Eliot Stein Interviews Kim Cattral
©Eliot Stein
Actress Kim Cattral has become a household word with her role
in "Sex and the City." Before that she had prominent roles in
films including "Mannequin," "Star Trek VI" and "Porky's."
ELIOT: Where did you grow up?
KIM: I was born in Liverpool, England. When I was a baby, we emigrated
to Canada and settled in Vancouver, B.C.
I lived there till I was 10. We moved back to Liverpool for a year.
When I was 16, I moved to New York.
ELIOT: With the constant interest in The Beatles, is it fun to be able
to say that you were from Liverpool?
KIM: Yes! It's been a badge of honor to have come from the town of
the Fab Four! I got a lot of mileage out of it in high school!
ELIOT: Did you ever meet any of the group?
KIM: I've met Paul and Ringo!
ELIOT: When did you become interested in acting?
KIM: When I was 10. I did a school play. It was called
"Pifull is only a Sniffel." I played a cold germ.
ELIOT: Did you have to hide from the Listerine?
KIM: The sun did me in at the end!
ELIOT: When did this take a very serious turn?
KIM: That same summer, I got a scholarship to go to a summer school,
an acting summer school. An arts camp.
I was introduced to the classics. This whole world of acting became
fascinating to me. I really liked it.
ELIOT: In your opinion, which production you did of any kind,
really put you in front of American audiences?
KIM: I think the first film I did was "Porky's" that was the
smash hit. Now, every man here has seen that.
I played Ms. Honeywell who had the noisy orgasm in the locker room.
I became every teenage boy's dream.
ELIOT: You mentioned the classics, have you ever performed in any of Shakespeare's plays?
If so , which ones?
KIM: Midsummer Night's Dream, Olivia in Twelfth Night,
As you Like It, I've played Juliet!
ELIOT: Many people in America really came to know you through
"Mannequin." Tell us about the film!
KIM: We started in Philadelphia. We'd go to work at 9:00 p.m. at night
when the store closed and work through 8:00 a.m.
It was like working through jet lag for five weeks.
I have a life size mannequin of myself as a souvenir.
ELIOT: Did you ever see the "Twilight Zone" episode involving
a mannequin?
KIM: I already knew about the episode. It was one of my favorites.
©Eliot Stein
Actress Kim Cattral has become a household word with her role
in "Sex and the City." Before that she had prominent roles in
films including "Mannequin," "Star Trek VI" and "Porky's."
ELIOT: Where did you grow up?
KIM: I was born in Liverpool, England. When I was a baby, we emigrated
to Canada and settled in Vancouver, B.C.
I lived there till I was 10. We moved back to Liverpool for a year.
When I was 16, I moved to New York.
ELIOT: With the constant interest in The Beatles, is it fun to be able
to say that you were from Liverpool?
KIM: Yes! It's been a badge of honor to have come from the town of
the Fab Four! I got a lot of mileage out of it in high school!
ELIOT: Did you ever meet any of the group?
KIM: I've met Paul and Ringo!
ELIOT: When did you become interested in acting?
KIM: When I was 10. I did a school play. It was called
"Pifull is only a Sniffel." I played a cold germ.
ELIOT: Did you have to hide from the Listerine?
KIM: The sun did me in at the end!
ELIOT: When did this take a very serious turn?
KIM: That same summer, I got a scholarship to go to a summer school,
an acting summer school. An arts camp.
I was introduced to the classics. This whole world of acting became
fascinating to me. I really liked it.
ELIOT: In your opinion, which production you did of any kind,
really put you in front of American audiences?
KIM: I think the first film I did was "Porky's" that was the
smash hit. Now, every man here has seen that.
I played Ms. Honeywell who had the noisy orgasm in the locker room.
I became every teenage boy's dream.
ELIOT: You mentioned the classics, have you ever performed in any of Shakespeare's plays?
If so , which ones?
KIM: Midsummer Night's Dream, Olivia in Twelfth Night,
As you Like It, I've played Juliet!
ELIOT: Many people in America really came to know you through
"Mannequin." Tell us about the film!
KIM: We started in Philadelphia. We'd go to work at 9:00 p.m. at night
when the store closed and work through 8:00 a.m.
It was like working through jet lag for five weeks.
I have a life size mannequin of myself as a souvenir.
ELIOT: Did you ever see the "Twilight Zone" episode involving
a mannequin?
KIM: I already knew about the episode. It was one of my favorites.
