Interview with Diahann Carroll
Feb. 9th, 2010 07:32 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
katikatSpoilerTV posted a transcript of a phone interview with Diahann Carroll who now plays June on White Collar. The whole interview is really interesting, she talks about being a cancer survivor and what it was and is like to be an African American actress on TV and what's possibly in store for June - even though she wouldn't divulge any spoilers :P She had also many wonderful things to say about Matt Bomer:
C. Nyholm: Okay, well, and I do enjoy your character on White Collar. It's fun to see that relationship with Matt Bomer. I was wondering, is he as good looking in real life as he is on TV?
D. Carroll: If it's possible, he's better looking in real life and also very charming, and I think this is going to catapult him into the kind of stardom that he deserves. He is very hard-working and it's a delight to watch him in front of the camera. I think the character is perfect for him. He is really a bad boy who has good instincts and he looks the part. I'm enjoying it very much.
S. Lanoue: If there was one thing you could tell your fans from White Collar about your character that they would find surprising, what would it be? ... Or interesting.
D. Carroll: I think the relationship with Matt is very interesting and it's something that I see in my life, constantly, and that is women who are no longer young seem to find young men interesting and amusing, whereas they were not as interesting and amusing when I was young, and I think that happens to most women. We can afford that kind of relationship at this age.
T. Rogers: I noticed White Collar has become a real hit with fans. I just want to know, what is it about the show that you think draws in the viewers?
D. Carroll: Oh, so many things and not only is Matt beautiful, and his partner Tim, is a very handsome man also, the writing is outstanding, I think, and the look of it, it brings you into it immediately. You want to know what is going on in that set and you want to know who these people are, that operate in that—it's a very—it grabs you, as we say on the … It's a grabber and, once again, I must make comment about the writing. It's really wonderful.
R. Cordero: One more brief question. Could you tell us anything about June? What's going to be happening with her on the remainder of the season of White Collar?
D. Carroll: June is, at this moment, enjoying her relationship with her new found friend and I think that they're just getting, really, to know each other under all circumstances and she trusts him and is fascinated by him and also his friend (Mozzie).
I love it that she thinks that Matt is beautiful 8) I mean, he so is but it's great to hear it from such an awesome woman and respected actress :)
C. Nyholm: Okay, well, and I do enjoy your character on White Collar. It's fun to see that relationship with Matt Bomer. I was wondering, is he as good looking in real life as he is on TV?
D. Carroll: If it's possible, he's better looking in real life and also very charming, and I think this is going to catapult him into the kind of stardom that he deserves. He is very hard-working and it's a delight to watch him in front of the camera. I think the character is perfect for him. He is really a bad boy who has good instincts and he looks the part. I'm enjoying it very much.
S. Lanoue: If there was one thing you could tell your fans from White Collar about your character that they would find surprising, what would it be? ... Or interesting.
D. Carroll: I think the relationship with Matt is very interesting and it's something that I see in my life, constantly, and that is women who are no longer young seem to find young men interesting and amusing, whereas they were not as interesting and amusing when I was young, and I think that happens to most women. We can afford that kind of relationship at this age.
T. Rogers: I noticed White Collar has become a real hit with fans. I just want to know, what is it about the show that you think draws in the viewers?
D. Carroll: Oh, so many things and not only is Matt beautiful, and his partner Tim, is a very handsome man also, the writing is outstanding, I think, and the look of it, it brings you into it immediately. You want to know what is going on in that set and you want to know who these people are, that operate in that—it's a very—it grabs you, as we say on the … It's a grabber and, once again, I must make comment about the writing. It's really wonderful.
R. Cordero: One more brief question. Could you tell us anything about June? What's going to be happening with her on the remainder of the season of White Collar?
D. Carroll: June is, at this moment, enjoying her relationship with her new found friend and I think that they're just getting, really, to know each other under all circumstances and she trusts him and is fascinated by him and also his friend (Mozzie).
I love it that she thinks that Matt is beautiful 8) I mean, he so is but it's great to hear it from such an awesome woman and respected actress :)
