NICK
TAYLOR'S
20 QUESTIONS
June
29, 2000. It's Nick's turn to be quizzed! The
questions are candid, and asked by the rest of the crew. If you have a
question for Nick or another cast member, ask it on our Feedback
page.
Q. How does it feel to share a name with a
member of Duran Duran?
A. I'm glad you asked this. There
never was a Nick Taylor in Duran Duran. It was Nick Rhodes and Andy
Taylor.
Q. Okay then, how does it feel to share a name
with a supermodel?
A. I'd rather share a bed than a name.
Q. What did you say when Lorraine asked you to
play Lonny in The Sorceress?
A. What size was the shotgun at my
head? Well - medium size?
Q. If you could bend anybody's spoon - who
would you pick?
A. I would bend Leonard Cohen's spoon.
Q. Would you rather be R2D2 or Mr. Roboto?
A. Mr. Roboto had a better sex life.
Q. If you could solve one world problem, in
your terms, what would that be?
A. Crushing the bourgeoisie.
Q. Tell us about the film you wrote and will
direct this summer.
A. It's called The Mystery Dance.
It's about the long truthful pauses after intimacy.
Q. What's with the mustache?
A. A year ago I received a phone call to
join a band and I had to have a mustache. It wasn't a very good one.
Over the last year I've been letting it grow back. My friends have started
growing them, they got mustache envy. I never keep it for more than a
month.
Q. When you see red, what do you see?
A. An ocean of burgundy wine - bottom
lit.
Q. What is your favourite part of The
Sorceress?
A. Doc's journey into self discovery.
Q. If you could choose any era to be from,
what would it be?
A. The French Revolution - not the
revolution, but Shelly and Byron and a world shifting.
Q. As yourself a question?
A. Why am I still here? Take it as
you want.
Q. Duckbill Platypus or Armadillo?
A. A Platypus, because genius is in the
mistakes.
Q. Are you stranger than fiction?
A. I'm a walking contradiction, partly
truth, partly fiction.
Q. Who's your favourite author?
A. Dennis Potter, he wrote British TV, Pennies
from Heaven, Singing Detective.
Q. Which parent would you prefer to catch you
naked?
A. I come from a naked family. We
were naked all the time.
Q. Which person would you erase from existence
if you could?
A. Rupert Murcoch - because Dennis Potter
said so.
Q. Which celebrity would you sleep with?
A. Anna Karina, when she was still
married to Jean Luc Bedard.
Q. What is your favourite memory of being 19?
A. The republic of Montreal. It was
a good year.. all of them.
Q. If you could have sex with a cartoon
character, which one would it be?
A. Who was the rich one? Veronica?
Screw the bourgeoisie!
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