11-05-2007 09:09
How did you come to CSI? I was doing theatre in New York, small parts in big films and big parts in small films. Couple of TV shows, couple of sitcoms and a couple of crime shows. Sweet Justice in New York was a crime show that we did for Nick Wharf (check) New York Undercover and Law and Order. I did a pilot with Mark, which was supposed to be a show, basically the precursor to this happening but was eight years before, and a guy named John ** wrote and directed it.
None of us were expecting this, certainly not this much success. Its still going. Were still kind of like its ridiculous. Critics hate us. (laughter) They keep on talking shows up to knock us off but they dont I understand why either. They ask us, we dont understand either, theres no (forming?) to that. Hopefully not no. Theres a lot of shitty ones its true. When we came up with the concept I think, there was always certain dilutions that have to take place because of TV and if you try to dilute the diluted already you just end up coming up with ( ) Were on network TV so we have to compete with HBO and Showtime and those ( ) just making TV bigger and better with more curse words and bigger sex scenes and we have to compete with that. Its hard to. Its why they won all the awards and get all the accolades but you know, making a show thats like that - theres 22 of us now just in the States and across the world. (??!!) Look at some of the HBO shows like The Sopranos. The Italians dont like The Sopranos!
Effect on judicial system:
Speaking to the law enforcement who couldnt catch a guy at first because he wore booties during the murder. He wore booties? Before he killed somebody, it was that premeditated. So definitely theres some good and bad to it I suppose. Thats what we get from law enforcement all the time, criminals watch our shows, this is what to see what not to do!
Kids science:
Thats the most positive CSi effect, I do have lots of kids come up to be and going what job is it? I want to be a forensic scientist. Are you sure kid? Its carving off the top of heads and shit. Its nasty shit! Its rought, these guys whove been in law enforcement 27 years, I dont know how they do it, they see a lot of hard stuff. I did other shows before, a movie and a cop show in New York, Ive seen my fair share of dead bodies and Ive been to my fair share of coroners autopsy visitations. They just stick in your mind forever about what youve done to the human body, figure out what happened to it. I said ass the other day and someone quickly went (whispers) I dont think we can say ass! We cant say ass? But you can show somebody getting a knife in them! (Heaviest Porsche???) and shit, but you cant say ass! And you cant breasts. And you cant show an ass. It doesnt make sense at all.I didnt think I would. I got there late. (laughs) I was like this was going to suck but it was a lot of fun. When we did Alien Resurrection, we werent able to do it with the whole cast because everyone was in different cities by the time they decided wed do one for AR, like 10 years after wed done it. But it was fun to do because you dont watch the shows you put them away after you see it, you do something else, youre making another show, it happens. This shows a season I havent even seen yet because Ive been shooting at the same time with Aaron so I was able to go back and really see stuff that I hadnt seen before, really pick it apart.
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