Yahoo! Chat with General Hospital's Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth) - February 7, 2000
My question was asked so you will notice my question in the bigger font!
Rebecca: Hello everyone, thank you for joining me tonight. I'll try to answer as many ?'s as I can.
twins777 asks: When you're not at work, what do you like to do in your free time?
Rebecca: Other than sleeping?
Rebecca: I enjoy roller blading at the beach with my sister and hiking in the mountains.
msc5012 asks: Hi, how is it working with the new Lucky?
Rebecca: His first day was last Friday and it doesn't look like I'll be working with him for another month, but I look forward to it.
AndreaD_lucky asks: Hello Rebecca!!! Your Great Canadian Fan AndreaD here :) My question to you is: I was wondering if you could tell us a little bit more about your Charity ???
Rebecca: The charity is an organization to inform pregnant women about the #1 threat to babies.
karbear678 asks: Rebecca- I know you used to be a competitive figure skater, do you still follow the sport on TV? If so, who are your favorites? - Karen
Rebecca: My favorite right now is Tara Lipinski.
Rebecca: I think she's a beautiful skater. I try to watch what I can. I get a stomachache watching it though.
pjferret asks: Becky, congratulations on your engagement! Are you going to design your wedding dress?
Rebecca: Thank you very much. Yes, of course. It will be simple but elegant. I want fresh flowers in my hair.
twins777 asks: Are you artistic like your character?
Rebecca: That's a toughie. When I was 15 I was nothing like Elizabeth at 15. Now that she's 18 I'm more like her. She's a little more responsible than other people her age.
Rebecca: I'm artistic but have no drawing skills.
icecream423 asks: Becky, Valentine's Day is one of my many favorite L&L days. Do you have any particular favorite L&L memories?
Rebecca: One of my favorites was Vday in the church when we made our promises to one another. Also, the one in the department store kitchen, the brownie fight, and the paint scene. I like the messy scenes.
Dawn_GHfan asks: Rebecca, what has been your favorite storyline to do so far on GH?
Rebecca: Everything I did with Lucky I enjoyed.
Rebecca: My last storyline with Jason was really fun, with Steve Burton.
manolis_varnassinger asks: How do you plan to spend valentines day and do you believe in romance?
Rebecca: Obviously I believe in romance, I'm so in love. This weekend I'll be in Florida for the charity dolphins and whales.
Dawn_GHfan asks: Rebecca, what is your pet peeve?
Rebecca: I have so many!...
HeyBecca asks: Are there any actors on GH you haven't worked with that you'd like the chance to act with? Such as Nancy Lee Grahn?
Rebecca: I would love to have a storyline with Sonny,
Rebecca: and I think I could have some amusing scenes with Edward.
rach16_1999_98 asks: Becky, first I love your work, I think you're awesome. I've noticed you've had more scenes with Tony Geary and Genie Francis lately, will this continue, and how do you like working with them?
Rebecca: Thank you. I love working with Genie and Tony. They challenge me constantly.
Rebecca: I'm sure I'll be involved in a storyline with them.
twins777 asks: First of all, I think you are really great on GH. If you weren't acting, what would you be doing instead?
Rebecca: If I wasn't acting I'd be in a design school right now. I've thought about going back to school to take classes but my schedule is too hectic.
rach16_1999_98 asks: Do you miss working with Jonathon, Tyler, and Amber all together?
Rebecca: The four of us worked really well together. I loved the chemistry between everyone.
Rebecca: I miss Jonathan and Tyler so much.
RooRooKat asks: How do you stay in such great shape? Please share your diet/fitness secrets! Do you workout all the time? What are your favorite junk foods?
Rebecca: Oh my gosh! This is tough. I have a very fast metabolism so I can eat whatever I want.
Rebecca: I belong to a gym but have only been 10 times in last 6 months.
Rebecca: I'm a big health food eater, but I'm also a fast-food junkie.
Dawn_GHfan asks: Rebecca, who is one person that you haven't met that you would like to meet?
Rebecca: I'd love to meet Mel Gibson. He's an amazing actor and I love him in everything he does.
number1_soapFAN asks: What is your favorite TV show?
Rebecca: Comedy-wise I love 3rd Rock from the Sun. It's so hilarious. Alley McBeal.
Rebecca: I always try to watch Trauma in the ER. I love those shows! It's my favorite.
Rebecca: I love watching shows on operations. Isn't that awful?
chris_ty12 asks: How do you like your story line with Nikolas?
Rebecca: Right now the storyline is a little slow because they're involved in different things in their lives. But I have enjoyed playing up the tension between them.
bmv_03 asks: I love General Hospital. I love Elizabeth. I was wondering why the original Lucky didn't come back?
Rebecca: Jonathan Jackson has decided to pursue other jobs.
Rebecca: He's been on the show for 51/2 years and needs to spread his wings. He misses everyone though.
rach16_1999_98 asks: Of the cast of GH, who makes you laugh the most?
Rebecca: Definitely Amber. She's a little spitfire!
twins777 asks: What is the biggest mistake that you've ever made during a taping?
Rebecca: One of the funniest things was, the very first time that Jonathan and I had a kissing scene, I was pulling him into the boxcar saying I won't let you fall, and I let go of his hand and he fell.
BratMorgan asks: How was it working with Steve Burton????
Rebecca; I loved working with him. We were all very sad to see him go.
icecream423 asks: Becky, your fan club is wonderful! Any plans for future tapes? I loved the first one!
Rebecca: Thank you. I'm working hard at pleasing everyone but I can't think of anything at the moment.
number1_soapFAN asks: Do you think you will be nominated for a Emmy again this year?
Rebecca: Honestly, I don't think so. I won't be disappointed if I'm not.
Rebecca: Last year's material after Lucky died wasn't very strong. The only thing I'd nominate myself for is when Lucky died.
Rebecca: That week was very difficult.
Dawn_GHfan asks: Rebecca, where is your favorite spot to just get away and relax?
Rebecca: My favorite spot is local... Lake Arrowhead.
Rebecca: My friend has a cabin there and lets me and my family relax there, go snowboarding. It's great.
HeyBecca asks: How are you enjoying working with Maurice Benard?
Rebecca: Maurice is an amazing actor. He makes me stay on my toes at all times. I love the challenge.
Gator618 asks: What was it like being on Wheel of Fortune?
Rebecca: I had a blast.
Rebecca: I'd watched the show for so many years with my family. I was so excited to be invited back. We watched it together at dinner.
its_me_bj asks: How far in advance do you tape the shows?
Rebecca: We try to tape it 2 1/2 weeks before it airs.
twins777 asks: Other than acting, what were your best and worst subjects in school?
Rebecca: My best subjects were English and ceramics. I loved ceramics. English was easy for me.
Rebecca: My worst was history. I hated history.
dinah_20_1999 asks: Rebecca, what ever happened to your sister on GH?
Rebecca: The character Sara Webber went to Europe to be with our parents. But Jennifer Skye is on a new show, Cleopatry 2525 (I think).
mrmechanic_1 asks: I think you are such a great actress. Do you have any advice for young actors and actresses just starting out?
Rebecca: I'd say, if it's in your heart and it's your passion, go for it. If you're meant to be in this business, you'll make it. Don't give up your dream. And move to LA!
sweety_girly_13 asks: I really enjoyed watching the rape episodes, it was so real, so touching, I cried really hard, were the scenes hard? Did it kind of scare you to play in a storyline like that?
Rebecca: It absolutely scared me. I had never had to do a dramatic scene like that in my life. I was nervous the week before. The day of I didn't think about it and just did it.
Rebecca: Then I went home and slept 14 hours.
Rebecca: I was so drained
april_britt asks: Do you know when the next super soap weekend is going to be and will you be there?
Rebecca: I have no idea when it's coming up. I'd love to go again. It's my favorite time of year.
Rebecca: I'm such an amusement park fan.
IMwylee asks: Is their a particular actor or actress on GH that you consider to be a mentor?
Rebecca: If I have a problem or a question that I need answered I'll go to Genie Francis or Jackie Zeman.
karen_ward_2000 asks: Where are you from? Where were you born?
Rebecca: I was born and raised in Tarzana, CA. I lived in the valley the first 14 years of my life. I'm a true valley girl.
marcia_57 asks: Rebecca-- You are my favorite actress on General Hospital. Do you plan on having a movie career as well as a TV career?
Rebecca: Thank you very much. I'd love to pursue other things, but right now I'm very happy at GH.
Rebecca: My parents have brought me up with a religious background and have always stressed that, with god on your side, anything can happen.
Rebecca: They've basically taught me the golden rule of, do unto others...
Dawn_GHfan asks: Rebecca, what kind of storyline that you haven't done yet, would you like to do?
Rebecca: I would love to be pregnant on the show.
Rebecca: Because I love children so much. It would be a blast to pretend to be a mom.
Rebecca: I have 2 dogs (labs), and 4 kitties and a rabbit and 2 squirrels.
Rebecca: I kind of have a farm.
galor5 asks: Becky what is your MOST Memorable Fan Encounter ?
Rebecca: On SuperSoap weekend I was able to do a meet and greet with a bunch of my fans called the Brigadiers. They're such loving people. They've supported my character even without Lucky.
IMwylee asks: How heavy is that Wheel, people always look like they are going to get knocked over when they spin it (?)
Rebecca: It was sooo heavy.
Rebecca: I thought, if I get up there, I'm going to make that wheel fly.
Rebecca: But it was difficult.
CARTERfan18 asks: Has there ever been a scene that you objected to doing?
Rebecca: The only scene that I questioned, was after I was raped, I took a shower. I didn't know how it would work. I made sure I was clothed from the shoulders down.
Rebecca: I got to pick my cameraman and they made it a closed set.
galor5 asks: What kinds of songs do you listen to in your car?
Rebecca: I listen to pretty much everything, from rock to R&B to country.
Rebecca: Right now I have the Les Miserables CD in my car. It's my favorite musical. I've seen it 3 times. Every time I go to New York. I blast it from my car.
Gator618 asks: What is your favorite movie?
Rebecca: One of my faves is Overboard with Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell, her husband. And I loved the Toy Story movie.
galor5 asks: How do you like working with Sarah Brown? I loved how Liz stood up to her!!
Rebecca: She is so scary. I wasn't sure I'd have the strength to stand up to her.
cantuono asks: Do have other talents that we don't know about, singing?
Rebecca: I wish I could sing. If there was one thing I could do it would be sing, but I'm stuck with my dad's voice.
Rebecca: I make dresses, as most of you know.
rosabellek asks: Rebecca:) How come we haven't seen many scenes with Audry lately? The last we saw was when you told her about the bomb? Are there some scenes coming up?
Rebecca: Yes there are scenes coming up. I worked with her today.
number1_soapFAN asks: Did you watch GH before you joined?
Rebecca: Never.
Rebecca: I was never a soap fan. My mom watched GH when my sister and I were born for a few years.
manolis_varnassinger asks: Will Elizabeth find a true romance in her life?
Rebecca: Eventually she'll find a true romance but Lucky is still, and will always be, in her heart.
Rebecca: She will probably never get over him.
manolis_varnassinger asks: Rebecca how has fame changed your life?
Rebecca: I don't think of myself as famous in anyway.
Rebecca: I go to work, come home, have dinner with my family. It's like any regular job for me.
jjsdelaney asks: Hi Rebecca, how is it working with Tammy? She seems very down to earth!
Rebecca: Patricia and I are great friends. I enjoy her company everyday. I laugh with her the most when I do scenes with her.
Rebecca: I honestly had no idea that she would affect so many lives.
Rebecca: People applaud me for that, but it's really the writers. I'm just glad I can portray it as they've written her.
teamo555_2000 asks: Do you read and respond to your fan mail personally?
Rebecca: Yes. My mother, my aunt and I do fan mail together and I do read all of the letters.
klchapel asks: What does your fiancée think about your love scenes?
Rebecca: I had scenes with Lucky. Donny, my fiancée, is very accepting of what I do and he doesn't have a jealous bone in his body.
Rebecca: I couldn't date a jealous person.
jen001_us asks: If you leave in June, how would you feel if the show recasted you?
Rebecca: I haven't decided yet whether I'll stay or leave. Again, I love my job, what I do and the GH family.
Rebecca: If they decided to recast my character I'd be hurt but I'd be all right. That's life.
kimoko_togashi asks: How did you get started in acting?
Rebecca: I was 6 and I went in for an audition for toilet paper and I got it.
Rebecca: Next thing you know I have a national commercial and a SAG card.
april_britt asks: Who would you like to see make a guest appearance on GH?
Rebecca: The #1 person that people would love to see is Ricky Martin.
Rebecca: A lot of the GH fans are very close to him because they were watching him before he made it big.
Chassidy90210 asks: Rebecca--- do you find time now to ice-skate as you did when you were younger?
Rebecca: I haven't skated in a couple months but my best girlfriend has just graduated from college so we're starting to go back to the rink.
pjferret asks: Becky, I just saw some old eps of Space Cases. Did you have fun doing that show? Did you like the way they dyed your hair?
Rebecca: It was an experience being an alien. Dying my head was kind of weird. It was fun though.
Anann73 asks: Hi Becky, this is Andi. I know that you are German on your dad's side, but I was wondering what the rest of your heritage is. See you at the dinner this Saturday!
Rebecca: Hey Andi, it's so nice to hear from you. Can't wait to see you in Florida.
Rebecca: My dad's German but my mom is pretty much everything.
IMwylee asks: How do you get the inspiration to cry for those emotional scenes?
Rebecca: The only way I can cry is if I physically put myself in Elizabeth's shoes and I think about Lucky and all the hurt she's gone through.
Rebecca: I don't think it's right to bring my personal life to it. I respond differently than Elizabeth does.
IMwylee asks: If you had to use one word to describe each J.Jackson, T. Geary, and G. Francis what word would you choose for each?
Rebecca: Jonathan Jackson--one word...oh geeze. ...Extraordinary
Rebecca: Tony...he blows me away
Rebecca: And Genie, precious. I love her.
jxlvr asks: I heard you design. Any plans to do it publicly for others?
Rebecca: There's always a thought in the back of my head that I'll have a clothing line but my schedule's so busy I don't have time. Who knows!!
IMwylee asks: What is your favorite piece of GH memorabilia?
Rebecca: I do have the white roses hanging on my wall. The roses that Lucky gave Elizabeth on Valentine's Day in the church.
david_the_bsb_fan asks: Rebecca, what kind of books do you read?
Rebecca: My favorite books to read are the Chicken Soup for the Soul books. I love them.
Rebecca: I cannot sit and read a 400 page novel.
Rebecca: I don't enjoy reading. I love reading scripts and short stories.
Chassidy90210 asks: Becky---This may seem like a dumb question, but you look simply beautiful on GH...I must ask...is red lipstick your favorite? :)
Rebecca: I have a thing for bright lipstick. I love doing my eyes light, a little mascara, and a real luscious color.
Rebecca: Unfortunately the producers sometimes like my lips pale
nikegirl00_00 asks: What do u say is the hardest part of acting for someone who's interested in acting?
Rebecca: There's a hard part? I wasn't informed.
Rebecca: I think if you have a passion for something and love it, nothing is hard. There are difficult times, with any job, but I don't find anything difficult.
Rebecca: The only thing that's difficult is location shooting and being away from my family.
whitewings_4242 asks: Rebecca < I love your caracter ...but my question is for your hair! It is gorgeous what shade is it ?
Rebecca: My natural color hair is a dull, medium brown. I put highlights in it to bring out the shine in my hair.
Rebecca: But I do try to keep it as close to my natural color as possible
sassynspunky asks: How long does it take for you to memorize your lines ?
Rebecca: I read my script as soon as I get it, 1 week before. I don't start memorizing my lines until the night before. 4 scenes usually takes about 40 minutes.
twilight_star_21 asks: Who influenced you to act? Or what made you get into it?
Rebecca: There was no one who really interested me. I've always wanted to do this.
Rebecca: I knew that if I got to be in a commercial I'd get to play with a toy (when I was 6) so it was fun.
smileyrlg asks: Do you get to pick out your own outfits? I love when you wear the khaki cargo pants with cute shirts!!
Rebecca: I don't get to pick out what I'm wearing for that day. I do have the right to say whether I'll wear something or not.
twins777 asks: If you could go anywhere in the world, where would you go?
Rebecca: I've been out of the states once. I've been to Canada and Mexico.
dinah_20_1999 asks: What made you audition for GH? Did you watch it before?
Rebecca: I went to Germany 2 years ago with Ingo and got so sick I had to come back. I would love to go to Europe and spend 2 weeks there.
Rebecca: I auditioned for the role of Sara Webber. I screen-tested for that. They told me that they wanted somebody blonde. They didn't picture me as prissy, so they created a role for me.
IMwylee asks: If you could be a covergirl for any magazine, which one would you pick?
Rebecca: Vogue would be cool.
Renang_98 asks: What kind of stuff have you refused to wear?
Rebecca: I refuse to wear extremely tight pants that are thin.
Rebecca: If they're tight and thick I don't mind, but I don't like thin.
david_the_bsb_fan asks: What do you consider your biggest weak-side?
Rebecca: In what? In my personality?
Rebecca: I guess I'm not...I love to sleep in. I'm not motivated to get up at 8am and take the dogs for a walk.
number1_soapFAN asks: I'm currently in High School and in Drama we are directing One Act Plays.Did you do this in High School?
Rebecca: I took a theater class in 9th grade and hated it. I can't stand the pressure of getting on stage in front of my peers.
Rebecca: Live theater is something very different than what I do.
david_the_bsb_fan asks: Do you speak any foreign languages?
Rebecca: No. I did take 4 years of spanish. I can kind of understand it and read it but I don't speak it very well.
david_the_bsb_fan asks: Do you dance a lot?
Rebecca: I absolutely love to dance. it's one of my favorite things to do with my fiancée. We went this weekend.
Rebecca: Thank you so much for joining me. I had a blast, hope you did to. The questions were great. Thanks for all the support you've given me. Don't forget to watch the Wheel tomorrow. And keep watching GH!
