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How has your growing celebrity status - receiving fan letters, and
finding web sites, magazines, etc. discussing both your professional and
personal life - affected your expectations of yourself and others?
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I have certainly realized that people know a lot more about me than I had
expected. Once I checked out a site where someone had posted my high school
graduation caption... which freaked me out - who would post that?
One has to learn to respond to questions about one's career, and that by
working in the film industry, one actually has to expect to have questions
asked of them. As for my personal life, I generally do not delve into it in
interviews... except for my education. That is a topic I do not feel is too
personal to discuss, especially since it has been such a formative and
enjoyable part of my life so far. I suppose that I have a feeling of
responsibility when I give interviews, and that my answers should be
genuine, because people want to know what you think - otherwise interviews
would be nothing more than "blasting sunshine up people's asses" (great
quote from my friend Nicole!).
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What are your thoughts on the phenomenon of science fiction fandom
(conventions, etc.)? How does SF fandom make working on a genre show
different from working on other shows?
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Sci-fi was always around when I was growing up - my mother is a sci-fi fan.
I grew up watching Jean-Luc Picard and enjoyed it, but never would have
thought that I would participate in such a pursuit. It was a big learning
experience for me... sci-fi filming is usually pretty technical with all of
the CGI and stunts, so from a purely technical standpoint, it's very unique.
I haven't had all that much exposure to fandom so far... I have been
approached about a few conventions, but nothing has really materialized.
Websites are always fun to check out - I am actually amazed that anyone
would want to create a website about me - I just have to get used to it.
(Thanks Rhys!)
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How does Trance see the rest of the crew? As friends, or just
"tools" to be used?
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Trance most certainly thinks of the rest of the crew as her friends, and
would never treat them otherwise. Little purple Trance thought that they
were even more like her pets, and that they were meant to be protected.
The new Trance also thinks of the crew as her friends, but is playing a more
decisive role in protecting them and guiding them in their journeys. It may
sometimes appear that she uses them as tools for her own purposes, but her
own motives coincide with Dylan's. Thus, she can only be accused of being
more forceful in getting what she wants... that which will benefit them all,
and that could hardly be called 'using' them.
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