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Roswell chat with Shiri Appleby

ChatMod: Hi everyone, thanks for joining us here. I'm Ben Trumble for SCIFI. Tonight we're pleased to welcome Roswell actress Shiri Appleby. Hard to believe, but Shiri has been been in show business for twenty years appearing in series as diverse as Doogie Howser MD, Xena, and Baywatch, as well as in feature films like last year's Swimfan.
ChatMod: On Roswell Shiri plays high school student Liz Parker who works in her father's diner, the Crashdown Cafe..

ChatMod: Brief word about the drill. This is a moderated chat -- please send your questions for our guest to ChatMod, as private messages. (To send a private message, either double-click on ChatMod or type "/msg ChatMod" on the command line - only without the quotes.)...Then hit Enter (or Return on a Mac.)

ChatMod: Roxy> to : To Shiri: If you could choose the people you work with on a movie, who would you pick and why?

Shiri: I want to work with John Ritter, Kevin Kline -- he's classy

Shiri: And Camaronbn Crowe as a director

ChatMod: to : Here 's my question for Shiri why did you cut your hair?

Shiri: Time for a change!

ChatMod: to : watching you on Roswell was great what was your favorite episode?

Shiri: The pilot

Shiri: In that episode the story was so rich and it encompassed everything the show was supposed to be about

ChatMod: to : Ms. Appleby, did you ever read the Roswell High books before you tried out?

Shiri: No. I didn't. The whole Roswell thing was new to me.

ChatMod: to : Who did you enjoy working with more Jason Behr or Jesse Bradford?

Shiri: Both dolls

Shiri: Really fun and easy to work with

Shiri: Charming

ChatMod: to : do you like travel? would you to come in switzerland?

Shiri: I'd love to go to Europe to meet fans. It would be my pleasure

ChatMod: to : I here you are woring on a new movie "The Skin Horse" is this true? and I was also wondering if you would still do music videos?

Shiri: I did do the movie, and I would do a video again

Shiri: I'm not sure yet when the film will come out. Watch for it

ChatMod: to : What is your favorite memory of when you were on the show?

Shiri: I think maybe meeting Majandra for the first time during a wardrobe fitting

ChatMod: to : Hello Shirri, first I would like to say you are great! My question is - What do you think of the Virtual Season 4 Roswell fanfics, such as www.roswellthefinalchapter.net ?

Shiri: I've never heard of them. I'll check it out

ChatMod: to : There's a rumor going around of a Roswell movie would you consider reprising your role as Liz Parker Evans

Shiri: I haven't heard the rumor, but if everybody else signed on I would certainly do it

ChatMod: to : What are some of your favorite TV shows?

Shiri: I like shows that are clever and fresh

Shiri: I love Curb Your Enthusiasm

Shiri: Everybody love Raymond

ChatMod: Hi Shiri! Out of al the guys that you have worked with, who was the best kisser?

Shiri: God, that's a really hard question

Shiri: They are all so polite and well trained

ChatMod: to : Do you still keep in touch with everyone that was on Roswell?

Shiri: I try to as much as possible

ChatMod: to : Which scene was the more difficult to turn in Roswell?

Shiri: I guess my final scene, which wasd a flashback

Shiri: I think it was difficult because I knew it was the last scene I would ever do for the show

ChatMod: to : shiri, you are a wonderful actress let me just say! If you had the oppertunity to do a tv show again in the future would you? and what kind would you like to do?

ChatMod: I would definitely do a show again

Shiri: And I would really like to do a comedy in front of an audience

ChatMod: to : : What new projects are you in?

Shiri: I'm look for something inspiring at the moment

ChatMod: to : In Swimfan,you turned a scene in the swimming pool.How was that?

Shiri: Frightening

Shiri: I had to learn to scuba dive and I had to stay underwater for long periods of time

Shiri: My eyes were closed, so it wasn't about my talent, but rather my good will

ChatMod: Therron> to : Hey Shiri. What are you into right now musically? If we opened your cd player what would we find?

Shiri: Nora Jones

ChatMod: to : Miss Appleby, thank you so much for being here with us! Will 'A Time for Dancing' ever be released in the USA?

Shiri: That's my question as well. I have no idea what's going on

ChatMod: to : Did you think there were similarties between your Roswell and Swimfan characters?

Shiri: Oh certainly

Shiri: Loyalty

Shiri: Sensitivity

Shiri: Getting their hearts broken

ChatMod: to : Who are you're favorite actor and actress?

Shiri: Maybe ANNETTE BENNING. Or Susan Sarandon. Mary Louise Parker

ChatMod: to : What are you doing when you aren't filming?

Shiri: Relax, fo to the beach, work on my house. Read knot.

ChatMod: to : Who do you get star-struck by?

Shiri: Everybody and anybody

Shiri: I'm as much of a fan as anybody else

ChatMod: to : Do you ever attend fan conventions or benefit like the Zeke Lerner bowl a thon next month

Shiri: I haven't been to any conventions yet

Shiri: I would consider conventions if I were invited

ChatMod: to : shiri just wondering if you have a website of your own like brendans

Shiri: No, I don't have a website yet.

ChatMod: brendans

ChatMod: to : Are you going to the scifi premiere fan event?

Shiri: I'm no familiar with it I'm afraid

ChatMod: to : ForShiri: If you could change anything about Roswell, what would it be?

Shiri: I wish that Liz was able to be happier earlier in the series, instead of waiting for the final episode

ChatMod: to : Will Roswell ever be released on DVD?

Shiri: I haven't heard about it, but that doesn't mean it won't happen.

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ChatMod: Just a reminder. Were chatting with Roswell actress Shiri Appleby This is a moderated chat -- please send your questions for our guest to ChatMod, as private messages. (To send a private message, either double-click on ChatMod or type "/msg ChatMod" on the command line - only without the quotes.)

ChatMod: ...Then hit Enter (or Return on a Mac.)

ChatMod: to : when the show ended, did you take anything from the set?

Shiri: I took my waitress uniform. Seemed fitting.

ChatMod: to : Shiri I'm a huge Max/ Liz fan and I was wondering if you were upset by the Max/Tess baby storyline b/c I know alot of us were?

Shiri: I obviously felt for Liz. She was not happy with the situation whatsoever. It came out of left field

ChatMod: to : Hey Shiri, was wondering what your opinion is about these two episodes of Roswell "Leaving Normal" & "Heart of Mine"?

Shiri: Those are two of my favorites

Shiri: Those episodes came together very nicely and revolved around Liz

ChatMod: Shiri had to take a call. She'll be back in a minute

ChatMod: to : Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Shiri: As an actress...Hopefully still employed

Shiri: I'd love to do theater and make more films

ChatMod: to : are you still knitting when time permitts

Shiri: I started knitting on Roswell during the first season

Shiri: Now it's one of my favorite ways to spend a quiet afternoon

ChatMod: to : Since Roswell, have you taken an interest in science fiction?

Shiri: No really. To be honest I was drawn more to the love story aspect of the series

ChatMod: veralyn> to : I know you have been doing acting since you were a little girl but you took a break in high school. Was it easy getting back into it...getting roles?

Shiri: I definitely had to work to get roles

Shiri: But I looked at that as a plus. A mountain to climb

ChatMod: to : for Shiri: In Roswell and Swimfan you played sort of the goody two shoes nerd sort of character. was it easy to relate to or did you have to stretch?

Shiri: I'm not a darkl force in life, or depressed. But I'm not shallow and happy go lucky all the time either

Shiri: So it wasn't the world's largest stretch

ChatMod: to : What kind of character will you be playing in "The Skin Horse"?

Shiri: Now she was a stretch

Shiri: It's a murder mystery within the porn world

Shiri: Very dark

ChatMod: to : Shiri, Out of all the characters you have played, who was your favourite?

Shiri: Well of course there's a big spot in my heart for Liz

Shiri: That's really definitely my favorite

ChatMod: to : Do you have an opinion concerning the way the Liz character evolved. In the first season she was smart, indepenent, a leader of the group in her own right, by season 3 she lost alot of that and became very dependent on her relationship to Max.

Shiri: I didn't have much input on that

Shiri: It isn't neceassily what I would have chosen

Shiri: But I could understand what the writers were after

ChatMod: to : What was it like filming the End of The World episode because you showed such extreme emotion in that episode

Shiri: That was a stand alone episode so we could have fun with it and do something new

Shiri: I loved the story

ChatMod: What would you do if you couldn't be an actress?

Shiri: Probably go back to school and get a law degree

ChatMod: Minanda> to : There were rumors that you were upset during the filming of Max to the Max and that something Jason said helped to soothe you. Could you possibly tell us what he said to soothe you?

Shiri: He was always very comforting

ChatMod: to : Your new film sounds like you want to really stretch your horizons from parts.(i.e. waitresses) which I think we all look forward to BTW , Is it hard to totally reconfigure the way you think about playing a role? Or do you let the director nudge the character in the way he/she would like it seen?

Shiri: I don't think it's that difficult to take on new and different roles

Shiri: It takes time and thought

Shiri: But to an extent something happens when they turn the camera

Shiri: The character comes out on her own

Shiri: That's the magic of it

ChatMod: Olka> to : Would you like to play in soap opera again?

Shiri: I don't know... I would never say never but...

Shiri: That's grueling work

ChatMod: norzLOST2> to : there is this question that alot of people at about the show...Isabel and Max came out of the Pod the same time... then how come Isabel end up being older

Shiri: Wow. I have no idea. I thought they were twins? I think she just finished school earlier

ChatMod: to : are there any limits that you would set when choosing a particular role? such as no nudity, no playing someone who is abusive, those are vague but yeah.

Shiri: I won'ty do nudity. That's where I draw the line

ChatMod: to : After doing three years on a series and also doing a few films, which type of work do you prefer?

Shiri: I really like both

Shiri: Right now I'd rather do films because I'm not ready for the time television takes

Shiri: But I enjoy both

ChatMod: to : After 'Alexs' death was it different on the set without Colin?

Shiri: Absolutely

Shiri: He brought an engery to the set

Shiri: And it was like a part of the family had left

ChatMod: to : I had the fortunate opportunity to watch filmings in Covina .Sometimes we thought you practiced facial expressions on the side lines. Is that perhaps what we saw...and Thanks for playing to our cameras at the ending of Three Aiens and a Baby

Shiri: I'm not practicing facial expressions

Shiri: I'm just really animated in real life

ChatMod: to : As the show was coming to an end do you feel that there were any regrets about how it ended or your experience on the series?

Shiri: I felt the writers did a good job wrapping the show up

Shiri: We all did good work

Shiri: It was good experience

ChatMod: How much leeway did the various directors give to the actors on Roswell, did they allow you much input in how a scene was played?

Shiri: Sure

Shiri: I think there was always room for discussion

Shiri: But different directors had different styles so it depended on who we were working with

ChatMod: to : Shiri! Have you ever really disliked a role or script you have had to perform?

Shiri: I try not to take projects I'm not fond of

Shiri: But I've been rteally lucky in terms of projects and the people involved

ChatMod: to : How was William Sadler as a co-worker and director?

Shiri: He's great

Shiri: So much energy

Shiri: And he knows what he likes

Shiri: He communicates that

Shiri: He's top notch

ChatMod: to : We know you and Majandra are close, but how did you get along with Emilie and Katherine?

Shiri: I wasn't as close to them

ChatMod: to : Shiri, who did you learn the most from on the set of Roswell?

Shiri: The director David Nutter I think

ChatMod: How long between the pilot and the time you you started the first season?\

Shiri: 8 or 9 months

ChatMod: to : Shiri, if you were to switch actors for a character, who would you change and why?

Shiri: I would have liked to play Michael'

Shiri: s part

ChatMod: to : Do you miss being on the show?

Shiri: Yes and no

Shiri: It's great to have a job

Shiri: But after a couple years you are ready to make changes in your lifre

ChatMod: to : Was there any roles that you gave up because you were doing the show that you wish you hadn't?

Shiri: Yes. But I don't think it's fair to name them

ChatMod: to : Awhile ago, there was a rumour that you were in negotiations to do a movie called "Van Helsing" with Hugh Jackman. Is there any truth to that?

Shiri: No truth to that one

ChatMod: What advice do you give to aspiring actors?

Shiri: I gibve thjjem the best advice I ever heard

Shiri: When you think it's over it's not.

Shiri: Thanks so much for supporting me and the show

Shiri: I'm so glad the show is back on the air yet again.

Shiri: Good night everybody

ChatMod: We'll open the floor now. Thanks for you HUNDREDS of questions

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