I remember seeing a high school production that Jessica co-directed called
"Hello Out There" that was very good.  Has she ever thought of (or had the
opportunity to) do any directing since then?  Would she like to do some in
the future?

Thanks!

Brien Lewis
Jarvis Collegiate Institute (Toronto) Class of '86

Well, my Dad was a director and as a result of his input, I've been interested in seeing what kind of director I would make.  I would definitely like to try and direct.  I wouldn't feel comfortable doing camera direction necessarily... yet.  I would like to direct scenes or a play or something of that nature. I'm not in a position to be one, but I would like to work hand in hand with a director that is really comfortable with the camera and lighting and angles and that kind of thing and I could have more of the more emotional and text directing.  Or start with scenes or readings or plays. 

I appreciate you remembering "Hello Out There"! 

1. what are your goals in life ?

2. do you believe in "god" ?

3. do animals have a soul ?

4. is beauty sometimes hard to handle ?

5. have you ever been to switzerland ?

kind regards
hubert c. braendle, switzerland

1. My goals are to work towards being a more environmentally friendly human.  To contribute to thought provoking and playful adventures for people and to get involved in a environmental cause.  Work wise, I would like to be challenged, creative in whatever form that comes in.  Whether it's TV, film, writing or creating adventures for people.

2. I don't believe in "God" in the traditional sense of the word.  I think "God" is something that exists in all of us and that we have a responsibility towards each other and to the planet and to other living things and ourselves and it is a huge responsibility.  "God" is energy and it is everyone and is in all of us.

3. I believe that animals have souls, yes I do.  Because they too are energy and they too are individuals and they too are different.

4. Aging is harder. (laughs)

5. I have been to Switzerland.  I have spent days in Zürich and Zermatt.
 

My name is Sandra, and I've been a fan of yours since Earth 2.  I have two 
questions to ask.  First of all, I wish we could have seen more of your 
character in Armageddon (I've dreamed of being a space shuttle pilot for NASA 
for a very long time now) and I was wondering what you thought of the role 
and if you received the opportunity to tour any of the NASA space centers?

My second question is, have you ever kept anything special from previous 
roles that you treasured?  Thanks for answering, and keep up the good work, 
Jessica! 

Sandra

Thanks for your support for "Earth 2".  I would liked to have seen more of my character too.  But since [director] Michael Bay shot enough film to go around the world twice he had to make some cuts and some choices and I can see I was the "token chick". 

A Space Shuttle pilot is a good dream to have.  You can certainly get involved in some level.  They are a great bunch of people and it is a very exciting field.

I toured the Space Center in both Houston and in Florida.  There are overwhelming toys there.  The magnitude of the machinery is beyond your wildest dreams.  If you get a chance go on the tour, it will blow your mind.

[Second Question]

What I treasure most is friendships, keeping in touch with people.  "Gag Reels" I always find a hoot... The odd piece of clothing...  On occasion I will keep a prop, if I can.  Now days people are much more strict about keeping their props because they know that they go out into the marketplace and get a lot of money.  From Captain Power I saved my communicator and "Power On" button, you know my power on battery pack and my chest thing.  Generally I don't... Sci-Fi is where you find the more interesting things.  I saved a few sort of trinkets from "Homefront" and clothing that we were allowed to have.  But other than that, mostly friendships... and  of course the Christmas gifts we put together are fun.
 

                                     Titti --- an Italian fan 

Glad you like the show, keep in touch!

I just wanted to know if you knew whether A Question Of Privilege will be out here in the Uk or not.

Also, is Debrah Farentino the only cast member you've kept in touch with from e2? what was it like to work with Antonio Sabato jr?

Al
xxx

Yes, Debrah Farentino is the only cast member that I've kept in touch with from "Earth 2."  I mean I see some of them here and there, but I don't keep in touch with them.  Working with Antonio was nice, it was good [see answer above --GC].

Thanks Al.

Bonjour Jessica,

My name is Karyne Duval, and I come from Canada.

I would like to know if you can speak other languages than English, and if yes, which ones?

And one last thing I would want to know: Do you sometimes watch series like: X-Files, ER, Ally McBeal....or even Earth 2 on television?

Thank you and continue your great acting career! I hope that you will have a lot of futurist projects...

Yours truly,
     Karyne Duval.
 

Je peux parler en francais un petit peu seulement. 

[Translation: I can speak in French a little bit only.]

I don't watch as much TV as someone who is in the business should.  To keep abreast of all the things being produced and all the actors doing such hard work...  I have tuned into all of those shows at one time or another and you have listed some of the better ones. 

Thank you for the compliment on "Earth 2" !
 

Hi Jessica, I loved the TV show Homefront. I can't believe that there is
still a fan club for the show even after 8 years. If a reunion was
possible, would you be part of it?? 

Thanks,
Mark Coleman

I would absolutely love to be a part of a reunion.  We had a reunion at Yoga the other night, there were 4 of us from the show, all hanging out together.  But I would love to work with everyone again, just to be back on the sets just for a minute and wear all those fine threads!

Thank you for being such a die hard fan Mark!

Dear Jessica,

I was wondering. From what I've heard in some articles, Mike 
Myers is planning to do more "Austin Powers" movies, I know that action 
movies are your #1 choice, but if you had the chance would you go for a part 
in one, or more of them?

One of your many fans,
-Chris-
 

Hi there Jessica.  I noticed in your bio on this page that you enjoy kayaking.  What's the best river you have ever been down?  Have you ever been kayaking in the southeastern US?  Do you get to go as often as you'd like?  Just curious.

Andy 
 

Dear Jessica,

Hi!  My name is Nancy and I discovered and became a big fan of your after seeing you in "Armageddon". I think you are quite talented and hopefully you'll become an even bigger star than you are now. I do have a few "Armageddon" questions to ask. First, where was your favorite location to shoot at and why? What was it like to work with Anthony Guidera? I'm also a fan of him because of this movie.  Also, if you didn't wear that 70-pound space suit that most of the cast had to wear, how did you get so many bumps and bruises on the set (I read that in a magazine, but I forgot which one)? 

Well, I hope you get this message, I'll talk to you soon!
Love,
Nancy

Working with Anthony was great because we both had the same positions, we were both co-pilots and he and I hung out a fair bit.  He is very funny and a very disciplined guy.  He helped me out a lot because I got hired so late in the game and he already had done research and he helped me get up to speed.  Sweet guy, not to mention handsome.

The reason I got covered in bumps and bruises was in the shuttle in the cockpit, leaping in and out of my seat and running up and down the stairwell... down to the control and leaping around inside the shuttle is where I got all bruised up.  And of course a lot of got cut so you don't get to see my stunt work.

I got to be a fan of yours when I saw Armageddon.  You and Liv
Tyler were basically the only women who had decent parts.  (Might I add
you were very convincing!)
     My question is, was there ever any intention of developing the
character of Jennifer Watts more than what actually made it into the
movie?  There was one time when Sharp mentioned that he had two kids,
but we got no background on Watts.
     Personally I would love to see a spin-off in which Watts and Grace
Stamper Frost save the world!  :)

Elizabeth

(quietly) Well... I said that she kept a very low profile because she was actually a Russian spy infiltrating the NASA space program but unfortunately that story line was cut.  I have a rich imagination. (laughs).  But no, there wasn't a lot of detail on her.  But she was based on the first female shuttle pilot [Susan Smith] that I actually met on the tarmac at NASA in Florida.

[In regards to the Watts and Grace "spin-off"]

I would imagine that they would be in fetching super hero outfits and it would have to be some environmental team that saved the world from potential man made disasters!  yeah yeah! I think she's on to something there (laughs!)

Dear Jessica,

I'm a technical theater student who just graduated from High School and I 
worked on all of my school's plays and musicals in my four years. I just 
wanted to say that I loved your performance in the movie "Sing" I watch it 
over and over again I love it so much. When I watched it for the first time 
in my sophomore year in high school seeing your character having to put a 
whole show together reminded me of what I was involved in and your character inspired me to get more involved in what I was doing in the theater. In my senior year of high school I took on the role of the Assistant Stage Manager for both my school's play and musical. I just wanted to say thank you again for inspiring me. I was wondering what it was like to work with Peter Dobson and Lorraine Bracco?  I also wanted to say that I think that you're a very beautiful and very talented actress, I look up to as a role model. 

Thank you,
Kate Rizzetto
 

I think that is the best compliment an actor can receive is to be told that something they have been involved in that inspired them to get more involved and expand their interest in something.  I am really pleased.  I wish they had "Sings" at my high school.  You said you wanted to thank me for inspiring you, I want to thank you for inspiring me. Because it is the highest compliment.

Working with Peter Dobson was a riot he reminded me so much of an old boyfriend he is such a character and he is mad for "The King" so I bought him this plaster Elvis bust at the end of the shoot.  He hates to fly so he carried this big huge nasty plaster Elvis on a train all the way home.

Thank you for the role model compliment.

dear Jessica!

Thanks for all your work, keep on doing that!
I saw almost all episodes of Homefront and I thought that it is a great, but I don't know how they could arrange that looks from the late forties, how was that done,it cant have been so easy? I mean there are a lots of things to consider, how the buildings look, cars, clothing etc, it must have been a huge work? and thanks for your part in homefront,you were very good i think!

thanks from stephan höglund,sweden.

Hi Jessica,

I live in the county of Yorkshire, which is in England, and so  I only get to see you in movies and the (very) occasional TV show.  I was wondering if you had ever visited England or have any plans to do so?

Keep up the great career and all my best wishes for the future.

Tony Whitfield
 

Thank you very much for your inquiry!

George: Do you sing very well?

Jessica: I think I sing well hiding in a group. I sing in my car but I wouldn't subject anyone else to it. But I think I do all right if I can sort of hide. (giggle)

Jessica,

May I ask who designed / made your ring with the tooth?  I work in the
dental field & recently saw a photo in which you were wearing it.  It caught my attention.  I have seen  many earrings & necklaces made from teeth that are very nicely done.  The rings I've seen have been at dental conventions, usually worn by sales reps.  They are, shall we say, less than attractive.  Yours is quite the opposite.  Is it a baby tooth, or adult? I assume all the teeth are yours.  The earrings look to be wisdom teeth.  My compliments 
to your jewelry designer who has restored my faith.  Now if I could just
get a better look at that ring.  :-)

Thanks for your patience.
Donna 

The ring, cause we were starting the family jewels, was designed and made by someone in Vancouver at the request of my brother.  I'm carting his wisdom around because he said that "chicks just dig it", (laughs) so I stole it from him.   I don't know the name of the jeweler in Vancouver.  But basically it is a wide silver band and the tooth was cut off and set in some sort of epoxy resin and you can see the underside of the tooth from inside the ring.  But it is certainly better than bears claw or sharks teeth... so encourage people to stick their own body bits! (laughs)  Some people are grossed out by it and some people think it is really neat, and they are "pearls of wisdom!"

Dear Jessica,

Say you're working steady on a series or whatever and you get a day
off.  How would that day off go?  What would you do from beginning to
end?    Sunny day?   Rainy Day?
 

Thanks for your time,

Judy

Hi Jessica!

I will try my best to keep this as short as possible......
So - to keep you busy and to satisfy my boundless curiosity, here are four
totally essential ;-) questions:

1.) Where is the place you call "home", Toronto, L.A. or neither and why?!

2.) As a frequent traveler, do you speak any foreign languages?!

3.) How did you get the idea for your cats' names, do they have any special
background?!

4.) What got you into playing African drums (by the way: a Djembe drum?)?!

I regret not having been able to attend and see you at the Earth2-Con.
Gruß & Kuß,

Regina
Hilden, Germany

1.  Home is 2 things.  Toronto is the home I grew out from and L.A. is the home I grew in to and both are equally important to who I am today.

2. [see the answer to Karyne Duval's question (#6 from the top) above. --GC]

3. My cats names.... I don't know where Zak came from I have no idea, I think my ex-boyfriend came up with that.  That had to do with the cat that came before... my other cat... because they were both Tabbies,  there was Zack and Same because they looked the Zak Same. But she (Same) has passed away and so she then has been followed by a cat named Sazi, which is short for Anasazi (which is a tribe of people that existed in New Mexico) and we got her when were living in Sante Fe.  But rarely gets called her Sazi, mostly gets Cheeky or Saucy or Sassy! 

4. I was literally taken by a friend to a drumming circle on a full moon and it was so much fun... and I got hooked! They had extra drums there and they had a potluck dinner...so we ate dinner .... and there were a whole bunch of musicians and dancers, it was so much fun that...  I have been going to them since and bought myself a drum.  And made a bunch of friends in that whole circle.

What I love about it is that you get really focused on maintaining a rhythm and and it is a great mediation and it also physically exhausting and gets some aggression out.  If your in a drumming circle and everybody has got a rhythm it is pretty magic, to be in sync with a community of drummers...to make music...and bang away... and gets the blood going and gets you back to the beat of your body!

George: Did you play your drum at Burning Man? 

Jessica: We took them but we didn't end up playing any drums because we had an installation so it was sort of time consuming and that is what we did more so we focused on that.

Hi Jessica,

In Earth 2, which episode or scene was your least favourite to shoot, and why?

Echo

I think it had to do with that GeoLock, it was 4:30 in the morning up on the mountain in the middle of winter... freezing to death!  I had to say a whole bunch of stuff and we were trying to get this prop to work and it had frozen solid so the lights weren't coming on... and our fingers wouldn't move and out mouths wouldn't move and it was so late and we were going all week and it was just exhausting!  Plus there was this giddy element to it as well and we were like "what the hell!?!  ahhh!!" (laughs)  We couldn't think anymore.

Hi Jessica!

  I have two questions - how do you feel about the increased sexual
content (ie. nudity) on television - does it make it harder to find
parts you want to do?

 Second, in an interview you mentioned you have some projects you wanted
to get off the ground - without giving anything away can you give us
some idea of what you are interested in doing?

Your pal,

Maggie

[Second question]

I'm interested ultimately creating a place or places for adults to play, thats generally speaking.  One of them would be in the city and one of them would be out of the city, and that is an idea I am working on. I also have a feature film script idea, and I have childrens books ideas...

Hey fellow Canuck!

Hey Jessica!  I wanted to tell you that "Sing" is one of my favorite movies, and I think you did a wonderful job in it.  Peter Dobson, who played Dominick, is one of my favorite actors.  I was wondering what it was like to work with him?  And do you have any favorite memories from making the movie?

           Your fan,
                Jennifer 

Hi Jessica,
I recently saw a episode of Earth2 where you were in a fight scene with the character Devon. Do you like to do those kind of kick butt scenes which looked like alot of fun and I am sure alot of work or the more dramatic roles that are not so physical?

Thanks Cindy

Hi Jessica,

I just wanted to say you did an incredible job on the Touched By An Angel episode entitled "Full Moon".  It was such an emotional show, was it emotionally draining for you?  Alex McArthur and Chris Noth are awesome. 
What were they like to work with?
 

It was emotionally draining to do because she lived in this state of fear and it was exhausting to do for 7 or 8 days.  But I am glad that it touched on a subjected that is very prevalent in society and it is incredibly upsetting and I have gotten some fan mail that has been supportive and I appreciate that you found it moving.  Both of those guys were terrific to work with.  I hope that I did that kind of event or happening in someones life justice.

George: Did you get a lot of fan mail about that episode?

Jessica: A bit, from people who said they were moved by it or had been through something similiar and had trouble moving through it and had trouble with people in their lives around them helping them move through it.

Hi Jessica,

I hope this is a not too much personal question, but I was wondering
what are your feelings regarding kissing in your acting. Is this a
thing that is hard for you to do or do you feel that it is just a part
of acting, and easily achived?

Thanks,

John Cricket

Hello Jessica,

My question to you is this:  Your acting talent is first rate, but can you dance?

J.R. Jefferis
Attorney at Law