Brian O'Halloran TV Guide/AOL chat
June 7, 2000


TVGLive2:   We have Brian O'Halloran with us! Hi Brian!
TVG Clerks: Brian: Hello all.
TVG Clerks: Bunch of savages!
Question:   Brian: How many cousins do Dante have?
TVG Clerks: It all depends on how many films Kevin will write.
Question:   Does the show afford you the chance to improv, or is Kevin
still a
Question:   hard-case about making sure his dialogue is said
word-for-word?
TVG Clerks: I wouldn't say HARD CASE.
TVG Clerks: But the guy loves his writing and his writing only...
Question:   How's Vulgar coming along?
TVG Clerks: Vulgar is finished. And is now being submitted to various film
festivals.
TVG Clerks: I.E. Montreal, Vancouver, etc...
Question:   Which cartoons were your favorite growing up?
TVG Clerks: Oh my God.  Um... Can't help but Tom and Jerry if not most of
Hanna Barberra stuff.
TVG Clerks: Of course, the Simpsons.
TVG Clerks: And a good bit of Japanese Anime.
TVG Clerks: Fist of the North Star.
TVG Clerks: Dragon Ball Z.
TVG Clerks: I lived in Palasade Park for a time when I was young and it
was in
credibly Asian
TVG Clerks: Neighborhood.
TVG Clerks: Also Dragon Hunter.
TVGLive2:   Right now, we have Brian O'Halloran from the animated series,
"Clerks: The Cartoon".
TVG Clerks: It's great hearing it in the original Japanese and a friend of
mine would just tell me
TVG Clerks: what they were saying.
TVG Clerks: It's much more emotional that way.
Question:   What's the worst job you've all had?
TVG Clerks: Worst job...I really didn't like my paper route as a kid.
TVG Clerks: That was kind of a BS job, especially going around collecting
in
neighborhoods that
TVG Clerks: were poor.
TVG Clerks: It was like what's the point here.
TVG Clerks: And in acting jobs, I try to avoid bad acting jobs, knock
wood.
Question:   How did you and Kevin meet?
TVG Clerks: I auditioned as an extra for Clerks.
TVG Clerks: He already had the six principle characters cast and he really
liked my audition enough
TVG Clerks: to cast me as the lead.\
TVGLive2:   Right now, we have Brian O'Halloran from the animated series,
"Clerks: The Cartoon".
Question:   Jeff and Brian:  Do you perform theatre? I seem to remember
that
Question:   Brian did Jesus Christ Superstar with Kim one summer.
TVG Clerks: It was Godspell and yes I still do theatre.
TVG Clerks: I enjoy it a lot.
TVG Clerks: I love live audiences.
TVG Clerks: There is nothing that compares to having a live audience.
Question:   What are some of the upcoming episodes about?
TVG Clerks: Tonight we get locked in a freezer.
TVG Clerks: Randel and Dante get locked in a freezer with Jay and Silent
Bob
TVG Clerks: and they start to reminiece about the things we've done in the
past.
TVG Clerks: I coach a baseball team like the Bad News Bears.
TVG Clerks: And Jeff beats a videogame he gets recruted by the govt.
TVG Clerks: Ala Last Starfighter.
TVG Clerks: It then turns into The Temple of Doom.
TVG Clerks: I haven't seen them.
TVG Clerks: Each time, I'm waiting to see them on air.
TVG Clerks: I want to see them on air.
TVG Clerks: So I have the same reaction in the nation watching.
TVG Clerks: So I don't have a build up defense, like it was slow.
TVG Clerks: I do that with all the Kevin Smith films, I wait till the
premiere or see it on television
TVG Clerks: .
TVGLive2:   Right now, we have Brian O'Halloran from the animated series,
"Clerks: The Cartoon".
Question:   Did it take a lot of convincing to persuade you to reprise
your
roles
Question:   for the cartoon?
TVG Clerks: Absolutely not.
TVG Clerks: Dante and Randell are some of the most enjoyable twosomes.
TVG Clerks: I've seen in a while.
TVG Clerks: And I really really want to do more and post on the ABC board
that you want to keep the
TVG Clerks: show,.
TVG Clerks: And for those of you that know ABC execs personally, go knock
on
their doors and
TVG Clerks: demand "I want my Clerks."
Question:   How did you celebrate the premiere last week? With friends?
TVG Clerks: I was fortunate enough to be with Kevin Smith at his house.
TVG Clerks: I showed up and he was like "I'm on the phone with a chat."
TVG Clerks: That was with Dave Mandel, Kevin's wife, a few other people
who
did voices.
TVG Clerks: We had a nice ice cream cake that said F the Critics, We love
Clerks.
Question:   Are you guys anything like your alter egos in Clerks?
TVG Clerks: I'm actually more Randellish.
TVG Clerks: I was more the wiseguy on set and Jeff is more of a quiet
type.
TVG Clerks: I was always trying to get in trouble.
TVG Clerks: I do have that side of me in Dante.
TVG Clerks: Like "Let's not start any trouble, or make any waves."
TVG Clerks: I'm 60% Randell and 40% Dante.
Question:   Any chance of toys based off the two of you? I've already got
my
Jay
Question:   and Bob.
TVG Clerks: I hope so.
TVG Clerks: I've already fulfilled one of my life longs goals which was to
be
in a cartoon.
TVG Clerks: The second was to be an action figure.
TVGLive2:   Right now, we have Brian O'Halloran from the animated series,
"Clerks: The Cartoon".
Question:   Are you all recognized on the street for your roles in Clerks?
TVG Clerks: Yes.  As a matter of fact today I was recognized and I was in
a
costume like a headpiece
TVG Clerks: mask.
TVG Clerks: You can ask one of my fellow actors.  Someone asked him if
that
was Brian O'Halloran
TVG Clerks: in Clerks.
TVG Clerks: He said yes.
TVG Clerks: And told me I was good.
TVG Clerks: I'm goateeless.
TVG Clerks: I grow or shave it depending on the role.
Question:   What are some of your favorite films?
TVG Clerks: Star Wars Trilogy, less on the Jedi, more on the first two.
TVG Clerks: I like old B &W.
TVG Clerks: I like Cagney and Bogart.
TVG Clerks: I love gangster stuff, scifi.
TVG Clerks: When I get that question, I draw a blank cause there are so
many
good ones.
TVG Clerks: Akira Kurisawa, John Woo, Scorcese stuff.
Question:   Did you always want to go into acting?
TVG Clerks: I was always a showoff as a little kid, but up to when I was
15 I
wanted to be an
TVG Clerks: automotive engineer which is what my father was.
TVG Clerks: When I was 15 he passed away.
TVG Clerks: I started role playing with friends it that honed a character
performance ability.
TVG Clerks: I'd watch movies and bitch about how bad an actor was.
TVG Clerks: I went to college for a year,
TVG Clerks: My friend was like enough of your bitching I'm going to find
you
an audition.
TVG Clerks: I started to get good reviews in the paper for doing stage
plays.
TVG Clerks: I was hooked ever since.
Question:   When you madeClerks did you have any idea it would become so
popular?
TVG Clerks: No.  When making it, first of all it was pretty much
everybody's
first effort into film.
TVG Clerks: Second it was black and white.
TVG Clerks: And thirdly the subject matter was not the norm for mainstream
film.
TVG Clerks: At the most I personally thought it would maybe go art house,
emphasis on the maybe.
TVG Clerks: Kevin was showing it as a calling card to producers.
TVG Clerks: We definitely got lucky.,
TVG Clerks: On Sunday at 11 AM at the IMMF there was one gentleman, named
Bob
Hawk,
TVG Clerks: who was part of the Sundance comittee and he liked it.
TVGLive2:   Right now, we have Brian O'Halloran from the animated series,
"Clerks: The Cartoon".
Question:   What are some of your favorite stage roles?
TVG Clerks: I like Tom in The Glass Menagerie.
TVG Clerks: I like Reinfeld in Dracula.
TVG Clerks: I like it so much I've done it three times.
TVG Clerks: Reinfeld the lunatic.
TVG Clerks: Norman in The Dresser.
Question:   Has Kevin contacted you all about appearing in his next film?
TVG Clerks: He's being very hush hush about his next project.
TVG Clerks: It was orginally planned to have Clerks 2 the sequel be next.
TVG Clerks: But I believe he has nixed that idea.
TVG Clerks: He is now working on a different film that encompasses his New
Jersey View Askew
TVG Clerks: characters.
TVG Clerks: There is serious talk of turning the animated cartoon into a
full
length feature film.
TVG Clerks: That he has told me.
TVGLive2:   Right now, we have Brian O'Halloran from the animated series,
"Clerks: The Cartoon".
Question:   Brian, did you have any input on what your animated self would
look
Question:   like?
TVG Clerks: No.  Chris Bailey if your out there man, you did a tremendous
job.
TVG Clerks: I'm very happy with what I look like.
TVG Clerks: Once he showed my the first sketches I was like that its.
TVG Clerks: The guy got it spot on, first try.
Question:   Where are you performing right now?
TVG Clerks: I'm performing in New Jersey.
TVG Clerks: I'm doing a stage play.
TVG Clerks: I love acting no matter what it is.
Question:   What are you all working on next?
TVG Clerks: I'm looking at 3 scripts that a friend has handed me.
TVG Clerks: Otherwise, right now there is nothing that I have a letter of
intent set to.
TVG Clerks: I held the months of June and July off.
TVG Clerks: If this little cartoon thing picks up, I kept that part of my
schedule open.
TVGLive2:   Thank you Brian! We'll be watching!
TVG Clerks: 9:30 folks.  Got to keep watching.
TVG Clerks: E-mail abc.com
TVG Clerks: Say You Want your Clerks.
TVG Clerks: And thank you to all the fans for being so cool and fun to
talk
with.
TVG Clerks: Most of them are also general film lovers and some great
questions
.
TVG Clerks: I hope to see you guys out there again.
TVG Clerks: Thank you Kevin, Jay, Jeff, Dave Mandel, Chris Bailey and all
the
rest of the gang
TVG Clerks: who worked on Clerks the Cartoon.
TVG Clerks: I hope to see and work with you all again.
TVG Clerks: Peace and love.
TVG Clerks: This is Brian.
TVG Clerks: I'm outta here.
TVGLive2:   Tonight on ABC at 9:30PMET...."Clerks: The Cartoon".  Tune in!
Goodnight!
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