Laurel Holloman

AE: Those are deep issues to delve into.

LH: I know, I should try to go for a comedy but it just doesn’t really come my way [laughs].

AE: What are you looking at now?

LH: Nothing right now. I’m just back slowly starting to audition and meet and see if anything fits, and hoping the show [The L Word] goes again, and we’ll see. I don’t know. There’s a couple things that I’m hoping for, but I don’t know.

AE: Is there a question that you always get asked in interviews?

LH: Yeah. It’s amazing because you guys never ask this and Diva and She magazine, they never ask "What’s it like to kiss a girl?" But sometimes you’ll get a straight publication that’s like, "What’s it like to kiss a girl?" and I just want to laugh at them. I want to be like: "It’s really nice. You should try it."

I don’t know what to say to that question because it’s just a silly question to me at this point. That question is like a dinosaur. It’s dated. You know what I’m saying? That’s kind of silly. … Like hey, let’s talk about these characters, let’s talk about these women, let’s talk about these relationships, let’s talk about the political climate we’re in. What do you feel like when you watch me kiss a woman, I don’t know, can you answer it? I know who my character is, and this is part of who she is, this is part of everything that makes her up.

AE: I have another question for you. Who’s the first girl you had a crush on?

LH: The first girl I ever had a crush on when I was younger was Kristy McNichol.

AE: Kristy McNichol. Classic choice.

LH: Classic, and probably eventually Jodie Foster. But I don’t know if that’s a crush or just somebody that I admire so much. It could be one of those talent crushes. But I remember just thinking that Kristy McNichol was probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen, and Little Darlings?

AE: Yeah, that’s what she was in.

LH: Yeah, I just remember there was so much soulfulness, if you look at that film and her trying so hard to be tough, and underneath being very vulnerable. I’m trying to think — I didn’t have any girl crushes in my life when I was younger, real-life ones, and after I shot Two Girls in Love, I got a crush on someone that worked on that movie.

AE: Oh, OK.

LH: Yeah, so there you go.

AE: Anything more that you’d like to tell me about that?

LH: Just that, um, that — that crush probably turned into my first experience with a woman, and it was beautiful and amazing, and it never happened again, and I wished it had. But anyway, there you go. [laughs]

AE: That’s great.

LH: But now I’m married, married and monogamous. Very married, very happy.

AE: How old is your daughter now?

LH : She’s 3.

AE: Three, OK.

LH: Yeah, yeah, and I have an honesty that I probably shouldn’t have so much about all of these things, but I learned a lot from Two Girls until now, and one thing I’ve learned — because I have had people try to tell me what I can say to the press — [is] I just like to be myself. And that’s what I want to emulate for my daughter, that it’s OK to be honest.

AE: That’s wonderful.

LH: I’m not a person that wants to live in a state of fear. Oh, I know a weird question I’m always asked! What do fans do? Has a fan done anything weird? And, um, no. Because I don’t live in this state of paranoia about fans, and I’ve been really lucky, and everyone’s been so gracious and so excited that the show’s there.

I mean, even when Tina was behaving badly, I went out to Dinah Shore and I did some autograph signing, and like I kind of booed Tina’s behavior, and they did too, but then after that everyone was really nice to me [laughs]. I’m not just saying this, it’s really the truth: We have the best fans! We have the best fans.

AE: Is there anything else that you want to tell your fans?

LH: Thank you. [laughs] And don’t give up on Tina. Don’t give up on Tina, that’s all I have to say. She’s trying to find her way back into her true self, and I think she had to take this time to grow as a person, and just grow up a little bit and figure out who she is outside of the dynamic of that relationship. She struggled with who she is in that. She’s figuring it out.

AE: That sounds very hopeful.

LH: Yeah, everyone has to remember that Bette’s in a relationship with Jodi. Tina’s doing the best she can. She’s alone. She’s the loner now. So that takes a lot of courage, and I think that’s where Tina starts to really mature.

AE: I look forward to seeing it. I really do.

LH: Yeah, good. I love your website!

AE: Oh, thanks! I’m glad you do.

LH: Yeah, I just think that you guys do a really good job, and I just think it’s great.

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