Eliot Stein Interviews Shirley Jones
©Eliot Stein
ELIOT: Will there ever be any big screen musicals again like the
ones you starred in? Or is that gone forever?
SHIRLEY: Well, my instinct tells me that is gone forever.
If the public wants and needs that again, maybe there will be a
great Andrew Lloyd Webber one.
But we don't have the writers we once had!
ELIOT: How do you feel these days about "The Partridge Family?"
The public seems to love it now.
SHIRLEY: The public loved it in the 1970's and they love it now.
There was that period when people said it was corny.
But now they love these kinds of shows!
There is a need for other things than violence and the other
stuff we are inundated with.
"The Partridge Family" makes people feel good!
ELIOT: Is there any talk of a reunion telefilm?
SHIRLEY: No I don't think so. They talked about perhaps a movie.
But the Partridge Family basically disintegrated.
ELIOT: What would you like to do in the next few years?
SHIRLEY: I'd like to do a mature love story film.
I'd love to do a wonderful film.
I live for the moment and I am doing many concerts.
But I don't want to work as hard.
I'd like to spend more time with my family!
ELIOT: Did you enjoy doing "The Partridge Family?"
SHIRLEY: I did enjoy it!
I had been touring all over the world.
This was my first "normal" job in showbiz.
It was six months work and six months off.
We had a great time. We really enjoyed it.
It killed my movie career. I was stereotyped as Mrs. Partridge.
But I had a great time!
ELIOT: Do you have any plans to return to weekly TV?
SHIRLEY: Not at the moment.
If something interesting came up.
I WANT creative control now. Or I won't be involved!
©Eliot Stein
ELIOT: Will there ever be any big screen musicals again like the
ones you starred in? Or is that gone forever?
SHIRLEY: Well, my instinct tells me that is gone forever.
If the public wants and needs that again, maybe there will be a
great Andrew Lloyd Webber one.
But we don't have the writers we once had!
ELIOT: How do you feel these days about "The Partridge Family?"
The public seems to love it now.
SHIRLEY: The public loved it in the 1970's and they love it now.
There was that period when people said it was corny.
But now they love these kinds of shows!
There is a need for other things than violence and the other
stuff we are inundated with.
"The Partridge Family" makes people feel good!
ELIOT: Is there any talk of a reunion telefilm?
SHIRLEY: No I don't think so. They talked about perhaps a movie.
But the Partridge Family basically disintegrated.
ELIOT: What would you like to do in the next few years?
SHIRLEY: I'd like to do a mature love story film.
I'd love to do a wonderful film.
I live for the moment and I am doing many concerts.
But I don't want to work as hard.
I'd like to spend more time with my family!
ELIOT: Did you enjoy doing "The Partridge Family?"
SHIRLEY: I did enjoy it!
I had been touring all over the world.
This was my first "normal" job in showbiz.
It was six months work and six months off.
We had a great time. We really enjoyed it.
It killed my movie career. I was stereotyped as Mrs. Partridge.
But I had a great time!
ELIOT: Do you have any plans to return to weekly TV?
SHIRLEY: Not at the moment.
If something interesting came up.
I WANT creative control now. Or I won't be involved!
