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Hey folks, Harry here with PART II of the Epic Sitdown with the almighty Bruce Campbell... Watch as they continue to talk about things and other stuff too... You'll be amazed when you read about ______ and then when he says, "_______ ____ _____ __________" you'll howl! So get to reading you lazy bum
CLICK TO READ PART ONE OF THE QUINT INTERVIEW with BRUCE CAMPBELL!!!!
Q: TELL ME ABOUT "CAPTAIN SUPERMARKET."
BC: That’s what Army of Darkness was called in Japan. It has
Campbell’s Soup labels, too. It’s like, what are these people thinking of,
man? I want the drugs that the Japanese are taking ‘cause man oh man.
They’re really colorful! Their concepts are really kind of interesting and
their photo quality is always better than ours. They have access to better
materials or they have better equipment or something, but every time they’ve
done a poster from some of our other movies, we always go, "Oh, wow. That’s
cool!" It’s the Italian ones that suck.
Q: IS THAT THE POSTER THAT MADE YOU LOOK LIKE ARNOLD
SCHWARZENEGGER?
BC: No, that was Dino... Dino DeLaurentiis. That was the foreign
poster used and that’s Dino’s thing. He worked with Schwarzenegger. (In mock
Dino voice) "I vant it to look like Schwarzenegger!" It’s like, "OK... Go
for it. Knock yourself out."
Q: ARMY OF DARKNESS HAD MONEY BEHIND IT WHEREAS THE PREVIOUS HAD
MORE CREATIVE CONTROL, WHICH...
BC: Yeah, that’s the horrible trade off. The less you have, the
more control you have. So, I say make movies for like $500,000 and under.
That’s what I recommend. It’s all about control. The only movie we’ve ever
had creative control has been Evil Dead and that was 21 years ago or
whatever.
I think filmmakers get lured into the high-budget world, then
they get hit on the head with a big stick because they realize, yeah, you
get a better salary, but they can re-edit the movie, they can retitle it,
they can fire people. You really lose a lot when you work for studios.
Q: WELL, THE EVIL DEAD SERIES IS EXTREMELY POPULAR. I KNOW YOU’RE
INVITED TO SCREENINGS OF IT ALL THE TIME. WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE SCENES TO
WATCH WITH THE CROWD?
BC: Of which movie?
Q: LET’S GO FOR 1, 2 AND 3.
BC: Um, in the first Evil Dead, the crowd generally wakes up
right around the time when the girl gets the pencil in the achilles tendon,
which was Rob Tapert’s idea. So, that’s the first scene where people go, "Oh
Wow! This is a freaky ass movie!" Then it just sorta stays that way for the
rest.
I also like the sequence in Evil Dead when Ash is alone in the
cabin where things are freaking out. I think Sam sorta hits his... We all
thought he was crazy doing Dutch angles, 45 degree dutches for each shot. We
thought, "This is going to be a problem," but it worked out good. It’s
probably the least dated section of the movie, ironically.
Then Evil Dead 2, there’s lots of fun stuff. Again, I liked Ash
alone in the cabin. I liked that stuff best ‘cause then it’s just a weirdo
horror movie. Then Army of Darkness is fun. I mean, that’s a little more of
a fluff movie, but there are some sequences in there that are a lot of
fun... Yelling at primitive screwheads and stuff I think works out all
right.
Q: ONE OF THE BIGGEST ATTRACTIONS TO THE FILMS SEEMS TO BE YOUR
DIALOGUE. WHAT DO YOU GET ASKED BY FANS TO SAY THE MOST?
BC: Oh, "Say, ‘Groovy,’" or "Give me some sugar, baby," you know,
one of the usual ones.
Q: WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE?
BC: I don’t have a favorite.
Q: NO FAVORITE?
BC: No favorite. I leave that up to the audience. You know, you
throw out a hundred of them, hopefully they’ll like forty of them. In the
Evil Dead game that just came out, there’s a bunch in there, too... If you
get that far in the game.
Q: THAT GAME BEAT ME MISERABLY.... I SAW A SCREENING OF EVIL DEAD
2 A FEW YEARS AGO, IT WAS A HALLOWEEN NIGHT SCREENING. THE PRINT WAS ALL
MESSED UP, BUT THAT EVEN KINDA ADDED TO THE...
BC: Added to the drunken stupor, yeah.
Q: EXACTLY. AND IN THE PAUSE BEFORE YOUR "GROOVY" LINE, IT WAS
COMPLETELY SILENT. THEN SOMEBODY SHOUTED FROM THE BACK, "HE’S GONNA SAY IT!"
THEN YOU SAY IT AND EVERYBODY JUST WENT APESHIT.
BC: (laughs) I think it’s because this character is just more
irreverent than the average... (he picks up the Ash toy in front of him)...
leading... (he tries to twist the Ash toy’s neck around) So what... nothing
really works on here, right? So you get a little bit of this (starts moving
Ash’s arm up and down) you can wave to your friends...
Um... It’s not the usual lead character in a movie. Usually the
lead character is nice and humane and, you know, pets the dog, is nice to
his girlfriend and stuff. Ash is just basically an idiot, but you need him.
You need him desperately ‘cause it’s a tough world out there. (Still turning
the toy Ash over in his hands) But it took forever to get this thing out,
didn’t it?
But they got the boots right. They were the A Solo Brand. Those
horrible boots. Sam wanted me to wear those stupid little... I had these
little loafers on in the first one. I said, "No way. Give me some boots."
Q: WELL... LET’S SEE... FANS... THEY CAN BE CRAZY SOMETIMES...
BC: (sarcastically) Really?
Q: I’M PRETTY SURE.
BC: That is so weird!
Q: HAVE YOU HAD ANY TERRIBLY LOONEY FAN ENCOUNTERS?
BC: No, not too bad. I have not had sexual encounters because the
characters I play are too buffoonish. You know, I don’t get the panties in
the mail because I’ve never really played that 90210 kind of leading man.
I’ve always been buffoons or idiots or morons or jerks, so women are like,
"Why bother with him? The guy’s nothing but trouble." So, I haven’t had any
problems there.
I had one guy... um... I get the occasional scary email. I got
one from, it was an unknown sender. Everything was unknown in the return
address, and it was a woman who professed her love so much she was listing
all the horrible things she would do to her own family on my behalf, to
prove her love to me. I was like, "Wow." That’s when it gets a little scary.
I don’t get it that much. I mean, 99% of people are pretty cool. There was
one guy taking pictures of my house, but that’s in the documentary Fanalysis
that might be in the book!
No, fans are good. Fans are just shy. They wait 2 hours in line
and they won’t say a word to me. It’s like, now’s your chance, ask anything
you want. No, they just (lowers head, breaking eye contact) hand it over and
just sit. And yet they look really scary. They got the black, spiked hair
and giant things piercing every orifice and they’re more shy than scared. I
think they live vicariously.
Q: YOU KIND OF ALLUDED TO THIS EARLIER, BUT SINCE THE RIGHTS TO
EACH OF THE EVIL DEAD FILMS ARE OWNED BY DIFFERENT PEOPLE, IS THAT THE LAST
NAIL IN THE EVIL DEAD SERIES’ COFFIN?
BC: No, no, but again Sam doesn’t wake up thinking of the Evil
Dead movies and neither do I. We both... The last Evil Dead movie was 10
years ago. There’s been a lot of water under a big bridge for all of us. I
don’t know. I think it’s great and I support the movies and I endorse the
movies and I’m glad I did the movies and I have nothing negative to say
about any of the movies. That’s a misconception. That either Sam or me that
we don’t like the movies. That’s bullshit. We worked our ass off on those
movies for 12 years. Why would I have anything bad to say about those
movies?
Evil Dead is responsible for everything that has happened to me
as an actor, so I think it’s great. But we’ve three of them, so it’s not
like we haven’t done any sequels. We’ve already done two sequels and you
know each sequel you do... a lot of people thought Army of Darkness was a
piece of crap. The real hardcore fans are like, "Oh no! Say it ain’t so! You
sold out! It has a rating!!!" You know? (laughs)
‘Cause for us filmmakers, it’s like, OK. What else do we need to
do with this character? What else could we say? Ash in the future, maybe.
Who knows? (Still twiddling with toy Ash, goes for the boomstick on his
back). Does this thing come out of here? (He pulls the boomstick out)
Alright!
Q: HE CAN’T HOLD IT, BUT...
BC: He can’t, huh? (starts trying to put the boomstick in Ash’s
hand)
Q: MAYBE YOU’LL HAVE BETTER LUCK WITH IT THAN I DID.
BC: That’s too bad. Looks like he’s got the finger grip for it,
though. Have you really played around with this to try to figure this out?
Q: YEAH, I’VE...
BC: Or are you just assuming?
Q: I’VE TRIED TO SET HIM UP BEFORE, TO PUT HIM AROUND MY COMPUTER
STATION.
BC: Alright, I agree. You can’t do it. OK. (plops the toy down).
So, I don’t know. If the thing presents itself for another one, great. I
just don’t think.... I think it’s aging like fish.
Q: SO, YOU THINK IT’S PRETTY MUCH RUN ITS COURSE, THEN.
BC: I think it has. It’s not like there isn’t... I mean, there’s
a video game now for god’s sake! I’m not sure what else we can do. Although,
I’ve gotten bad feedback about the game. I’ve got mixed feedback, is the
word. Some people think it blows.
Q: I LIKED UP TO HOW FAR I GOT ON IT, BUT THE CONTROLS WERE A
LITTLE WHACKED.
BC: Yeah, I’m not a gamer, so it’s hard for me to judge whether
it sucks or not. My son likes it. He’s a gamer.
Q: YOU’RE ALSO A PLAYER IN ANOTHER CULTY MOVIE SERIES, THE MANIAC
COP FILMS...
BC: I was only in two of them. I out priced myself after the
second one, so I get killed in the first 10 minutes.
Q: BUT YOU GET KILLED VERY WELL. IT’S AN AWESOME SCENE. SO, HOW
DID YOU GET TO BE A PART OF THE FIRST FILM?
BC: Bill Lustig contacted me. He was a big fan of Evil Dead 2 and
called and said, "Hey, you wanna come be in this movie called Maniac Cop?"
It’s like, "Yeeeahhhh. OK." It wasn’t called Maniac Cop when we shot it, it
was called Kordel, the cheesy generic name of the... because you’re not
gonna go to New York City and ask cooperation from the police force for a
movie called Maniac Cop. It’s not gonna happen.
I actually got in trouble with the Screen Actors Guild because of
that movie. They sent me a nasty letter: "Dear Bruce. It’s come to our
attention you’ve been in a movie that was not covered by The Guild called
Maniac Cop." I’m like, "What are you talking about? They just changed the
name. They do it all the time." So.
Yeah, I was excited to do it because it was the first movie apart
from anyone else. It was my first movie being hired by a different director.
So, those are always exciting to do.
Q: I JUST RECENTLY SAW THE FILMS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND THEY ARE
A LOT OF FUN.
BC: I haven’t seen it in a while.
Q: TOYS. YOU WERE PLAYING WITH HIM EARLIER. YOU GOT EVIL ASH
COMING UP IN THE NEXT MCFARLANE LINE. YOU GOT THE 18" ASH FIGURE COMING UP
ALSO...
BC: The 18" Ash figure?
Q: YEAH. YOU KNOW HOW THEY DID THE MICHAEL MEYERS AND THE FREDDY
KRUEGER IN THE LAST MOVIE MANIACS LINE?
BC: Yeeeaaahhhh...
Q: WELL THERE’S AN 18" FIGURE IN THE NEXT MOVIE MANIACS LINE.
BC: Of this one, or of Evil Ash?
Q: IT’S GONNA BE THE REGULAR ASH. THE EVIL ASH IS GOING TO BE
THAT SIZE.
BC: Oh, OK.
Q: I BELIEVE IT’S THE PIT SCENE FROM ARMY OF DARKNESS.
BC: Which would be this.
Q: BASICALLY, BUT APPARENTLY HE CAN ACTUALLY HOLD THE BOOMSTICK
NOW.
BC: Really? OK. Good. There’s an Autolycus action figure. So I
got bunch of little me’s running around.
Q: YES. BRUCE CAMPBELL THE NEXT POKEMON. GOTTA BUY ‘EM ALL.
BC: Yeah.
Q: JUST HOW COOL IS HAVING YOUR OWN TOYS?
BC: I think it’s alright. I think it’s fine, but I don’t know how
to relate to it. Everyone goes, "What’s it like? What’s it like?" I don’t
know. What if you saw a little you running around? What would you do? Would
you go.... What do I do? Worship it? What should I do? I’m amused by it. I’m
entertained by it. I’m glad there’s enough interest to have a figurine, but
my Autolycus figure, he’s a little paperweight in my office. This has a good
weight actually (tests the weight of Ash), so I could use this as a
paperweight. Maybe I will.
But I think I’ll just keep mine in my box and sell it on Ebay in
about 10 years. Then people will say, "That’s a fake signature!" I’ve seen
my fake signature on Ebay. There’ s a lot of fake crap out there. People
gotta be really careful. That’s why you should go to the conventions for
when the book comes out. You’ll get a real autograph. That’s the only way to
be sure. If you see crap on the internet signed by... I mean I have a crappy
signature, but these are really crappy. I can tell which is mine. I know my
scrawl.
Q: YOU DIRECTED SOME XENA AND HERCULES STUFF.
BC: Yeah and a couple of VIP episodes as well.
Q: HOW WAS IT TO STEP BEHIND THE CAMERA AND INFLICT THE PAIN
INSTEAD OF RECEIVE IT?
BC: It was great. (laughs) It was a lot of fun. Naw, directing is
great because it really makes your day go fast. As an actor, you know, in
between your scenes you just want to find a big, fat book and kill time
because you’re not involved in the whole movie. You know, shot here, a shot
here, a scene here, a scene there, but as a directory, you’re involved in
everything.
It’s great because it’s a chance to be the director that I’ve
always wanted as an actor. Someone who communicates. Someone who’s prepared,
someone who can troubleshoot really well. Someone who knows how to talk to
actors. You’d be amazed how many directors there are who have no idea what
to say to an actor. They’ll just stand next to them before a shot and go,
"(long pause and then a deep exhale) OK.... well. So, everything going OK?"
"Yeah, fine. Thanks." "OK, good! (claps his hands) Well, let’s go!"
Q: I’VE HEARD SOME WORD THAT CHRIS CARTER WANTS YOU TO BE IN
AND/OR DIRECT SOME EPISODES OF THE LONE GUNMEN.
BC: There’s been some real loose talk about that. I mean, I had
one conversation with Chris about that, but nothing’s happened yet. I think
with these shows they want to get them up and get them on the air and once
they know they have a following, they can experiment with other directors.
That’s the standard procedure. The first 13 episodes of any TV show are
going to get THE top directors. They’re gonna get the guys that the networks
know they can totally trust, men or women. They always play their strong
hand to get the show up and going, then after that they can fool around.
Q: WOULD THAT BE SOMETHING YOU’D BE OPEN TO DOING?
BC: Of course. I want to do more directing, so it doesn’t matter
to me what the show is really. I mean, I’ll go back and do more VIPs, I
don’t care.
Q: AWESOME... LET’S SEE. YOU DID LOTS OF...
BC: See how fast he skipped over VIP? This is a modern day show
with Pamela Anderson, a hit TV show. No questions whatsoever about that. OK,
go ahead.
Q: WELL IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT IT, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
BC: No, no. It’s just, look... TV is TV.
Q: YOU DID LOTS OF BEHIND THE SCENES STUFF ON THE FIRST EVIL
DEAD...
BC: I was one of the producers...
Q: DIDN’T YOU ALSO WORK ON THE SOUND AND CUT THE TRAILER?
BC: Yeah, we did a lot of stuff. I did my own footsteps, we
were... Sam and I were very involved in making sound effects, creating sound
effects. ‘Cause that was the Super 8 way, that’s the independent way. You do
everything. That’s how you learn it, by doing it.
Q: SO, DID THAT EXPERIENCE HELP YOU MAKE THE TRANSITION TO BEING
A DIRECTOR?
BC: Yeah, I’ve always been... I mean, I’ve spent as much time
behind the camera as I have in front, so it’s not strange to me at all. I
remember sitting in the first production meeting of doing my first Hercules
episode back in ‘94. It was like, "This feels normal." First day of shooting
was like normal. It wasn’t some big thing where I was barfing all night
before because I was terrified. Or I got onto the set and was frozen. I
mean, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, so it wasn’t a big transition.
Q: I GREW UP WATCHING BRISCO COUNTY JR....
BC: You’re the one!
Q: THAT’S RIGHT. HOW DID YOU GET TO DO THAT?
BC: I had to audition my butt off for that and you’ll find that
little story in the book as well. I had to audition six times, each time
going further up the ladder. You know, ‘cause for network TV, they don’t
just give you the part. Even the leads, you gotta meet and go through the
whole shenanigans and I had not done really any TV at that point, so they
had no idea who I was.
The Evil Deads... yeah, they were culty... they’re cult films,
but they’re not really well known. Even within the industry, they’re like,
"Evil Dead? What’s that?" So, I had to crawl through glass to get that.
Q: LIKE THE HUDSUCKER PROXY ROLE, YOU SEEMED TO FALL EASILY INTO
THE ROLE OF A WISECRACKING GUNSLINGER. (mouth, who’s manning one of the
cameras starts to lightly cough, trying to hold it in)
BC: Yeah, it was fun. I had to learn how to do cowboy stuff and
fortunately I had a good wrangler who taught me how to ride and good stunt
guys. It was like it was a whole new challenge and that was fun. It was
learning whole new tricks. Instead of shotguns and stuff it was spinning
six-guns and jumping on running horses and jumping off of running horses and
rearing and racing and stuff. (Mouth can’t hold it any longer and lets out a
few muffled coughs).
Let’s just stop. Go ahead and cough! Get it all out!
Cough-cough-cough-cough-cough-cough-cough. It’s OK. You inflict far more
pain if you try to keep yourself from coughing. Man, this is just the
internet. This could go on forever. It doesn’t matter.
Q: AND IT WILL! R. LEE ERMEY PLAYED YOUR FATHER IN BRISCO
COUNTY, RIGHT?
BC: Yeah. Uh-huh.
Q: WHAT WAS HE LIKE TO WORK WITH?
BC: R. Lee Ermey was just a great guy. Most people think of him
as a badass from some of his other parts he played. He’s just like this soft
spoken, quiet guy. I had never seen anything else he did when I worked with
him, so to me I had no... I didn’t see Full Metal Jacket, I didn’t see any
of that. So it was great. He was a really nice guy.
John Astin was great because he was my hero ‘cause I watched the
Addam’s Family and working with him was like... I just watched. We’d just
sit around and talk about stuff.
Q: MY FAIR SPANISH MAIDEN FOUND ME AN EPISODE OF BRISCO THAT SHE
HAD RECORDED AMONGST A BUNCH OF OTHER STUFF BACK IN THE DAY AND THERE WAS
GOMEZ. I HAD JUST COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN THAT HE WAS IN THE SERIES.
BC: Yeah, yeah. Columbia House Video is putting them out now.
Q: REALLY?
BC: Yep. So people now no longer have to get bootlegs of crappy
copies that you buy on the internet. Now you can buy ‘em from Columbia House
Video. I’m going to do the liner notes for ‘em, for each little episode.
Q: NOW IT’S TIME FOR MY TRADEMARK QUESTION...
BC: (In a high, annoying voice) "If you were a tree, what kind of
tree would you be?"
Q: ACTUALLY... NO, NO... WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DIRTY JOKE?
BC: My favorite dirty joke? There’s too many jokes. That’s the
problem... favorite dirty joke...
Q: OR THE ONE THAT POPS INTO MIND, WHICH IS USUALLY WHAT I GET.
BC: Yeah, exactly. It’s not the favorite, it’s the one that pops
up. Um... wow... there was one I just heard the other day, but it’s too long
and I’d forget it halfway through. I don’t know. I have no idea. After I
leave, after we’re done, I’ll have it for you, but I don’t... My dad’s like
a joke magnet. My dad can remember every joke that’s ever been told to him.
Q: THAT’S ALRIGHT... BESIDES WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER IN THE
INTERVIEW, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE IN THE WORKS?
BC: What more do you want, for God’s sake!?!? I get this all the
time, (same high, annoying voice as before) "Hey, Bruce. I’m sorry you’re
not working very much." It’s like, "Shut up! I work all the time." Then
overseas it’s like, "Well, I never see any of your stuff." It’s like, "Well,
I can’t help it if you live in Botswana. I mean, what can I tell ya’? You’ll
get it eventually." Even England, territories like that, they don’t get a
lot of the stuff that’s made. Eventually you’ll be able to see everything.
Once technology comes around a little bit more.
So, I don’t know. I’m looking forward to life after the book,
actually. It’s been a four year ordeal and it’s great to give birth to it
and get it out there. That is my gift to the fans because I want them to see
the reality of the industry. There’s too much falseness, there’s too much
fakeness, there’s too much protection, there’s too much insulation. It’s a
very weird, fascinating outrageous business that’s both good and bad. I want
to take readers through that and let them really see what’s going on ‘cause
the average person has no idea what happens in the film business or how
things happen or why things happen.
People think there’s such a logic to it. It’s such a willy-nilly
industry as experienced by this writer’s strike. No one even knows if the
strike is going to happen and everyone is freaking out and making as many
movies as they can. That’s so Hollywood. I don’t know. I’ll take life brand
new after the book is officially done and then we’ll see what happens there,
but I’m busy until August, so that’s enough for me.
Q: IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT THAT WE HAVEN’T
COVERED ALREADY? MAYBE MORE VIP STUFF?
BC: (laughs)
Q: HOW WAS PAMELA ANDERSON TO WORK WITH? (laughs)
BC: Pamela Anderson is... she’s nobody’s fool. She’s very
comfortable in that world and there’s certain requirements of any TV show of
how you shoot stuff. So, the trick with that show is try and fold in and see
how it all works.
Q: HAS THE EPISODE YOU’VE DIRECTED AIRED YET?
BC: Yeah, both of ‘em. I directed two, they both aired. (Bruce
looks to the main camera) I’m sure you saw it out there! Naw... hopefully
there’ll be new stuff to talk about when there’s new stuff, but now is the
time for work and eventually everything’ll start coming out and then you can
talk about it after it’s about to come out. Right now it’s all just... I
mean, Spider-Man is not going to be until 2002. I’ll be an older person by
the time that thing comes out.
The same with this Jim Carrey movie, The Majestic. You never
know. That might not come out for a year either. It’s so weird when you’re
working on movies. All of a sudden I’ll get a phone call, "Hey, I saw your
movie last night!" You did? I didn’t know it was on! You know some TV thing
that was airing. I don’t know.
Q: SO YOUR BOOK IS COMING OUT IN JUNE.
BC: Comin’ out in June, St. Martin’s Press, but it may be a LA
Weekly book that’s under St. Martin’s Press. The official title is: If Chins
Could Kill Confessions of a B Movie Actor.
Q: AWESOME. SO, PEOPLE SHOULD JUST KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR WEBSITE.
BC: Yeah, they can check the website, which is
Bruce-Campbell.Com, so if you can spell my name right, CAMP-BELL, you’ll
get there. There may actually be a dedicated book site which is
BruceCampbellBook.Com. (SEAMAN SIDE NOTE: NOT MUCH ON THE SITE AS OF
RIGHT NOW, BUT KEEP AN EYE ON IT AND BRUCE’S HOMEPAGE FOR MORE DETAILS ON
THE BOOK) That way you can track it. You can read exerts. We’re putting that
together right now.
Q: COOL. BUSY GUY, BUT IT’S ALL FOR...
BC: It’s all for da kids, all for da kids.
There you have it, squirties. As you well know by now, that
interview was all over the place, but damn if it isn’t fun. Do you want to
meet Bruce? Check out his website like he said and see if he’s coming to
your town with his book. I can tell you this, he’ll be appearing in Austin
the weekend of June 28th-30th at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to premiere his
documentary, Fanalysis, do a book signing and, yes, even introduce the
midnight screening of Evil Dead 2. This info might change as the date gets
closer, so you locals (or those willing to drive) out there keep your eye on
DRAFTHOUSE.COM.
Hope you ladies and gentlemen enjoyed the interview. Keep yer eye
on the horizon, squirties. I just brought up from the deep a treasure chest
filled with scripts that I’ll be tellin’ ya about, not to mention a few more
interviews to share with ye. ‘Til then, squirts, this is the crusty seaman,
Quint, bidding you a fine farewell and adieu.
-Quint

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I'm not a Campbell fanatic, although I like most of what he does, but...IRL this guy's hilarious.
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Ugh... two non-believers at the Temple of Campbell! Undeath to the non-believers! Anywho, verrry nice interview with BC. Part I started out kind of slow (didn't even think I would finish it), but once Q and BC finished their staredown, they really clicked. One point, though. If BC only *knew* what goes on in those Tennessee hills, he would have been a lot more nervous. Oh, and Goldy, don't worry about knowing anything about a subject before posting. That's par for the course here. Hell, most of these schmucks don't even know how to use a friggin' spellcheck, ferchrissakes. ~pS~
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Why do I get the impression that Campbell is one of those guys in high school who used to call me "sport" to my face and then tell everyone what a tool I was as soon as I rounded the corner? I'm kidding, of course - besides, I am a tool. This was a really good interview, kudos, Quint.
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That's almost as good as Mr. Sparkle or The Super-Terrific Happy Hour. Campbell The Bruce rocks.
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First, Army of Darkness is the best of the Evil Dead series :D Second, Bruce is actually pretty damn likeable in ANYTHING he does, usually making the show (no matter how crappy) worth watching just for him. Case in point: Xena & Hercules and the short lived Jack Of All Trades. Brisco County Jr. was also a really cute show, but never got the amount of attention it deserved. He was funny as Smitty in the Hudsucker Proxy, and maybe he'll shine in The Majestic. I'd like to see him get a decent dramatic part for once.
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in my opinion the first one is the weakest, it just doesn't hold together very well, you can tell everyone knew what they were doing a bit better the second time round, there are many awesme scenes in part one but they just don't glue most of the time. two is classic, the comedy horror of the decayed! hahahaha. could someone email me and explain how the sequel is a direct sequel and not a remake! why is ash so stupid to do wha he does all over again? i always thought it was a remake but i keep reading that it is a proper follow on sequel. and as for army of darkness, don't like the future ending but i loooove the supermarket ending. brilliant film, yep, best of the series. not as strong as the second one overall but individual scenes are just so wonderful to behold. love the cemetery book scene. and the scene in the pit always reminds me of the star wars things scene in jaba the hutts lair with the big dino thing and luke, hahahaha.
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Macho Business Donkey Wrestler
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An insightful interview all around, with some great questions (You're the first interviewer i've read to ask about "Maniac Cop").
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...but don't you think asking Bruce about AoD stuff has maybe been DONE...TO DEATH? Don't get me wrong..It was a well done interview and paced itself well, but it just seems like most of the fans have already drowned themselves in a pit of AoD stuff, if they want to know, and that maybe other details about Bruce's life, family, and career are in order. I'd be way more interested in learning about Bruce instead of learning about Bruce's Work (proper noun since it's taken on a life of its own). Anyways..well done interview, Quint..just not the material I was hoping for. Cheers.
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I wonder if the guy gets irritated after awhile for being treated that way all the time. Sounds to me like he might just like to have some normal conversation.
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Questions that give the person a chance to tell a story are good. Questions that tell us more about Quint than Bruce are bad. How can Bruce possibly say anything interesting about slapping an actress on the butt once or a few times several years ago? It was a butt, like any other. Surely there was something more interesting about that movie that Bruce could have told us. How can he say anything interesting about having a toy? It is cool. What else can he say? You have some really great questions, but you need to edit out questions that don't give them anywhere to go. I think your interviews are good, but I think they can be great.
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Don't bag on Quint. Just to keep it objective around here. What exactly would YOU say to Bruce? He's coming from a fan perspective...this is not 60 Minutes.com. I hope my comments weren't construed that way, because frankly, I wouldn't know what to ask the guy either. I would probably ask silly questions about Jack Of All Trades, which I *sob* was very sad to see cancelled. Yes, it was silly, but it was great silly fun and Bruce was sexy and he had great chemistry with his co-star. Bruce is very cool to his fans, and I think he should get lots of credit for being so, ahem, patient. Fans can be very aggresive and possesive. If you email him at his official site, he may actually answer you, and not many celebrities will do the same. I only hope that he hasn't lost some clout in Hollywood for being labelled a fanboy favorite. Hollywood thinks we're dorks, and a special-ed segment of their beloved demographic.
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Frankly, he is the coolest person in the history of Earth. Brisco is being released on tape? Tell me they are putting out DVDs!!! I must see this Waders of the Lost Park thing too. BRUCE CAMPBELL IS GOD!
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When I see him in Saint Louis at Gateway. Personally I think that Jack of All Trades was a little lame. Most of the lameness came from having only 30 minutes and having the same characters involved in the same plot on a tiny tiny island. I could just never get into it the same way I could with Xena/Hercules. I did like the costumes, though. :-)Way back when, they played a pilot for an hour long series with a serial space opera actor who was transported to a distant planet and called upon to try to save a race from an evil overlord. That looked cool, and Bruce should have been in it.
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