Interviewers should encourage her to talk more. She says more when she talks more. Cool 'view.

Pointy | February 04, 16:54 CET

I cannot believe that pizza with cheese on it will ever catch on. Madness.

And yep, I like it when Eliza speaks words cos by and large, they're sensible words of smartness.

Saje | February 04, 17:03 CET

This is very good.

Sunfire | February 04, 17:07 CET

What a wonderful, positive interview! No discussion of "save the show!", no mention of the Friday night graveyard, no mention of rewrites: it's all upbeat and positive. And, yeah, Eliza Dushku sounded great. This is the kind of interview that can get the show watched. BTW, pizza with the Master? How great is that? "If it isn't on the page, it isn't on the stage...."

whedongeek | February 04, 17:58 CET

“Are you hungry? Let’s eat, I have a few questions about my career, what’s going on in your life, what’s going on in my life?” And then, God bless him, Joss just got up and went to the bathroom and when he came back, he sat down and said, “It’ll be called Dollhouse and it’s a show about this. It’s a show about all the things we were talking about.”

Wow. The foundation of all that is good. :)

I have a hat in my trailer. It’s my producer hat and I put it on when Joss wants to talk about all things producorial (laughs).

I just think that's hilarious! And mirrors the show very well.

korkster | February 04, 18:39 CET

We eat some pretty strange things in the U.S., Saje. You might give it a try some time.

barboo | February 04, 18:46 CET

Gouda pizza? Gouda cheese is quite salty compared to mozarella, etc. It makes a bad cheese fondue and I can't imagine it on pizza. But could be great.

Or maybe the export Gouda is, um, flavoured down.

Also? Nice interview. She's a smart 'un

Caroline | February 04, 19:06 CET

whedongeek, "Pizza with the Master? How great is that?" We're back under Sunnydale? Is it Gouda *blood* pizza? Sounds kind of unappetizing to me, but hey, if you go for that kind of thing, more power to you ... :)

Shapenew | February 04, 19:20 CET

Hey, I'm not jumping on the demonic hate sex bandwagon yet, Shapenew. Gouda blood pizza WOULD be salty, eh? And remember, it's all about power, right?

whedongeek | February 04, 19:22 CET

Or maybe the export Gouda is, um, flavoured down.

Based on my experience with other imported consumables, I'd consider this a strong possibility.

jcs | February 04, 21:09 CET

Just read about Gouda on Wikipedia finally; thank goodness, I'd been envisioning a gruyere pizza which makes me shudder a bit; this doesn't sound too bad.

And yes, the metaphors in Dollhouse seem to be more accessible to the general public than those of the Buffyverse or Firefly. Which is an up . . . . although I'm suddenly reminded that for years the only way to hear decent coutnry music on TV was Hee-Haw, or, more genre-relevant, the only imaginary-worlds-type show on the entworks was Fantasy Island. What I'm saying is, I hope this is mass-accessible but still Joss remaining Joss, y'know'ni'mean?

DaddyCatALSO | February 04, 21:29 CET

Scary how alienated from your own body you become as a TV/Film actress, isn't it? I can't imagine talking about getting my own body into shape in this "well--I gave it to the 'body-maker' guy, and he's doing some great work on it" way.

I guess it underscores the extent to which the Dollhouse is about being an actress (and, through that, about the condition of contemporary young-womanhood) as the interview suggests.

snot monster from outer space | February 04, 21:41 CET

Oops -- doubled.

[ edited by whedongeek on 2009-02-05 03:01 ]

whedongeek | February 05, 03:00 CET

Good point, snot -- I thought this portion of the interview was kinda creepy.

whedongeek | February 05, 03:00 CET