Transcript from June 23, 1998 Talk City Presents Joshua Jackson, Actor Join us to talk with Joshua Jackson, Pacey Witter on 'Dawson's Creek.' Jackson's big-screen debut was in Michael Bortman's well-received 1991 film 'Crooked Hearts.' This was quickly followed by his central performance playing on the ragtag hockey team in the Disney hit films 'The Mighty Ducks' and 'D2: The Mighty Ducks.' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Speaker: We're chatting right now with "Dawson's Creek" star Joshua Jackson! Speaker: Welcome, Joshua! Glad you could be with us today! :-) Questions: dianeccc says: Thanks for joining us today Joshua, there are lots of fans here today! What's in store for Pacey Witter this year? JJackson: To tell you the truth, I can't really answer what's in store JJackson: for Pacey! The writers get to choose what I get to do for JJackson: the year, we only get the scripts a week in advance. JJackson: There'll be possibly a new love interest, and there'll JJackson: be some stuff with my brother and my father, but the JJackson: scripts aren't written yet, and they're certainly JJackson: not going to give them to me yet. :-) Questions: seena says: Do you like being an actor? JJackson: Yes, I love being an actor! JJackson: It's great work if you can get it. Questions: ruby26 says: Are you from Canada and if so what part of Canada? JJackson: Yes, I am from Canada, and I hail from beautiful JJackson: British Columbia. :-) Questions: jmj01 says: How has your stardom affected your life? And do you like it? JJackson: Well... I'm not really a star yet. In the grand scheme JJackson: of things I'm pretty low on the totem pole. It's great being JJackson: on a show that's successful and well-received, but my life JJackson: hasn't changed much since the beginning of Dawson's Creek. JJackson: I can stil go out in public, and it's given me more JJackson: opportunities for other work - that's the biggest way JJackson: it's affected my life. Questions: sweet_revenge says: Do you miss living in Vancouver? JJackson: Yeah, absolutely. As wonderful as my job is, it's one JJackson: of the great tests. I really, really miss living in Vancouver. Questions: jeffersonairplane says: You were Charlie in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory...one of my most favorite movies!!!! Was it fun starring in that movie? How did they make the chocolate river, and all the other types of wonderful effects? JJackson: I was Charlie Bucket the first time that Roald Dahl JJackson: ever let Charlie be staged professionally. It was marvelous, JJackson: I'm a huge Roald Dahl fan. He came and saw the performance JJackson: and wrote us a wonderful letter. It was great! But it JJackson: was on stage, not for the film. :-) Questions: monalisa98 says: what was the first acting job you had? JJackson: The first time I was really acting was in Crooked Hearts. JJackson: I started working on my eleventh birthday. I was playing JJackson: in a family melodrama. Questions: chandla says: Dawson's Creek is defanitly my favorite show right now, mainly due to it's realistic view of high school lives.....when you were Pacey's age, did you have some of the same problems and complications that either Pacey or the others are facing? JJackson: I never had the benefit of having an affair with my JJackson: beautiful English teacher - and thank you for watching! But JJackson: I think one of the successes of the show is that it JJackson: shows high school the way it really is. I always resented feeling JJackson: condescended to in the shows I watched when I was a JJackson: teenager - and I just turned twenty; it's still very fresh. Questions: monalisa98 says: is there going to be another mighty ducks movie and if so are you going to be in it again? JJackson: I don't know. Every once in a while the guys from Ducks JJackson: will call me up with a rumour. But if there's another one, chances JJackson: are I wouldn't be in it because I'm getting a little old JJackson: to be a Mighty Duck at this point. :-) Questions: wild_things says: is Emilio Estevez funny we liked u in it it was a cool film JJackson: Yeah, Emilio is really funny. In fact he's probably the JJackson: greatest influence in my professional life. He's so classy JJackson: and has such a professional demeanor. He was great to JJackson: us and would take us out on the weekend. He's a really JJackson: good guy. Questions: cute says: are you ever on the internet in like chat rooms JJackson: No, actually. I bought a computer after the season, but JJackson: I haven't been in one place long enough to get it set up JJackson: yet. When I get back to North Carolina, I do have an JJackson: email account set up to stay in touch with my little sister. Questions: juliets13 says: whats your favorite band? JJackson: Common Sense or Gang Starr, I guess. Questions: munkee_16 says: Hey Joshua.........What's It Like Getting To Kiss The Vry Beautiful Katie Holmes? JJackson: It was just fabulous! I enjoyed it thoroughly! :-) Questions: kasey101 says: Do you like being a star and getting all the attention of young girls? JJackson: Like I said, I'm not really a star, and the only young girl JJackson: who really pays me attention is my young sis - so it's great JJackson: having her attention! :-) Questions: kungfusugar says: Do you play hockey in real life? JJackson: Yes, absolutely. As often as possible. There's no rink JJackson: in North Carolina, so I don't play down there. But next year JJackson: I think I'll check - they have a roller hockey team, JJackson: so I'll see if I can do that. Questions: kasey101 says: I am a very big fan of yours I think you are a geat young actor and I hope to meet you in person one day. How do you get into the bussiness? I would love to get into acting and stuff like that,but I dont' know how to. I am Leah Redman from Ludington Michigan JJackson: Thank you - I appreciate the compliment. JJackson: I got into the business doing stand-in work to see if JJackson: I enjoyed what can be a tedious business. Once I found that JJackson: I did enjoy all aspects of it, my mother, who is in JJackson: the business was a big help. But be aware that anyone JJackson: who wants to charge you to take your picture and say JJackson: they'll help you out is probably just out to take your money. Questions: jmj01 says: I saw you recently w/ blonde hair, will it be like that for the show? JJackson: No, the blonde hair was for two movies I did in JJackson: the off-season. My hair is finally back to brown - all the JJackson: blonde was chopped off just today. Questions: sweet_revenge says: What is it like living with James? JJackson: I don't think we're going to live together this JJackson: year because I need to get a place for my dog. It was like JJackson: the Odd Couple living together. He's very neat and quiet. JJackson: And I'm not. :-) JJackson: I have a 115 pound Lab/Ridgeback cross. Beast. JJackson: We had a great apartment last year, but it's not JJackson: a place to have a dog of any size, in an apartment. JJackson: They need a place to run around, ya know. Questions: sweetstuf16 says: What kind of sports do you like other than hockey? JJackson: I'm really partial to football, and I'm getting more JJackson: and more into basketball as I get older. Both as JJackson: a participant, and a spectator. Questions: jmj01 says: What actor are you most looking forward to work w/ in any of your upcoming movies? JJackson: I've finished work on both of the movies, and thoroughly JJackson: enjoyed working with everyone. It was fun working with JJackson: Ryan Felipe, and everything I've heard about him was JJackson: true - he's great. It's been great to have professional JJackson: experiences with other people my own age, although it's JJackson: good to work with older actors, because that's where you learn. Questions: kungfusugar says: Do you stay in contact with people from your past movies? JJackson: Yes, I stay in contact with some people. Friendships that you JJackson: make can cross over into your personal life, and some JJackson: that you meet and enjoy, but don't take home with you. There JJackson: are certain people I still see from past work. Questions: jmj01 says: Are you anything like your character on "Dawson's Creek"? JJackson: Yeah.. I'm quite a bit like my character on Dawson's Creek. JJackson: A lot of what you see on the screen is just my personality JJackson: squeezed into whatever Pacey's doing. Speaker: ==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==! 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Questions: actro says: Do you draw from your own life as a teen, for the problems you face in the show? JJackson: Yes, for all the performances I do. I don't know where JJackson: else I could possibly draw character references from. I draw JJackson: from my own life things that relate to the things I'm doing. JJackson: So the answer is yes. :-) Questions: jenibabe says: Jenibabe says:Will you be doing any movies soon ? JJackson: I've just finished work on Cruel Inventions and Urban Legend, JJackson: and Apt Pupil will be coming out too - all this fall or JJackson: in January. Questions: jomie says: What kind of roles are being offered to you now that you're in an established hit show? JJackson: A variety. Nothing's really being offered to me, I still JJackson: have to go out and get them. The two movies I did this year JJackson: are completely divergent. The role in Apt Pupil is much JJackson: like Pacey. It's what keeps things interesting; to keep JJackson: on doing different things. JJackson: As long as I keep working. Everything is new and fun and JJackson: challenging. There are no specific roles that I'd like to JJackson: be doing. Everything is interesting and fun to me. Questions: ^shy^ says: How did u get in the acting business? Questions: sweet_revenge says: Do you ever come back to Vancouver to visit family? JJackson: As often as possible. I was just there last week. :-) JJackson: I still live in Vancouver. When I'm not working, I'm in JJackson: Vancouver. Questions: acid says: is it hard to have a normal life since you are an actor? JJackson: Not really. It's much more mundane than people seem to JJackson: assume. Roughly what I'm doing is akin to what I would JJackson: be doing anyway going to University. I'm away 9 months a year, JJackson: and when I'm on hiatus it's the equivalent to being on summer JJackson: break, and I go home. It's much like a regular routine. You get JJackson: up, do your work, go home, do homework, and go back and do JJackson: the same thing the next day. Questions: londonfm says: Everyone is abuzz with rumors of two new cast memebers for this fall, any hints? JJackson: One face you'll recognize. One face you won't. And possibly JJackson: even a third! :-) Questions: londonfm says: What is your favorite episode so far? JJackson: I really enjoyed the breakfast club episode, or the JJackson: hurricane episode. That was really good. JJackson: The breakfast club one allowed us all to do very different JJackson: things, and of course it was a great spoof and satire which JJackson: I enjoyed. The hurricane episode included some really JJackson: strong performances. JJackson: The spoof part of the movie, taking little pot-shots at Emilio JJackson: was fun. And the movies I like are good movies; well-made JJackson: movies. Questions: hesperides says: I don't know if this has been asked you.. but do you believe your parents have been supportive of you in your acting, are they for it? or they're not exactly for it, just letting you do your own thing? JJackson: It's parent singular. And my family is intensely supportive. JJackson: My mother wants me and my sister both to do what we want to JJackson: do. They've been very supportive, and have always stood by me. Questions: cdngirlz says: wheres your favourite place in the world? JJackson: Vancouver, B.C. :-) JJackson: It's just about the most beautiful place you can possibly JJackson: go to. You're in the middle of the Cascades so you're surrounded JJackson: by magnificent mountains. There's a protected bay, the ocean, JJackson: everything's green and lush, and just beautiful. :-) Questions: wallz says: You're the most experienced of the Dawson's Creek stars - do you think that's made it easier or harder for you? JJackson: I think that it's definitely made it easier for me. I think JJackson: there was a period of adaptation for all of them, and for me JJackson: too, since I've never done anything on this scale. But JJackson: having had 9 years experience prior to Dawson's Creek JJackson: helped me put it all into perspective. These things come, JJackson: and these things go. Questions: ^nighthawk^ says: Is there an official online site for Dawson's Creek or Joshua Jackson? JJackson: There's one for Dawson's Creek - one from WB, and one JJackson: from Columbia Tri-star. I know there are no official websites JJackson: for me - and I don't think there are any for me at all! :-) Questions: jeffrey says: You have a recurring role in Champs. Do you think you'll ever be a regular? JJackson: Champs was cancelled 8 shows into its run, so I really JJackson: doubt I'll ever be a regular. ;-) Questions: opossum says: The show really gets into some sticky issues - what insights do you hope teens will get from what happens on the show? JJackson: I hope that when you watch the show you can identify with JJackson: what the kids on the show are doing, and identify within JJackson: your own life. As far as insights go, if you can identify and JJackson: relate to those problems, you can see how the people on the JJackson: show would tackle the topic, and perhaps that will give you some JJackson: new approach to dealing with the problem in your own life. JJackson: And really, I hope people just enjoy watching the show. JJackson: The whole idea is that we don't have any message. JJackson: Dawson's Creek isn't trying to present any moral in the JJackson: show. We're not Aesop's Fables - we just try to present things JJackson: in what we believe to be the most realistic fashion. Questions: jeffrey says: The Outer Limits is a different type of role for you. What challenges do you face when you are shooting it? JJackson: Just the fact that the character was much more buttoned-down JJackson: than myself. Just trying to contain myself. Also, dealing JJackson: with effects is difficult - it requires so much imagination, JJackson: and takes a high degree of concentration (which is somewhat JJackson: problematic for me). Questions: kdaddie says: have you found any benefits in being a celebrity or do you miss your old regular life? JJackson: There are definitely benefits to being a working actor, JJackson: as opposed to being an out-of-work actor. But I'm not a star. JJackson: It's not that I can't walk down the street. I don't miss my JJackson: old life because I still have my old life. I just don't get JJackson: to spend that much time at home, because I'm away at work. Questions: uptotheminute says: What are your favorite books? What are you reading now? JJackson: My favourite books are David Copperfield. I loved The Hobbit JJackson: when I was younger. And The History of Western Philosophy. JJackson: The last book read was Great Books, by David Denby. Questions: cecy_13 says: How many brothers and/or sisters do you have? Are they in the show buisness too? JJackson: I have one younger sister, whom I was raised with, and she's JJackson: still in school. I have two older half-brothers, although I'm JJackson: not really in contact with them a lot. One is in show business, as JJackson: a junior publicist. The other is a martial artist/fitness instructor. Questions: rodman91_ says: what would you tell someone that wants to be an actor? JJackson: I would tell them to work around the business before JJackson: throwing yourself into acting, to be sure it's something JJackson: you enjoy. Work as an extra or a stand-in, and then if you JJackson: like it pursue it. If it really is a passion for you, by all JJackson: means. You should always seek to do the things you want to do. Questions: debora says: i think the show sends such great messages do you have a favorite episode JJackson: One of my favourite things about the show is that we're JJackson: not trying to send messages. There are no biases. The show JJackson: is, in the classical sense, amoral. We're not trying to preach; JJackson: you have to make up your own mind. That's the whole point. JJackson: To encourage anyone - to stimulate your mind. It can be JJackson: enjoyed on a facile level, but if you want to get into it JJackson: it can spur discussion. Some people can like one aspect of JJackson: the shows, and different people will like other aspects. It's the JJackson: great conceit of the show - that people really do have the JJackson: intelligence to make up their own minds about stuff like this. Questions: kdaddie says: Since you sudden rise to fame with Dawson's Creek, is it hard to go out in public without getting recognized? JJackson: It's not hard at all. :-) Questions: cute says: Do you ever go and see your own films after they're out in the theartre JJackson: I've watched everything I've been in, because that's JJackson: one of the best ways to learn. You can pick out little things that JJackson: you did wrong, and that you did right. It's difficult to watch JJackson: yourself on screen. All you can do is criticise; you can't JJackson: really enjoy the show for what it really is. I just sit JJackson: there and make notes to get better for the future. Questions: dianeccc says: Joshua thanks for joining us, you've been wonderful! Is there anything else you'd like to say before we close? JJackson: Just thanks to everyone for all the questions! JJackson: We appreciate the support at Dawson's Creek, and please JJackson: continue to watch! If you keep watching, we'll keep making JJackson: the show! :-) Speaker: ==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==! Speaker: As the spotlight dims, our show comes to an end today. Speaker: We thank you - our great audience Speaker: and a very special *Thank You!* to our guest Speaker: *.........Joshua Jackson..........* Speaker: Talk City Presents is produced in conjunction Speaker: with iXL Live(tm) & Talk City(tm), a Speaker: production of LiveWorld Productions Inc. Speaker: © Copyright 1998, All Rights Reserved Speaker: ==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!==!