Due South: Paul Gross interview

[gloriana]

Heaven knows why I spent this evening typing this up - one of those foolish things you start and can't stop. But it's a long interview with Paul Gross done by CTV at the end of January: there is an article accompanying it on their webpage here, with some of the quotes, but this is a more complete transcript from the streaming video

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[the_emu]

So glad you can find a way to fill your empty days...

(He doesn't do heroine? Is that because he prefers the heroes?)

8^-

[gloriana]

Gah, I *knew* there was another typo I'd spotted! But it was way too late at night by then to find it again.

(I am stunned you read this. And you talk about me having extra time?

It is marginally more productive than what I would have done otherwise, which was play sudoku online...I swear, I haven't had a productive evening all week.)

[the_emu]

I had an exchange fic due in a few hours. Of course I read it.

And now I have ficathon fic due in 13 days. And they haven't announced summer_of_giles yet, but it's coming, and I can't not do that.

Dammit.

Not another typo. Another two. It's that you did it twice. That's what was special.

8^-

[gloriana]

Yeah, I noticed it the twice, believe it or not. It's a touch-typing thing (do you touch-type? Can't remember). You learn letter combinations rather than letters, and 'ine' is a very common combination, so typing fast and concentrating on the audio, it's easy to do.

You should see the problems I have typing viking. (oops, did it again there, too.)

And yes, those are all excellent reasons to be reading random interviews. He does much more substantive ones with the Canadian Film Institute: a series on writing and directing and acting. I must pick them up and watch the new ones they've posted since I watched last year.

[_scally]

< I have utterly failed so far to install something that will rip streaming video.

Do you want this video on your computer?

I can send you a download link.

[gloriana]

Yes, thankyou Scally - please do :)

[_scally]

Here we go:

Part 1 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/eqe1ql

Part 2 - http://www.sendspace.com/file/jm5rnx

[gloriana]

Thank you very much :) :) (and I love your icon, which I assume is from the photoshoot in the film :))

[malnpudl]

Thanks very much for this. :-)

[gloriana]

Awww, your icon is thanks enough, I assure you - two of my favourite colours and PG in the middle :) :)

[helens78]

Oo, thank you for this! I love how flustered he gets when people talk about how good-looking he is. ^_^

[gloriana]

Heya, Helens - I've been noticing your name on some hot dS fic recently :) :)

He's almost as abashed when she talked about him being bright; and, I must admit, that whole thing with going through the quote line by line would have made me cringe, in his position. How can you answer without seeming either arrogant or dissenbling? Because obviously he *is* both bright and goodlooking - but that hardly defines him.

It's weird, because he is so not Benton Fraser. But I think he might be quite a fun guy to know :)