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| HSHost says "Welcome to Hollywood Spotlight on Real Hollywood.com, my name is April and I will be your host this evening. Joining me here at the iXL Live studios are my producers Mike, Allison, and Krista, and our incredible typist, Michelle. If you would like to ask our guest a question this evening, it's very simple. Just type in /ask a space and then your question. If you're using "Excite's VP chat" you need only click the "something to say" icon at the bottom right corner of your screen. We are all very excited about our special guest this evening, actor, Dana Gould. Welcome to Hollywood Spotlight, Dana! Dana Gould says "Hello! It's so good to be here in my car!" HS Host says "How was your day?" Dana Gould says "Today I did voice over work on Super Adventure Team, a show I'm working on for MTV. That is on tonight, 10:30pm on MTV. I'm happy with the way it turned out, you never know fromthe script to the screen. How things are going to go ... But, we're all real happy with the way this cameout ... it's really funny and what I wanted it to be which is important." guest304 asks "was Super Adventure Team your idea?" Dana Gould says "I developed it with Rob Cohen who is the co exec producer. We developed it ... I met Rob when he was a writer on the Ben Stiller show and I did guest appearances. We're both social misfits ... nerds, we sorta became friends. Basically, he's written on sitcoms, I've acted and written on them. We wanted to do a science fiction sitcom basically. " Billy Milikin asks "How'd you get started in acting?" Dana Gould says " I was just uh ... started out as an actor and comic. I have two brothers who are prison guards and I thought, "I'll be an actor and a comic!" I've been doing less stand up this year cause of the show. My CD came out in April and when the show wraps production, I'll go out and promote that more. My fav episode of the show airs in two weeks ... one of the characters is pregnant with an alien, the evil villian has made Abe Lincoln a 50 foot zombie and the only way to take care of that is to raise John Wilkes Booth from the dead and make him a 50 foot zombie." guest198 asks "where do you live?" Dana Gould says " I live here in Sunny Southern California, from Boston originally." guest303 asks "what were your goals as a child?" Dana Gould says "Well, my ... the first thing I wanted to do was be a rodeo clown. I like wearing makeup and being chased by animals. I knew at 14 that I wanted to be a comic and get on well with the ladies. Those were my two big ambitions. So far I've accomplished one." BillyMilikin asks "describe yourself in ten words or less?" DanaGould says "I live with my girlfriend ... a very patient woman. Uh ... rancid cold meat." guest304 asks "are you married?" DanaGould says "Um .." Dana Gould {action} laughs!" Dana Gould says "If you uh ... no I got it ... if you're interested in a guy who's dumpy, beedy eyed with low self esteem, give me a buzz, doll!" HSHost {action} laughs! guest303 asks "who are some of your heroes?" Dana Gould says "For some reason, when I was a kid I was obsessed with the planet of the apes. I watched it every time ... it was on TV every other day. That's sorta what I wanted to be .... an actor. I was a typical fat kid who liked monster movies." HS Host {action} chuckles Billy Milikin asks "do you like to go on location or do you prefer to work on a sound stage?" Dana Gould says "Being on a soundstage is always more comfortable
but the most fun I ever had shooting a movie was out on location.
I did a movie that hasn't come out yet, called "I woke up early
the day I died." Stars Billy Zane, an unproduced script that
Ed Wood wrote. We shot at night in Baldwin Hills in LA ... it's a
weird patch of wasteland between the Wilshire District and the airport.
Just hills and shrub and oil .. I played a carnival barker in a ghoulish
red tuxedo." Dan_K asks "What's been your favorite project so far in your career?" Dana Gould says "I did a movie of the week called "The Love Bug" for ABC a remake. And, for whatever reason, I had more fun doing that." guest303 asks "what would be your ultimate project?" Dana Gould says "I have a movie I'd like to get made ... uh a horror movie and a comedy. I think it'd be really funny ... I'm working on it. If like everyone else I get my pipe dream movie made, that'd be cool. Boogie Nights has already been made. I woke up early ... should be coming out. You can check out Alta Vista, the corona site and the internet movie database." guest304 asks "when will we be able to see you on the big screen?" Dana Gould says "I did a movie called "The Independent" with Janeane Garofolo .. I've known her for fifteen years since we were in college. That's a really cool movie. I'm still waiting for my big break!" {action} laughs!" HS Host {action} laughs!" HS Host says "I'd consider you successful." guest304 asks "how did you get your big break?" Dana Gould says "I just did a lot of stuff myself. I only wanted to be a stand up and poured myself into that, was lucky. In 1987, I was a finalist in the SF comedy competition. It might sound .. sort of negligible but it gave me the financial ability to move to SF and get out of Boston .. and after that I didn't have to have day jobs anymore." HS Host says "Gave your confidence a boost ..." Dana Gould says "Yeah, well I'm not a big fan of contests." Billy Milikin asks "what is the funniest or most embarrassing thing that's happened to you on the road?" Dana Gould says "Um ... the most embarrassing ... no, I won't say that. I used to go out with this Monica Lewinsky chick and now I think she's involved with this other guy! And, I said to JFK, "Who needs the top off in Dallas?" I was doing a show in a club and the audience wasn't into it so I told them I needed to get something out of my car and I needed two shots of tequila and a female volunteer. While I was gone they got all excited thinking they'd see something exciting and I just left!" Yoke lCletus asks "Have you ever bombed on stage? how bad was it?" Dana Gould says "OH yeah! You know how you have dreams where you go to the prom in your underwear? feels like that ... it's always nice to leave your home, get in your car, go to some place to make people be happy and have them hate you for it." HS Host {action} laughs!" Dan_K asks "Do you prefer serious roles or comedic roles?" Dana Gould says "I'm not a good serious person, so I don't think I'd make a good serioius actor. I'm best at roles that are close to me, and that's why I'm good at playing idiots." HS Host {action} chuckles!" guest304 asks "tell us about super adventure team. what is your involvement in the show?" Dana Gould says "I'm exec producer with Rob so ..... I'm right there .... like today we were breaking down potential ideas for other episodes, recording voices and putting the final touches on the episode that airs tonight. It's pretty overwhelming. It's a half hour on MTV one night a week. It really takes over your whole life which is interesting cause I don't really have a life." YokelCletus asks "Why puppets?" Dana Gould says "It allows you to have giant robots and 50 foot zombies of Abe Lincoln which are elements sadly lacking in television. To do things you can only do with miniatures I thought'd be funny. Thunderbird and Stingray when I was a kid used marionettes, I thought to take those marionettes and put them in really adult Aaron Spelling situations. I'd rather see a puppet cry cause he's impotent and have his wife leave him then have hit happen to an actor. are you there? I'm just driving around town. oh man!" {action} "'s phone is breaking up a bit." sadge1127 asks "a lot of talented people worked on the Ben Stiller show. Did you work with Andy dick or Steve Odenkirk and Bob ? Is anybody from that show on Super Adv. Team?" Dana Gould says "I did a couple of guest appearances on the Ben Stiller show. I did 4 episodes. Rob was a writer on it. I met all those guys just before .... when they just started to get the idea to do the show. Andy performs at the UnCabaret which is a show we do every sunday night at Luna Park, comedians perform but they can only do stuff that's never been done before ... no material. It keeps you on your toes." HS Host says "Sounds fun! Very very cool." YokelCletus asks "I hear that you and Janeane Garafalo are friends. How did you meet?" Dana Gould says "When I was going to U Mass and doing open mic in Boston and she was going in Rhode Island ... I think Brown? So we sort of met as comedians in Boston. She was doing them, too. I've known her for so long, and she's know become a movie star and I have a puppet show on cable." Dan_K asks "What do you think makes a good Character and Script?" HS Host {action} laughs!" Dana Gould says "Um ... basically you need uh ... some sort of conflict. You need conflict and you need the main character to .... over the course of the script change somehow." Those elements make a good script and when you don't have them, you have Godzilla. You know what's really amazing about that movie, people put it down but it's brilliant in a way. A giant lizard that crushes buildings ... AND it's boring. Not as easy as it sounds~! " sammythemammy asks "who is your favorite comedian?" Dana Gould says " I think George Carlin is the best comic going. And, I love Albert Brooks. I've had the good fortune ...of meeting .... 3 people I look up to .. George Carlin, Albert Brooks, and Elvis Costello. I've met them all and I'm happy to say they're all nice people." Dana Gould says "And, they all ironically said the same thing
to me ... who are you? And, where are your pants? Do you like porn?"
{action} laughs!" HS Host {action} laughs" guest307 asks "What do you like to do in your free time?" Dana Gould says "I just sorta sit on my ass and watch videos or movies, if it weren't for my girlfriend, I wouldn't be going outside all that much." HS Host says "What's your favorite movie you've seen recently?" Dana Gould says "My favorite movie ...Opposite of Sex, Saving Private Ryan, I like any goofy old horror movie, anything with Vincent Price in it. Evil Dead II is hilariously funny ... intentionally, too." YokelCletus asks "Do you think you'll get your own sitcom one day? would you like too?" Dana Gould says "I would .. if it was right. I'm more interested in creating something funny whether I'm in it or not ... if I am it's great, but I don't have the desire to be Jerry Seinfeld famous .. not that doing it is a bad thihng, but I'm more interested in creating things." guest308 asks "Have you ever taken or passed up a role that you later regretted?" Dana Gould says "I'd like to be successful enough to get things made that I like. That I write. Yes, I sort of passed up being a reg on the Ben Stiller show cause I had a deal to do my own sitcom .. not anofficial offer, but I took myself out of the running when I was in it. I was offered the Elizabeth Berkeley role in Showgirls, I'm actually glad I passed that up. You don't know what I look like but there would have been so much waxing." HS Host {action} laughs!" Dana Gould says "Me and Rob Lowe had these 4 girls at a convention in 1992 .... no, I was doing an independent movie that you can get at Blockbuster called "Courting Courtney." And, I was doing a morning after scene and I was wearing boxers in the scene and I was supposed to be naked. We were hanging around waiting for them to set up the camera and I pretended to Bruce Lee kick her ... and the whole crew got a shot of the kit and the kaboodle. But, if that hadn't have happened, I wouldn't have made it into the Guinness Book of Records, I mean ... who has 3 of them?" HS Host {action} laughs!" YokelCletus asks "how disturb was your childhood to become the comedian you are today?:)" Dana Gould says "I look at my childhood and my family and then the Manson family ... at least the Mansons had a ranch. I have 4 brothers and a younger sister. One of us is adopted, my parents won't tell us which ... it's either me, Mike, Patrick, or Quan." HS Host {action} laughs!" "Okay" YokelCletus asks "How hard was it to get the part of "Room Service Waiter" in "Father's Day"?:)" Dana Gould says "It was memorizing the line!!" {action} laughs!" HSHost says "Is that all?" Dana Gould says "Yeah! It was really fun to hang out with .... even though I was onscreen for 2 seconds, I was actually on set for five days and it was great to hang out with Robin Williams for 5 days. He's really funny and cool and as nice a guy as you could ever meet. He's always ... he's on, he's mellow, he's funny whenever he wants to be." HS Host says "He's Robin Williams!" Dana Gould says "Yeah, I can't say a bad thing about him." guest304 asks "out of all the roles you've had which one was the most fun and why?" Dana Gould says "I think Courting Courtney was good cause I got to play a real person for a whole movie .. rare. But, in The Love Bug I get to beat up Herbie with a baseball bat and that's fun! On the Jenny McCarthy show on MTV I played Satan and she played an Angel and we had a karate fight. That was fun, too." sadge1127 asks "do you have any advice for someone who wants to be a stand up comic or a comedic actor? How do you get started? Any exercises?" Dana Gould says "Well, I wouldn't call it advice ... I can just uh ... if you're seriously considering doing it, do the stuff you think is funny, don't second guess the audience, they'll come around and just do it, tape it, listen to it, and do it again." YokelCletus asks "Was your family a great source of material for your comedy?" Dana Gould says "To an embarrassing degree! They used to hate
me but they don't anymore. It's amazing what happens when you make
a little money. They all have bikes!" { laughs!} HS Host says "They love you! What's the name of your CD?" DanaGould says "Funhouse. In stores now. In your comedy bin. I think it came out really well, I'm very happy with it. The next thing .. I wanna do another HBO special and uh ... that would be my fourth. And, uh .... I'd like to do that and then do another CD after that but no matter what I get into ... acting, producing doing a little thing in a movie, it's always great to have stand up to go back to and blow the water out of your snorkels." guest304 asks "where can i send you fan mail?" Dana Gould says "Me, c/o ... I don't have an online fan site, yet. There is a Super Adventure Team site on the MTV web page and they can send messages there." [But NOW he does! happycouch.org] HS Host says "Oh, very cool." Dana Gould says "Well, we wrap up production on this cycle ... it's called that in the business, we wrap that up in two weeks, I think it could run a good couple of years. Not forever, but it definitely has a lot more life left in it. Whenever there's a defnite last episode, we're going to blow everyone up! I thought they should have done that on Seinfeld, blow everybody up! The last Dynasty, blow 'em up!" HS Host says "Are you a Seinfeld fan?" Dana Gould says "Yeah, you'd have to be an idiot .. to .. you know. I try never to miss the X Files and Space Ghost Coast to Coast on the CArtoon network. It's on Friday nights at 10pm on the Cartoon network and it's the best kept secret." HS Host says "Didn't you do a show on the Comedy channel?" Dana Gould says "I hosted a show called Tomkins Square and it was comedy done outside and those are two things that don't have to go together .. stand up comedy and nature." HS Host says "Who's your favorite character on the show?" Dana Gould says "My favorite is Dr. Benton Criswell (sp?) .. the scientific genius and totally oblivious to the fact that his wife is sleeping around on him. And, Buck Murdock who is supposed to be a hero but he's a complete coward a race of mole women take his brain out and he doesn't change. The episode is on tonight, giant puppies and kittens that attack NY and they can't be destroyed cause they're too cute. And, a 50 foot monster robot, who I'm proud to say sits on my desk. It's called "Too cute to kill."" HS Host says "Oh, I can't wait! You had the characters named and planned out/" Dana Gould says "Yes, and there's millions of stories about bringing a show to a network or studio and they change it and twist it around. I have to say that MTV are great, they trust Rob and I and let us have our vision. If the show is any good, it is owed a great deal to the people at MTV." HS Host says "That's awesome!" Dana Gould says "Why do I feel this won't happen a lot in my career? But, that's what's going on right now. I once pitched a show at a meeting about a bunch of dumb army guys at area 51 and they said they loved it but could it be about me and my family in Boston. So, whaddya gonna do? Originally it was going to be part of a show I was doing on FOX, like a show within a show ... the way Itchy and Scratchy is on the Simpsons ... but I ended up taking it out of that and doing it on it's own." HS Host says "didn't you do a short film for fox?" Dana Gould says "I did about six. A Night on Java Island was the best one I think. A guy who stops in a diner in the 50's and he has a bottomless cup of coffee and it really IS a bottomless cup of coffee and you can't stop til your'e done. It was in black and white and directed by Troy Miller (who does Mr. Show) and Kathy Griffin was in this film with me. It was great working with her ... I've known her for a long time." HS Host says "Favorite book?" Dana Gould says "I love James Ellroy, who wrote "L.A. Confidential." My favorite book of his is the Black Dahlia. The Black Dahlia is fiction based on fact, and it's a really gut punch of a book." HSHost says "So you're an Elvis Costello fan?" Dana Gould says "Yeah, and a big Pixies fan and the new Frank Black album I'm looking forward to. I have the Pixies, Bossa NOva, Clam Jazz from Rhino, the soundtrack to the X Files movie ... more exciting than the movie, sad to report ..." Dana Gould {action} checks his car for CD's he has ... Oh, and a woman's bra!" HS Host says "Hopefully your girlfriend's!" Dana Gould says "God Willing! I can't reach it but I think it's Chris Isaak." HS Host says "Are you heading home?" Dana Gould says "I just finished getting my hair cut ... if you like the bowl cut. I'm sort of driving around in circles while I do this cause I can't brake. And, I'm driving around my block and speaking on this cell which is a speaker and my neighbors think I'm having an argument with my steering wheel." HS Host {action} laughs!" HSHost says "What do you like to do?" Dana Gould says "Sue and I have a mini long haired Dachsund and I take him to the dog park and I go to the movies." HS Host says "Oh, I do, too! That's cool." Dana Gould says "If women are really into outdoor sports, they know who not to call." HS Host says "vacations planned?" Dana Gould says "I'm going to Hawaii day after tomorrow and then later this year, we're going to Italy. Rob is going to oversee the completion of the last episode and it will be done by the time I go to Italy. I've been to England, Scotland, and Ireland, but this'll be my first time in a place where English isn't the dominant language outside of LA. We'll be going for about a week, I get a little stir crazy after that. I gotta go to work." HS Host says "Do you and Rob hang out a lot?" Dana Gould says "Well, the thing about it is you're never not doing the show." HS Host says "He lives in LA also?" Dana Gould says "Yes and the consulting producer who's our second in command, Ken Bailey ... we're all close friends, so we always end up seeing each other whether we're working or not." HS Host says "Are you going on the road next year?" Dana Gould says "I'll probably start doing a week here and there in September. San Francisco's fun. There's some really terrific comedy clubs up there ... always fun to go to NY for a week, and Minneapolis is a great town to do stand up in." HS Host says "Do you incorporate The Super Adventure Team in your sjtand up?" Dana Gould says "No, if you don't have the puppets people don't understand." HS Host says "Any exciting episodes we should watch?" Dana Gould says "I'm angling for an all nude episode, we have nude puppet bodies and conveniently placed chairs and things would be a real challenge. There was one we didn't get to do this season .. guest stars ... puppets of famous people." HS Host says "Yeah! Such a good idea!" YokelCletus asks "Who created the puppets?" Dana Gould says "Built and designed by a company called KNB-FX. And, they did Evil Dead II, From Dusk til Dawn, Spawn, and Boogie Nights. And, they're a real high end organization. The effects and design of the puppets is much nicer than we deserve." Dana Gould {action} chuckles" HS Host {action} laughs" sadge1127 asks "back to getting started in comedy....how much material do you need for and act? do you just write down anything that gets a laugh?" Dana Gould says "I did three jokes and slowly built up from them. The advice I can give is .. do what you think is funny but if it doens't work after 3 or 4 tries, out. There is such a thing as something you know is funny and it's just not funny." HS Host says "Yeah. A fan wants to hear a joke ..." Dana Gould says "I don't really have a joke. I don't really know any jokes. but, if they give me their address, I'll show up at their house nude in clown makeup and I'll guarantee they'll laugh." HS Host says "Boxers or briefs?" Dana Gould says "I'm right now in a PBC thong." HS Host {action} laughs!" YokelCletus asks "How hard is it to get a show on TV?" Dana Gould says "A long time. There are 5,000 people in line to do what you're doing. It's totally random. The reason I like writing and producing myown projects is because it takes a bit of the lottery aspect out of it." YokelCletus asks "Did you do alot of pilots that we never got to see?" Dana Gould says "A friend of mine calls it "the face lottery." they want your face or they don't. Yeah, .. I did a pilot based around my comedy called "Nice Try." The aptly named "Nice Try." That was in 1994. In 1996 there was a pilot I wrote called "World on a String." That didn't get done." HS Host says "Sorry." Dana Gould says "Oh, that's quite alright. Then I was on the cast of the show "Working" last year but I left the show cause I had a disagreement of what they wanted my character to do, in the sense that I wanted him to talk and have lines ... they really didn't see him doing that." HS Host {action} laughs!!" Dana Gould says "So, I said, "Screw this! I've got a puppet show!"" felixthedog asks "What do you like most about acting?" Dana Gould says "Uh ... Wearing makeup." Dana Gould {action} laughs" HS Host {action} laughs" HS Host says "Oh, you're a silly!" guest334 asks "Do you prefer working in TV or Films?" Dana Gould says "I've done a lot more TV than film. But, I know on movie sets, the catering is better. I think like every evolved mammal I would someday like to work exclusively in film." felixthedog asks "Do you want to be an actor your whole life, if not, then what is your ultimate goal?" Dana Gould says "I'd like to write and create for the rest of my life and I hope that's a long long time. I'd like to write and create for another year and then die." HS Host {action} laughs" HS Host says "few more questions ..." felixthedog asks "Is it hard to do a love scene in front of the cameras?" Dana Gould says "Um .... I've done uh ..." Dana Gould {action} laughs" Dana Gould says "I don't uh .... I'm so emotionally stifled that I have trouble with love scenes in real life ...." HS Host says "Awwww" guest335 asks "Do you surf the net? What do you think about computers?" Dana Gould says "Yeah, no I surf the net I uh ... love my computer but don't use it as a .. use it on the net to .... I don't use it as a substitute." felixthedog asks "If you could talk to one person in history who would it be?" Dana Gould says "The guy who just cut me off!" HS Host {action} laughs!!" Dana Gould says "And, I don't need for him to talk back." felixthedog asks "Any relationship to Elliot Gould?" Dana Gould says "No! I get asked that a lot. I am related to my uncle, Mike." HS Host says "What is the engine noise??" sadge1127 asks "are you at a race track? what was that engine noise in the background?" Dana Gould says "I'm driving around Melrose right now. I'm about to get a medal as being the only person not tattooed, when this fad goes out of style and by the very nature that it is a fad and HAS to go out of style, a lot of people are going to look really stupid! You don't make something permanent a fad! When leisure suits were in, I had one!" Dana Gould says "But, I didn't glue it to my body!" guest337 asks "what would you like to do that you haven't done yet?" HS Host {action} laughs!" Dana Gould says "I don't think those 3 girls live together anymore." Dana Gould {action} laughs" HS Host {action} laughs!" HS Host says "You're silly" guest335 asks "What are some similarities and differences between yourself and your character in "Working?"" Dana Gould says "I can ...." Dana Gould {action} chuckles" Dana Gould says "I talk. And, I wouldn't wear those ties." felixthedog asks "What is it like to work with Fred Savage?" Dana Gould says " Fred Savage is the best! The best part about Working is the cast is all really great and we're all still friends, but uh .. the best use of my talents lie elsewhere." HS Host says "Well on the Super Adventure Team!!" Dana Gould says "I think America is doing just fine without my face on TV every week." WilliamMiller asks "What do you think is the biggest problem facing the world today?" Dana Gould says "The guy who just cut me off! Well, I think the biggest, in all honesty .... Facing America .... is that uh ... we've got to get over this whole morality kick. I look at what's going on with the President and people seem to have a really obsessive need to return to "return America to a more moral time." I heard George Carlin say, "America was started by a group of slave owners who said, 'All men are created equal.' I think we should just shut up and get over ourselves. And, one other thing, making the world a better place ... MORE FUNK! WE NEED MORE FUNK! I'm pasty white, from Boston and Irish ... but we need more funk!" HS Host {action} laughs!" WilliamMiller asks "Please finish this statement " It really Pisses me off whenà."" Dana Gould says "I have to finish someone else's sentence." HS Host {action} laughs!!" guest337 asks "Where do you see yourself ten years from now?" Dana Gould says "Um... hopefully in a better apartment. I'm very unsure about my future, but I guarantee that in ten years, I'll definitely be older. Hopefully, I'll be doing the same thing as now only with more money. And, I hope that by that time, I have a jet pack and a TV wristwatch!" WilliamMiller asks "If you could change one thing about yourself what would it be?" Dana Gould says "Um.. I'd like a different head. A lot of people are dissatisfied with their bodies .. I love mine, but my head is way off." HS Host {action} laughs!" WilliamMiller asks "If you were running for president who would you pick to be your VP?" HS Host says "Oh, that's funny!" Dana Gould says "Superman. I think I"d go with George Bush and get a total idiot to be my vice president. That way no one will impeach me." HS Host says "Last question for the night now .... Let's see .. something fun ..." Dana Gould says "Do you have a lot of questions coming in? I'm stunned. Do they really know who I am?" guest337 asks "whats the wildest thing you've ever done?" HS Host says "Yeah, they know you from Working and the Super Adventure Team." Dana Gould says "Um.. is that restricted to an environment? I'm boy ... that's hard." HS Host says "It can be whatever you want." Dana Gould says "I never stole a car or anythign exciting like that ... oh okay! I can't tell you the details but it involves a hotel room, Uma Thurman ..." Dana Gould {action} laughs!" Dana Gould says "and some water ... NO! I've done nothing wild, EVER. I'm a boring person. There were two waitresses in Denver, but I don't wanna get into it." HS Host says "Dana, thank you so much for joining us tonight. It was a pleasure to have you on the show!" Dana Gould says "I'm very flattered that so many people called in with questions." HS Host says "And, thanks to all you viewers out there for chatting with us at REAL HOLLYWOOD.COM. |
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