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CBS.com: Did you like working with Jerry ver
Dorn?
MARY KAY ADAMS: Jerry ver Dorn is one of my favorite
people. Everything you've heard about him is true. He's one of the
kindest, funniest, nicest, handsomest actors there are. Everything about
him is genuine; there's no rough edge. He's just wonderful, and he's a
great actor. He's a lot of fun to work with. And I've loved Liz Keifer
[Blake] for years. We didn't get to do too much but it was fun. Some of
the stuff they had her do was not easy. You know, the ping-pong between
brothers. I admired her for pulling it off.
CBS.com: India has a cushy, probably well-paying job now. Do
you know yet what exactly that Ambassador of Spaulding is supposed to
do?
MARY KAY ADAMS: I really don't. I really have no clue.
Except that if I'm gone for a long time off camera, the explanation is
that I'm at some summit on the other side of the world.
CBS.com: It must be nice not to be broke anymore!
MARY
KAY ADAMS: But that's India's perpetual problem. Yeah, at least I'll
be set up.
CBS.com: Do you think we'll see India's daughter return to
town?
MARY KAY ADAMS: As much as they've talked about Dorie, I
have heard nothing along those serious lines of bringing her into the
picture. I'm in contact with Kim Parks who played her, who still is a
terrific actress and would be willing to come back. I don't know how
serious they are or if I whether talking about her to establish the
history to some of the newer audience that started watching after I left
the show, to kind of paint the picture of who I am.
CBS.com: What are your hopes for India's
storyline?
MARY KAY ADAMS: I would be thrilled if India could
put a few roots down into some storyline instead of just [being] this
quite charming, carefree woman who just drifts into this storyline and
that storyline. To have some sort through line of purpose. And I know from
speaking to some fans, [they'd like] to have a bit of her drive back.
India was not ever a passive person. She was making things happen. So, I
would love to see that side of her be developed more. To make things
happen.
CBS.com: Who would you like to work with on the
cast?
MARY KAY ADAMS: I love the people I work with. I love the
whole Spaulding side. I meant what I said when I kind of stepped back in
the hospital scenes going, "Wow. These are great people." I've known them
a long time. [With] Jerry, we never had too much to do [in the past], so
that was great. I don't see it being possible structurally from writing
the show, but I've never had any real scenes with [Kim] Zimmer [Reva]. And
that would just be [so much fun]. But other than that, no, I like my
little Spaulding clan. When I first joined the show and they told me that
was the family I was going to, I was very happy.
CBS.com: They're a fun dysfunctional family.
MARY KAY
ADAMS: And all those great clothes!
CBS.com: [Laughs] What do you do in your spare time when
you're not working?
MARY KAY ADAMS: I do plays, I do other work
if it doesn't conflict. I love the computer, and I'm on the internet all
the time, keeping up correspondence, doing research. It amazes me most for
the amount of minute details of certain subjects if I need to get the
information that I can find it. That to me just is stunning. I love to
read. I do a lot of yoga. When I was in California, I played a lot of
golf. I like to live. I like to do things.
CBS.com: What are you reading right now?
MARY KAY
ADAMS: Right now, a book my mom gave me, Something More -
Excavating Your Authentic Self by Sarah Ban Breathnach. She saw the
author on Oprah and she bought the book and then she gave it to me.
CBS.com: Do you go to the movies often?
MARY KAY
ADAMS: I go through spurts. No, I wouldn't say often. I go through
little spurts where I'll see a whole clumps and then it'll be weeks and
weeks on end where I don't go to the movies. I just went through a little
spurt. I try to see theater pretty regularly. I love it - especially in
New York - there's so much great stuff to go see. But I saw Blair
Witch - it scared me witless. I scare easy, but I wanted to throw up
during it. And Thomas Crown Affair, which I absolutely loved. I was
talking about this today - the fact that they hired a woman in her 40s to
be sexy leading lady is such a thing to celebrate. He's not with a
twenty-year-old, which we've gotten so used to. And it makes the movie
ultra sexy, the fact that they are on equal par, you know, with age and
smartness and sexiness. It is so sexy. [Renee Russo] is absolutely
gorgeous.
CBS.com: Thank you for your time. It was lovely talking to
you!
MARY KAY ADAMS: Thank you!
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