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Globe - September 2005
THE BIG INTERVIEW - CALISTA FLOCKHART

CALISTA FLOCKHART is back in the shobiz spotlight - and it's downright eerie!
After taking time out to mother son Liam with the help of her lover, Harrison
Ford, the former Ally McBeal star headlines in the supernatural thriller, Fragile,
recently featured at the Venice Film Festival. The 40-year-old actress, who plays
a nurse in a rundown children's hospital trying desperately to keep her patients
safe during a series of mysterious attacks, is hoping the movie will kick her
career into high gear again. But she has no regrets about her "downtime," some
of which she spent sitting in the thingypit alongside avid pilot Ford. Now, she
wants to be a pilot, too. In this interview with a freelance journalist, Calista
talks about her comeback, reveals how 4-year-old Liam changed her life - and recalls
the day her superstar lover tossed her into a garbage truck!

Q: How did Harrison react to the movie?

A: He tried to be macho, but he was very upset and said, "You didn't tell me you
were going to die!" So I said, "That might be what you think, but maybe I don't !"
But he really liked it.


Q: Is he supportive of your career?

A: Yes. It's nice to see your partner so involved in your films. But we don't talk
to each other so much about our movies. We're not so preoccupied with work. We like
to have a separate life going on.



Q: How important is love in your life?

A: It's everything. I'm really happy at the moment. Live gives you the power to
do things you couldn't do before. It makes you brave.



Q: How did becoming a mother change your life?

A: It used to be just me and my career was everything, and now it's all about him.
Having a child prioritizes things immediately. I completely stopped working and made
him my no.1 priority and I don't regret it at all.



Q: What was life like when you stopped work to concentrate on being a mother?

A: It wasn't hard at all. It wasn't something I had to do, it was something I really
wanted, so for me it was very easy.



Q: Do yo believe in ghosts?

A: I keep changing my mind. The subject is very fascinating, and life would be very
boring without the possibility that ghosts exist.



Q: When yo first read the script, what made you go for it?

A: I was really drawn to the idea that there were these real people in this real
world who are suddenly confronted with this supernatural phenomenon.



Q: The director said you have the look of a person who is probably hiding something.
You think this is true?

A: It probably is. I don't think of myself that way. I don't feel mysterious but I'll
take it as a compliment as it got me this job.



Q: Would you like to do more TV?

A: I don't really care what medium I work in, although I'd like to do a play. There's
really nothing like a live audience. It's the difference between watching a basketball
game on TV and being at the game.



Q: How do you feel if you get a bad review?

A: I've had good reviews and bad reviews, and I think if you believe the good ones,
then you have to believe the bad ones also. Let's face it, a bad review is terrible,
soul destroying, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise.



Q: You were very much in the spotlight during the incredibly successful Ally McBeal.
How do you look back on that time?

A: It was a dream for an actor... although I worked an enormous amount of hours, and
I missed being able to go normal places.



Q: Is it true Harrison once threw you in the trash?

A: Yes. We were coming home after a night out and fooling around, and Harrison picked
me up over his shoulder and dumped me in the back of a garbage truck. There were some
photographers around and they got a picture.
Date of this item added :
2007-09-02