing but the outmost respect for all the ladies of The
L Word and it has been a privilege and honor for me to be able to
travel, meet with the cast and share my experiences with all of you.

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B&TF: At the end of episode 512 Bette alluded to having another baby.
Ilene said in her OurChart vlog that actually that particular dialogue
was much longer; they cut the part about Bette saying that she might
carry the baby this time. Then we heard about an adoption story.
Is it to show how difficult it is for same-sex couples to adopt?

LH: Yeah, it can be hard everywhere. There are a lot of wonderful
adoption agencies. The one that my husband and I used does same-sex
adoptions and there’s another company that’s called “Independent
Adoption Center”. Again, they do same-sex adoption. I think that in
what I’ve learned about it, it’s not so much the birth parents that
are against the same-sex adoptions as some of their parents. No one
would be in the situation where they were putting the baby up for
adoption if they didn’t have a set of harsh circumstances ahead of
them. So sometimes they’re dependent on their families, their parents
or are already parenting other children. Basically there is an adoption
storyline and it’s a really good storyline; it deals with a lot of the
issues that are really important today with gay marriage and some of
the difficulties that come with that.
It was also, which was very important to me, birth-mother friendly.
We tend to think that birth-mothers don’t take the time to really
think about the future of the child that they’re giving birth to;
which is completely not true. They are mature, they’ve thought things
through. That was the one thing I said to Ilene and Rose Troche -
I really would love to be and wanted to be a part of the adoption
storyline as long as the birth mother was shown in the right light.
They did that and it was great. I have a lot of strong opinions
because I just adopted. I did a conference call with the writers
and I also set them up with our lawyer who does same-sex adoptions.
The attorney knows all the states’ laws, the complexities of it and
the statistics, which surprised a lot of people.

B&TF: If you could change one thing about yourself what would that be?

LH: I would opt for more patience.

B&TF: If you had the power to change anything that happened to Tina
on the show, what would it be?

LH: I wouldn’t change anything.

B&TF: So, no regrets?

LH: No; not a one.

B&TF: This is kind of a silly question but if Alex Owens from
Flashdance was gay and she met Randy Dean, how do you think it
would go? Would they be a young Bette and Tina?

LH: I don’t think Alex would be Randy Dean’s type. I just think
that she’s a kid. She’s 17 and she would think that Alex was too
much of an older woman (laughing). I don’t see it at all. They are
so different, I just don’t see it.

B&TF: How has being on the L Word for six years changed you personally?

LH: I think in some ways it’s given me more insight into how I want
to be when I work with a large group of women and how to stay above
any of the craziness that can happen as well as who I want to be and
how I want to treat people. I think it’s nice to have job security.
It’s the longest job and the longest time I’ve ever played a character.
It taught me to persevere in a different type of way.

B&TF: This question kind of goes together with the previous. Being on
a show for six years, what did you learn about acting?

LH: I’ve learned that you have to refill yourself a lot and I’ve
learned that on television, which is a little bit the opposite of
film, you really have to take control of your character and hold
tight inside for what you think they would do or not do. The reason
I say that is the directors come in and out and unless it’s one of
the writers or directors like Rose Troche or Angela Robinson, they
don’t always know exactly what’s going on. Most of them do but you
have to say, “Oh, I don’t think my character would do this because
in the third season my character did this, this and this.” You have
to keep holding onto the trajectory of your character.

B&TF: What did you learn about yourself?

LH: I’m more patient after having done the show. I think the whole
thing for me, being on The L Word, was that I’ve learned how to not
define myself by my job. During this time I became a wife and a mother.
I spent a lot of time focusing on my career in my twenties and even
into my early thirties; it was relaxing for me and it was a time in
my life that I just needed to know that what I do is not, who I am.
Who I am is this totally different person from what I do. What I do
is act. I happened to be on The L Word and that’s why I don’t dwell
on the past, and I don’t show up for every event, I don’t do all of
that. I feel like I like to do the show and come back and tuck into
the privacy of my life. That makes me a better actor because I’m done
playing Tina; unless there’s a movie. And now I’ve got to find another
character and that finding of another character usually works for me
when I go back into my life and don’t think too much about that, to
be honest. So, there’s balance and I crave the balance and I also feel
that if you put yourself too far out there, then people have a preconceived
idea of who you are; and I’d rather keep that a little closer to my
chest because I want to play a different character.

B&TF: So, you won’t stay Tina forever for your fans.

LH: I won’t, I’m done. I don’t even have the same hair color and
I don’t even dress the same way. I probably won’t play a character
who even speaks the same way, you know.

B&TF: Well, for some fans you always be Tina.

LH: For so many people out there, I also will be Justine from Angel, too.

B&TF: This is true.

LH: Yeah, so it just depends. I like the shutting of the character.
It feels good. In fact, I think that it was probably, at times,
too long, like I probably would’ve shut is sooner (laughing).

B&TF: You mean you wouldn’t want to go to season seven?

LH: No way. I think we’ve told a lot of good stories and I’d love
to do a movie. I think that would be really fun but that’s it.

B&TF: You said you don’t like to come to many events and you’ve
been to pretty much all the conventions, except for L4 because of
the adoption…

LH: These events are very, very, very different than the political
events and those kinds of things. I don’t throw myself into every
event or charity. You know, even when I raised money for Doctors
without Borders, I just sort of kept it on the lowdown.

B&TF: It was posted all over the Internet and a lot of people
donated to your charity.

LH: Yeah, and I was comfortable with that. It’s amazing because
it was my first time doing this.

B&TF: That’s great and a worthy charity to donate. Next question,
there was a rumor about some kind of project development with Fox
involving you.

LH: (laughing) Where did you hear this? Where did you get this?

B&TF: The internet.

LH: A Fox show?

B&TF: You don’t know anything about it?

LH: I swear to God, I don’t. It would be fantastic if Fox wanted
me for a show (laughing).

Sean Harry (who was in the room, organizing things): I read that
too about Century Fox having a project with you and I was like,
“Yeah, go Laurel.”

LH: I’m wide open, I have no work. I just don’t know where this
stuff comes from (laughing).

Sean: You have to tell everyone that Laurel is looking for a job.

B&TF: Okay, I will put it in my report.

LH: I really want to play at weddings, too (laughing).

B&TF: You’ve been to many conventions; can we expect you to come
again for L6, L7 or L15 even?

Sean Harry: L15? I’ll be in my grave then.

B&TF: Me too, but I would still come.

LH: Here’s the thing. I’m completely not a planner. I live from
moment to moment and I have no idea where I’ll even be living next
year or what I’ll be doing. My husband just got his dream job as
an architect. I’m in this place where I have a 7-month old at home
and I just want to go home and see what happens. There are a lot of
women who haven’t come here. You know, Rose Rollins is like one of
the most hysterical, wonderful people I know (laughing) and so is Pam.
I think everybody’s gotten my autograph (laughing).

B&TF: Oh, I have about fifteen of them but it’s all for a good
cause…money well spent for me.

LH: (laughing) Okay. We just have to wait; I don’t know. Maybe
there will be one at the very, very end where the whole gang will
come or something.

B&TF: I’ll be dead by then (so not joking).

LH: You’ll be dead by then? (laughing)

B&TF: Totally, I’m getting old.

LH: No, no. To be completely honest, I think people will disperse
from this and go on to different projects; they have different
schedules and you can already see that with some people that left
earlier or who have to shorten their contracts because of new shows
beginning. Janina’s busy doing things and Erin’s on a “Swingtown”
and she’s developing a show right now. I know, at some point,
she was asked to come back and do a web series as Dana but I think
she didn’t really know how to bring her back from the dead. So she
just said it wasn’t a very good thing to do (laughing).
I think the only thing that will bring it together is if there’s
an L Word movie but I think it’s time to say goodbye and hope that
another show comes along or there are more characters in other shows.
Even if the spin-off doesn’t go, I think so many great things will
happen. I think it would be just great to see all these women move
back into the industry and create and do the things we want to do.

B&TF: It would be great. Now, let’s talk about Tina a little.
She has changed a lot since Season 3.

LH: She did and in Season 3 Tina misbehaved a lot and she threatened
to marry Henry and keep the baby. It was kind of a crappy thing to
do but I like it.
when characters behave crappy because it’s more interesting than
being nice. I was a little worried about Tina in the beginning
because I thought they were going to make her super sweet.

B&TF: Yes, the one-dimensional nice girl next door.

LH: Yes, we made her edgier. Likability is not my concern (laughing).

B&TF: True. Well, back to the convention for a second. You know,
before each convention, Sean puts out polls and asks us who we want
to see. It doesn’t matter if you’ve been here so many times;
everybody wants to see Laurel again. You’re always at the top;
either first or second…next to Kate because you know everyone
loves Shane.

LH: (laughing). I had no idea.

B&TF: Yeah, it doesn’t matter how many times you’ve been here,
we still want to see you.

LH: I had no idea. I don’t even know. Somebody told me that on
OurChart I had 42 thousand hits or something like that.

B&TF: It’s true. Tina’s thread is the biggest on OC just
because the fans love you…

LH: They do? It’s so awesome (laughing).

B&TF: You have a lot of followers because Tina is one of the
“most” favorite characters to many fans.

LH: I had no idea. I thought it would be Kate or Jennifer.
It’s just awesome. OurChart is a great website, so is the
l-word.com and AfterEllen.com.

B&TF: Thank you. By the way, speaking of OurChart. We know
that Jennifer, Kate and Leisha sometimes contribute to its
contents. Were you ever asked to be a part of it?

LH: Yes. I did an interview with Ilene Chaiken on OurChart.

B&TF: Yes, that vlog thing when you were wearing the “I see you” t-shirt.

LH: Yes. I’ve seen everybody’s been wearing that t-shirt (laughing).

B&TF: Well, when we saw that video, we researched the origins
and found out about the organization and we found out it was
for charity so we all decided to buy the shirts and donate to charity.

LH: Did you, guys? That’s so great.

B&TF: Yeah, we were like, “If Laurel’s behind it, it means
something so we have to support it.”

LH: (laughing) Yes, it’s things like that that are totally cool.
Here’s the thing. At the end of the day when the show is over
I’m just Laurel, the actress. I’m just trying to focus on what’s
important, and last year what was important was my adoption and
I was offered the lead in a movie but I dropped out to do the
adoption. I never auditioned for it. It was a straight offer.
I wanted to be back working and do things like that but again,
I feel like I’m in this really great place, reaching between
the balance in my life and the balance of my work and I don’t
want to be concerned about the work all the time. And I want
to be really, really careful about what I do now. I think for
woman getting older as an actor you need to have a lot of faith
that there will be something there for you to do and as an artist
I have to faith in that. Pam Grier is probably one of my biggest
inspirations and she has the most amazing attitude. She’s one of
my favorite people to work with and she’s been in the business
for a really long time. She’s super savvy and she lives her
life to the fullest. She’s just an inspiration to me and I just
think about how I want to be when I get older and what I want to
do and I just want to try to find that balance, you know?

B&TF: Thank you. Okay, now a Bette and Tina question.

LH: Bette and Tina question? No…really? (laughing)

B&TF: You know I have to ask at least one (laughing).
On Ilene’s “Secret Ingredients” videos she was doing after
each episode during Season 5, she mentioned that both Jennifer
and you were a little nervous to do the love scenes because of
the expectations of the fans and so many fans wanted their
favorite couple to reunite. How was it for you to film those scenes?

LH: I wasn’t nervous. I don’t know, I think we’ve just done
a lot of sex scenes and I think for me at that moment the priority
was not to be repetitive or if we were going to bring something back,
to do it in a really beautiful way.

B&TF: So, you know that you have a lot of followers, TiBetters.
How does it make you feel that Jennifer’s and your characters
are the most popular couple on the show?

LH: I don’t know if it’s the most popular. I don’t know if
that’s the fact but I know there are a lot of Talice fans.

B&TF: Fans even petitioned for you and Jennifer to have a spin-off.

LH: I don’t think that it would happen. It’s flattering that
people would want to keep seeing us. The minute they wrote the
Pilot they knew that they had a couple with a strong chemistry,
they had a really strong couple that tried to have a baby and
have this very strong family; and I think we kind of an anchor
for the show and as a couple we are trying to be role models
and we’re trying to have the fairytale, happily ever after, you know.

B&TF: You’re trying to have or you’re having it?

LH: I don’t know. I think you’re always trying. Marriage takes work.
It’s not just that you showed up to be married and then it’s happily
ever after. You have to work on it for the rest of your life.

B&TF: True. What does it mean personally for you to be a part of
such a popular couple?

LH: You know, I just play the character and I do the work.
It helps with the writing and the storylines for me to still
have issues that come up with that couple. I just connect to
them because I’m in the partnership and connect to how difficult
it is to work on it and to also connect to the real world when
you have a partner to go through life with and not be alone.
It’s great to walk in those shoes as a character and then have
people really respond to that or relate to that because they’re
either already in a partnership or because they want that type of
partnership. Again, this is flattering but I don’t wake up and
think about it every day. It’s just an aspect of the character,
just an aspect of who she is.

B&TF: So there are, of course, people who want Bette and Tina to
be together but there are also some fans who wants to see Tina
with somebody else, like Helena or Sam from Season 5…

LH: Yeah, that would be great. I wish she had dated a little more
but I think it’s just more of a Laurel thing because it’s more
of an aspect of my own personality but Tina is more of a relationship
person and the casual dating is just not her. She could never
live Shane’s life. But I have a different upbringing and they
are different people. Tina is just more careful about who she
connects too and when she connects. She usually starts from some
sort of emotional core. I do think when she has the sex
scene with Brenda, she loses herself in it and she thinks,
“Wow, I can actually have physical pleasure even if I don’t
want to call her the next day, it’s all right.” And I think
that was a good thing for Tina to go through and it would be
neat to see more of that happen but it’s not in Tina’s personality,
though. Tina is not a predator.

B&TF: In Paris you mentioned that we will finally learn something
about Tina’s family. Why did it take six years to bring it up?

LH: I said the same thing, why did it take so long?

B&TF: Yeah, we even have information about minor characters but not Tina.

LH: It was very frustrating to me.

B&TF: So, we are going to have some information.

LH: Yes, at the very, very end.

B&TF: Is it good?

LH: It makes sense.

B&TF: It makes sense, okay. How often do you and Jennifer improvise
your scripts?

LH: Not so much between me and Jennifer but the big group scenes
are very improvisational.

B&TF: Since Season 5 is your favorite season, what is your most
favorite scene from that season?

LH: The Kiss…SheBar Kiss.

B&TF: Mine too. When I saw it the first time, I cried. And I
cried after the second time, too because it was such a wonderful,
beautiful moment. When Jennifer explained yesterday [during Q&A]
that Bette’s crying wasn’t scripted and was sort of improvised
by her, I thought it was just all these emotions.

LH: Jennifer is a great crier. It’s such a great scene and I really
loved it because there’s a part of Tina that kind of takes care of
Bette in that little moment, like it’s going to be okay.

B&TF: Kind of a nurturing moment?

LH: Yeah, when she kissed her on forehead and rubbed her hair.
Jennifer and I don’t tell each other what we’re going to do before
our scenes so you have a natural reaction to what happens in those
scenes. I didn’t know what was going to happen and I didn’t know
what it was going to look like, but I really liked the whole scene.
I liked the way Tina’s kind of lonely and depressed and she doesn’t
really expect Bette to kiss her at all.

B&TF: The song was perfect, by the way.

LH: This song is my all-time favorite song.

B&TF: Mine too.

LH: It’s such a beautiful song.

B&TF: Actually, when you listen to the whole song, it basically
explains the whole Bette and Tina relationship in a way.

LH: It really does. As soon as heard it I was like, “Ilene, what
is that song? I love it.”

B&T: They are signaling to me to finish, so I just want to confess
that traveling for The L Word, interviewing the cast and writing
about it has been one of the happiest times of my life. Sorry,
I might cry because I’m really emotional right now.

LH: I think it’s good to be emotional. I’m a big fan of crying.
When you cry you feel better.

B&TF: Unless you get puffy eyes and a big red nose, like me.
Anyway, the show’s ending and for many fans it will be a sad
time because we lived and breathed it for six years. What is
your advice on how we can let go and basically move on after it’s over?

LH: Create more shows.

B&TF: You think there will be another show like that?

LH: Write a show, write your stories.

B&TF: Well, we do have a lot of writers on our website.

LH: I noticed that (laughing).

B&TF: Do you read anything?

LH: I just go back into my life. It’s really hard to focus on
yourself that much. That’s not my nature; do you know what
I’m saying? I don’t want to be on the Internet all the time,
looking at what people think about the character. I have two
kids, so I want to focus on somebody beside myself.

Note from B&TF: There were more things said during the interview
regarding season 6 but because they were a little more revealing
in terms of the spoilers and at Laurel’s request we decided to
remove it. When the new season will air, I can post the removed
parts so you can all read Laurel’s take on Tina in season 6. 


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不負責任的偏心超簡易重點翻譯

1. 請原諒我私心加上的黃色的字 XD
   小Lu直接講出我的心聲，為什麼我到了第四第五季才開始喜歡Tina
   因為我也覺得一開季的Tina設定，好．平．面
   只有當演完了五季之後，Tina這角色才顯露出他多層次且細膩的部份
   是好酒沉甕底的角色阿~~~

2. 小Lu還是一樣的健談...他不想更改Tina這個角色的任何劇情，他覺得多數很完美
   （除了他也不解為什麼要到第六季才提及Tina的家庭背景呢！？）
   但是他也不想再演S7（就算有）
   這是他演過最長的一個角色，他覺得夠了
   但是若有TLW movie，他會演的！

3. 第六季的領養劇情，確實想要呈現同性伴侶領養的問題，小Lu還順便分享了
   他之前領養女兒時的一些想法與經驗

4. 訪問者竟然問Lu如果閃舞裡的Alex碰上雙姝奇戀裡的Randy，兩人會不會有火花！？
   Lu的回答很好玩，他說他覺得Alex不是Randy的type!!! XD

5. Lu其實沒那麼喜歡參加活動，尤其是政治性比較強烈的(這點跟JB很不一樣)
   但是Lu卻參加了除了L4以外的所有L convention，因為她覺得這個活動很不一樣
   問他會不會參加L6時，他沒有給予正面的回覆

6. 原來舉行convention前會有希望誰來參加的投票喔！？
   訪問者說，Lu一向是大家的最愛，至少也是第二名
   （第一名是萬人迷帥踢Shane）
   還提到在ourchart上，Tina(Lu)擁有非常廣大的fans，點擊率很高
   完全不輸Shane寶寶(KM)與Bette大人(JB)
   Lu說他不知道自己這麼受歡迎，也不知道TiBette有這麼多fans
   （真的假的！？Lu應該是在謙虛吧...）
   他只知道有很多Talice fans（Alice&Tasha）

7. Lu最喜歡的一季當然就是第五季（之前訪問就有說過了）
   那他最喜歡哪一幕呢！？
   答案就是讓所有TiBette fans都眩然欲泣的504 TiBette SHEbar kiss!!
   Lu還提到他也很喜歡那首歌，Alice Smith"Dream" (又好聽又符合情景阿！)

8. 雖然大部分的人都期待著TiBette forever，
   不過也有人希望Tina能夠在劇中多些與其他人的關係
   Lu說他自己其實也這麼希望，但那並不是Tina的個性，Tee永遠不可能像Shane
   但是與Brenda的那一次關係，倒也給了Tina一些不同的想法與領悟

訪問者由於不想爆雷，以及基於Lu的要求，有些關於訪問到第六季的部份沒有po出
等第六季開播以後才會放出來～

其他那些很長的，講關於這部戲對Lu自己的影響等等
就......等待好心人翻譯吧，我逐字翻的功力不太好 XD
（而且好多...orz）



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推 oldniy:真的很多XD  感謝原PO!!!<(_  _)>
推 littlelazy:哎呀 好多英文頭好痛　謝謝原波.
推 hiphopla:我最喜歡Tina跟Alice! >/////<  Thanks~~
推 countrysong:Brenda...是誰阿?  =.=a
→ Antinous:心臟外科醫生阿XD 跟Tina有過一夜情，促成504一吻的~
推 esasin:推用心~感謝
推 countrysong:哈! 感謝原po喚起老人家的記憶力
推 uilyt:先推再說~(推e大說的用心)