Bridget Fonda: The Best of Bridget
Q: What did you get picked on for as a kid?
A: The bump on my nose. Kids would say, "It's like someone jammed a Pick Up Stick up your nose and broke it off and skin just grew over it."
Q: Did you ever think about surgery?
A: My nose is the least of my troubles. Daily I think, If only I could change everything about myself.
Q: Christopher Reeve directed you in the HBO movie In the Gloaming, in which you played a complete bitch--
A: It's true. [Laughs]
Q: What was he like as a director?
A: He's really something. He's this incredibly kind, generous person who is realistic. He's not just PC. He gave me great direction, things that were invaluable.
Q: Tell me about your film after Jackie Brown, The Road to Graceland.
A: Johnathon Schaech plays a distraught character who's on a road trip. He picks up hitchhiker Harvey Keitel, who insists he's Elvis Presley, they drive to Graceland and on their way they meet me. I play a Marilyn Monroe impersonator.
Q: If you could be a man for a day what would you want to experience?
A: Orgasm.
Q: But you can have the whole act.
A: Oh, OK. I thought I was allowed to have, like, just one thing. I'll take the whole thing.
Q: What are you really good at that would surprise people?
A: Nothing. Does that surprise you?
Q: Well, you can dance on tabletops.
A: I can, yes. I can be quite wild, but that wouldn't surprise anybody. That's what people expect. What would surprise people is that I can also be really funny. I can be quite giddy, really.
Q: I think you're best when you're naughty, like you were in Scandal.
A: Naughty's good. I liked being naughty in Jackie Brown.
Q: Speaking of naughty, are there any swear words you'd like to leave off with?
A: Fuckin' A, yeah. But I just can't think of any.
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Dennis Hensley interviewed Charlize Theron for the November '97 issue of Movieline.
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