James Marsters - July 2006 - Jamesmarsters.com Q & A

How did you get that little scar on your chin ?

The truth is I don’t remember. Someone probably hit me with something between 1985 - 1988 and he probably won the fight and hit me really hard. I don’t remember.

What is your least favorite :

Color - I love all color Sight - Human cruelty Smell or scent - Rotten meat Taste or flavor or spice - The piece of candy corn that pushes me over the mountain of sugar rush into the chasm of nausea ; worse than that is the 40 I eat after that ! Food - Boiled lima beans. I ate too many before the age of 18. I’ve never had one since. Thing to feel (touch) - A chalk board Thing to feel (emotion) - Fear Time of day - Morning ! Morning ! Morning ! Month - There are only twelve of them so I can’t be that picky. I love them all. Word or expression - “for your information” and “didn’t you get the memo” Chore, thing to do which has to be done anyway - Watching the President’s speeches

How would you describe your character in Shadow Puppets ? Is this movie based on a novel ?

He is intelligent, terrified and although you wouldn’t first suspect, love-struck. It is an original concept.

Now that some time has passed, what do you miss about Buffy and Angel ?

I miss the way I walk in a long, black coat. If you walk that way without a long, black coat you look a little silly.

What would the music be like for the Macbeth movie you are planning ?

Hmmm, ummmm, uhhh... low orchestral, traditional Celtic war music and synthesized screeching in the chilly parts. It would be a horror film - I think one of the best horror stories ever told. Make no mistake, it is a slasher film.

What song(s), artist(s), or both get you in that place where you can just close your eyes, put your head back, and let the world fall away — when you let yourself be totally absorbed by the music ?

I don’t listen repeatedly to music unless it can cast a spell like that. I’ve mentioned in the past Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell and Tom Waits - to that I would add, in a very different way, Ry Cooder, and especially recommend an album he produced in Cuba called Buena Vista Social Club. It’s not a new album, but widely available and absolute magic.