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Lucy Live Transcript
Owings, MD: What other projects are you working on, and will you accept future roles for an action heroine?
Lucy Lawless: In the last couple of years I've started writing my own stuff, so that's one of the ways I've kept my creative
impulse going, even though I was taking a sabbatical. I've got some meetings today regarding future work. Would I consider an
action show? I've certainly had plenty of opportunities. It would have to be one helluva role for me to do it again, now that I have
three kids. I ain't saying now, but I don't think I'll ever find an action character as great as Xena.
Wrightsville Beach, NC: Are you planning on doing any more conventions in the next year?
Lucy Lawless: Not at this stage.
Lucy Lawless: Not at this stage.
Waterloo, NY: I was always a bit confused about the realtionship with Xena and Gabrielle. Were they Lesbians? Or was their
friendship just extremely strong and close?
Lucy Lawless: A bit of both...that only became unequivocal for me in the very last episode.
Provo, UT: What was the most exciting part of playing Xena?
Lucy Lawless: The comedy. I felt like I was on a wild adventure with my best buddies. It was a great ride.
Marion Texas: I've very much enjoyed the commentary (yours, Rob Tapert's, Renee' O'Connor's) on the S2 DVD. Are there
plans to do that on future DVDs?
Lucy Lawless: Yes, there are. I find it very useful to have Rob there, because he has a completely different take on things, and
he was able to spark us off in new ways, with new insights and things we hadn't thought of before. He made it more interesting
for both of us. We were a little played out talking about the show until Rob came in, and Renee and I felt it got a lot more
interesting all of a sudden.
Aptos, California: What was the most difficult thing you were ever asked to do for the show? Your the greatest! Thanks for
making Xena the awesome force she was and is. I am really excited to see your future projects.
Lucy Lawless: I guess the stump work was the hardest thing for me. You also have to get used to a lifestyle that you never
counted on, where you just live and breathe the show.
Comment from Lucy Lawless: But it's worth it.
Picayune, Mississippi: Do you and Renee still visit each other often?
Lucy Lawless: Yes. I talk to her every couple of weeks or every month. We usually live in different countries, which makes
visiting difficult. She'll be a lifelong friend, since we feel we did some serious growing up together.
Montpelier, VT: They made the cast do some pretty vile/crazy things over the years in Xena, like marinading Renee in Abyss...
Did you ever put your foot down and refuse to do something?
Lucy Lawless: No.
East Lansing, MI: Your acting has helped many women, particularly those who have been abused, to get in touch with their
guilt and to find a voice. What draws you to these darker emotions, what enables you to explore them, and how do you let go of
these feelings, as well as the outcome of your performance?
Lucy Lawless: In a way it freaks me out to think that people took such deep messages and were given such strong inspiration
for a show, because we never truly recognized its power, at least I didn't. I'm almost glad I didn't know, because the
responsibility would have been too great. I wouldn't have been able to put one foot in front of another. I think those people were
waiting for an impulse to make a change, and I'm glad Xena was it. But it scares me to think I could have made people jump the
other way. I know from my work with domestic violence you never tell a woman to leave her husband. You can help her if she
asks for it, but you can't instigate putting her in danger. It freaks me out that our show could instigate a situation where a woman
could have been in danger. I'm not afraid to go anywhere in my own dark interior.
Israel: Will you record an album?
Lucy Lawless: No, I don't think so. It's not my passion. I love music and singing, but if I were going to pursue anything else it'd
be writing.
Comment from Lucy Lawless: And I respect musicians too much to pretend that I'm one!
Lafayette Indiana: As you know the rumors about a Xena movie are floating about. Has ther actually been any script work
done? And If I may I recently Finished writing my First Xena novel which takes Place right at the end of the season ender. Does
Sam Or Rob do anything to help unpulished authors in the area of Xena? Thanks Wahnika
Lucy Lawless: I only heard of this yesterday (the rumors). It hasn't been decided who the rights belong to, so I don't know of
anything.
Stanford, IL : What is the greatest thing that has come out of 'Xena'?
Lucy Lawless: For me personally, I got to meet my last partner and the father of my children and make some great friends. But
for the world, the fans of Xena became such a force for good that they've raised a lot of money for different charities and
causes. They really are the phenomenon. I can't take credit for any of it - I was just getting paid to do a job. I'm stymied by the
attention and the praise I get simply for being the most visible cog in the machine. The greatest thing? The quality of fans -
definitely.
