D-Roc
01-21-2009, 01:36 PM
Joshua Jackson interview with Parade Magazine:
Q: People seem to love Fringe even when they're not sure what's happening.
A: As an audience member it drives me nuts and playing a character on the show drives me nuts too, sometimes. But the thing that's more important from an acting standpoint is less the sort of big ticket, 'Where is the story going?' and more 'What is the dynamic between the characters'-- because things will be revealed and that's part of the fun of watching. And I'm just deciding that it's part of the fun of working on the show too.
Q: Do fans try to get you to explain things?
A: I get the million questions that I can't answer and that leads to some comic moments. People think you're always being purposely obtuse. You just have to say, 'No really, honestly, I don't know. Look at my eyes right now. Does it look like I know something? No!'
Q: How can J.J. Abrams get away with it?
A: I think he's been so successful because he comes up with these impossible scenarios and then he allows the audience to suspend disbelief by creating real human characters that you can identify with. If you separated out all of the 'Fringe-ness' this would be a story that we've either lived personally or know somebody who's lived through it-- just in terms of the estrangement between parents and their children. There's that huge gulf between my character and his father played by John Noble.
Q: Do you understand all the high-tech jargon you have to spout?
A: I haven't been in a chemistry lab since high school. A lot of the terms are new to me, but I find the world of science interesting. It definitely piques my interest. But my chemistry set has been in the basement for a long time.
You can read the entire article here (http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/archive/joshua-jackson-fringe.html).
Thanks Parade.com
Q: People seem to love Fringe even when they're not sure what's happening.
A: As an audience member it drives me nuts and playing a character on the show drives me nuts too, sometimes. But the thing that's more important from an acting standpoint is less the sort of big ticket, 'Where is the story going?' and more 'What is the dynamic between the characters'-- because things will be revealed and that's part of the fun of watching. And I'm just deciding that it's part of the fun of working on the show too.
Q: Do fans try to get you to explain things?
A: I get the million questions that I can't answer and that leads to some comic moments. People think you're always being purposely obtuse. You just have to say, 'No really, honestly, I don't know. Look at my eyes right now. Does it look like I know something? No!'
Q: How can J.J. Abrams get away with it?
A: I think he's been so successful because he comes up with these impossible scenarios and then he allows the audience to suspend disbelief by creating real human characters that you can identify with. If you separated out all of the 'Fringe-ness' this would be a story that we've either lived personally or know somebody who's lived through it-- just in terms of the estrangement between parents and their children. There's that huge gulf between my character and his father played by John Noble.
Q: Do you understand all the high-tech jargon you have to spout?
A: I haven't been in a chemistry lab since high school. A lot of the terms are new to me, but I find the world of science interesting. It definitely piques my interest. But my chemistry set has been in the basement for a long time.
You can read the entire article here (http://www.parade.com/celebrity/celebrity-parade/archive/joshua-jackson-fringe.html).
Thanks Parade.com