Gina Gershon Interview on Jay Leno (1999-09-14)

Gina Gershon Interview on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1999-09-14)

Gina Gershon Interview on Katie (2013-09-30)

Gina Gershon Interview with Katie Couric (2013-09-30)


Gina Gershon tells Katie what made her change her mind about playing the iconic Donatella Versace
in Lifetime's "House of Versace."


Gina Gershon talked with Katie Couric about becoming a gay icon after doing Bound, despite her “people”
telling her not to. Later Gina Gershon explains why the search for her missing cat resulted in so many
crazy stories that she was offered a book deal to share them!

Gina Gershon on The Wendy Williams Show (2013-09-30)

Gina Gershon on The Wendy Williams Show (2013-09-30)


Gina Gershon Interview on The Wendy Williams Show (2013-09-30).
Actress Gina Gershon promotes her new movie "House of Versace", premieres October 5th on Lifetime.

Gina Gershon as Donatella Versace in House of Versace

Gina Gershon Interview on Entertainment Weekly (Jun 20, 2007)

Gina Gershon Interview on Entertainment Weekly (Jun 20, 2007)

Coffee Break With Gina Gershon EW.com

EW.com catches up with the actress to ask about ''Camp Creepy Time,'' her first young-adult book; her roles on ''Ugly Betty'' and ''Rescue Me''; and who's the best kisser - Tom Cruise, Lenny Kravitz, or Jennifer Tilly

Gina Gershon has a hard time with probing interviewers (ahem!) before breakfast or her daily latte. ''My brain is too slow,'' complains the actress, 45. She must have had some wicked reinforcements, then, while co-writing her first, just-out book for young adults, Camp Creepy Time, a werewolves-mummies-and-vampires tale that's already been optioned for a film. Gershon — a part-time rocker who's occasionally known as Ugly Betty's Fabia — can be seen as Denis Leary's steady on the new season of FX's Rescue Me. That character's name? ''I can't remember. I must be hungry.''

Entertainment Weekly: Let's talk about Rescue Me and your role. What's your character/role going to be like?
Gina Gershon: I'm going to be Denis Leary's girlfriend. We're still developing her, we're making her up as we go.

EW: What's her name?
GG: I can't remember [laughs]. Uh, isn't that pathetic? I must be hungry. The funny thing is, he asks my name [but] I actually haven't said my name out loud and neither has he. So in the first two episodes you don't know what my name is. At this point, her name could be anything. So we could change her name. In fact, I remember thinking, I don't even like her name, we should change her name. The name at this moment is irrelevant. We kind of meet and do our thing and he has no idea what my name is. I'm nameless.

EW: You've known Denis for sometime now, right. How did you two connect for Rescue Me?
GG: We've known each other for a long time but we really connected through our friend Ted Demme who died a few years ago. I was actually surprised it took him so long to write something for me. Because I did his [Comedy Central] Roast, and his other show. He's a really close friend of mine.

EW: Any idea if Fabia is going to be back for Ugly Betty next season?
GG: Who knows? People keep asking me that question. I think people want me to come back. I guess if they'll pay me enough, I'll come back. I'm just kidding. Don't write that down. Actually...it's a very Fabia answer.

EW: And what about Camp Creepy Time? DreamWorks bought the rights and you're going to produce?
GG: I'm a producer on it...isn't that crazy? And hopefully I'll be acting in it as well. I'm just excited. I want the screenplay to be finished. I'm really, really excited. I can't believe I'll be working on a movie with DreamWorks and Nickelodeon. It's just surreal when I'm talking to Steven Spielberg about the project. I just kind of start laughing, thinking, ''God, this is so amazing.'' It feels like a dream. And Richard LaGravenese, he's been working on the script and it's all so good.


Actress Gina Gershon attends The Hollywood Reporter's Nominees' Night Party
at the Getty House on February 24, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

EW: And what's going on with your music? Are you coming out with an album?
GG: Yeah, I'm coming out with an album on iTunes. It should be in July. And I changed the name. I've done all of this press, saying I'm going to call it ''In Search of Cleo.'' I'm going to call it ''Midnight Girl.''

EW: Oh cool. That's the name of one of the tracks too right?
GG: It is. Look at you with your research.

EW: Got to do the research. I also listened to ''Pretty Girls on Prozac.''
GG: Did you like it?

EW: Yeah, it's good. And hilarious.
GG: When I first started singing that to my friends...they just start laughing, because there's a truthfulness to it. That song was based on this actress who literally was upset about her boyfriend. This girl who has absolutely everything — she was gorgeous, but she was all kind of screwed up, and she was taking these anti-depressants and...blah, blah, blah.

EW: So going back to your Pretty in Pink days, you played a bully. Now, you're coming out with this children's book. How do you reconcile the two?
GG: Um, there are a lot of bullies in Camp Creepy Time [laughs]. The main character Einstein is a bit of an anti-hero. It's not like your typical nice guy. Not everyone's a nice guy in that book.

EW: So which John Hughes movie would you say is your favorite and is there a character you identify with the most?
GG: I'd have to say Pretty in Pink, and my character. Since I played it, I can identify with it.

EW: Okay, this is silly. How many times a day do you look at yourself in the mirror and what do you say to yourself?
GG: I look as little as possible.

EW: Do you ever do that all-angle, two mirrors approach?
GG: I really try to avoid that. It just gets a little sad and depressing. I don't think it's natural to have mirrors. I think the world would be a better place if there weren't any mirrors at all. I think people would be happier. I really do. I'm not even being funny about that.


Gina Gershon attends the "The Iron Lady" New York premiere at the Ziegfeld Theater on Dec. 13, 2011 in NYC.

EW: Do you remember the first movie you made out with somebody in?
GG: Cocktail.

EW: Which actor is the best kisser?
GG: Hmm. That's a tough one. I'd say Lenny Kravitz.

EW: The ''Again'' music video is really hot.
GG: [Laughs] It's sexy. It's fun. He called me up literally: ''What are you doing tomorrow?'' I'm like, ''I don't know.'' He was like, ''Can you come to New York and do this thing?'' You know, you gotta support your friends.

EW: Right. Come make out with me.
GG: [Laughs] Yeah, that was a little weird. I was like, ''Yeah, we could do that.'' I have to say Jennifer [Tilly] is a pretty good kisser. She was a surprisingly good kisser.

EW: Do you think there's a common thread in your filmography and if so, do you think there's a vibe or a theme?
GG: I think the randomness is the only thing that's common. [in coffee shop, orders a latte] Don't you think? My filmography is so random.

EW: Are you at Starbucks?
GG: No, I'm against Starbucks, unless they want to sell my album, then I think they're the greatest. [Laughs] Isn't that terrible? I realized I can't say anything bad. They'd be like ''Oh no, look at this artist, she's against us.'' And I'd be like, ''Oh no, I never said that. The damn journalist, putting words in my mouth again.'' What was the question?

EW: How do you choose your roles and is there a genre that you're just not interested in doing?
GG: Well, you know I just kind of ask my trusty 8 ball, ''Should I do this part?'' Not really but that's what it feels like sometimes. You have no idea. It's like one day you're in the mood for something. I don't really have a plan for better or worse. It's like the tequila game, you just kind of drink whenever you want.

EW: If you could erase an entry on your IMDB filmography, what would it be?
GG: Uh, probably, Driven. I'd probably have to take that one off.

EW: I didn't see that.
GG: Oh, God. Actually, that's too hard to say. There's too many of those. It was a racing car movie. I take it back, that's my favorite. I don't know, I'd have to look at it. If you're looking at IMDB, which I certainly like to call Lie.com, half of those movies I haven't even done. I'll be like, What is this movie, I haven't even done it. You can't believe IMDB or Wikipedia for any real...I mean, they get everything wrong. They get where you were born wrong. When did we have five brothers and sisters? Sometimes you just say things in interviews, you know, you just get bored and just say whatever comes to your head. I used to change my age all of the time because I wanted to be older for a part. And that s--- comes and bites you in the ass later on. Honestly, there's like three or four movies on there that maybe we talked about doing it for a second, but I never actually did them. The Internet has been so great, but it's so dangerous. I mean, look, you're a journalist, I'm just saying, do me a favor: do go to those sources if they're not accurate. I have my coffee now and I'm so happy. All right, what else?

EW: What's your porn name: that's your childhood pet's name + the street you grew up on.
GG: Oh, no. I thought it was your mother's maiden name.

EW: No, it's your pet's name. Did you have a pet?
GG: Yeah. But that's such personal information. I don't think I can give that out at this time. I don't just like randomly give out my porn name that easily. I have to at least be taken out to dinner for that one.


Actress Gina Gershon attends the premiere of "Coriolanus" at Paris Theater on Jan. 17, 2012 in NYC.

Gina Gershon Interview on Entertainment Weekly (Jun 15, 2007)

Gina Gershon Interview on Entertainment Weekly (Jun 15, 2007)

The EW Pop Culture Personality Test: Gina Gershon EW.com

The ''Rescue Me'' star wishes she had been in ''The Wizard of Oz''

Gina Gershon has a hard time with personality tests (ahem!) before breakfast or her daily latte. "My brain is too slow," complains the actress, 45. She must have had some wicked reinforcements, then, while co-writing her first, just-out book for young adults, Camp Creepy Time, a werewolves-mummies-and-vampires tale that's already been optioned for a film. Gershon — a part-time rocker who's occasionally known as Ugly Betty's Fabia — can be seen as Denis Leary's steady on the new season of FX's Rescue Me. That character's name? "I can't remember. I must be hungry."

Entertainment Weekly: If you could have starred in any movie in history, which one would it be?
Gina Gershon: Probably The Wizard of Oz. [It] always makes me happy. I would have liked to be the Wicked Witch. Margaret Hamilton was pretty genius.

EW: If my life were a drinking game, people would...
GG: Take a shot whenever they felt like it.

EW: Which rocker do you relate to most? (A) Chrissie Hynde (B) Janis Joplin (C) Joan Jett (D) Stevie Nicks
GG: Oh, man, that's tough. I'd have to go with Chrissie Hynde. She's pretty badass. She can play guitar.

EW: How do you unwind after a long day?
GG: Just get in the bathtub and eat, have a glass of wine. I'm into meals in the tub.


Actress Gina Gershon attends the 2011 CIROC The New Year party
at Gansevoort Park Avenue on December 31, 2010 in New York City.


EW: Choose one: (A) The Beatles (B) The Rolling Stones
GG: The Beatles. I mean, come on: I'd rather hang out with John Lennon.

EW: Who was your best onscreen kiss with?
GG: That's a tough one. I'd say Lenny Kravitz [in his video for 2000's ''Again'']. And I have to say, Jennifer Tilly is pretty good.

EW: If I had to gain 30 pounds for a role, I would eat...
GG: [For 1988's 'Red Heat'] I ate shrimp po'boys and drank Guinness.

EW: Who's your favorite Muppet? (A) Gonzo (B) Miss Piggy (C) Kermit the Frog (D) Fozzie
GG: Because it's just not easy being green. I thought he dealt with it really well.

EW: If you could be in any band (besides your own), which would you choose?
GG: It'd be fun to have played with John Coltrane or Dizzy Gillespie, if I were really good on the bass trombone.

EW: Stranded on an island, who would you eat first?
(A) Arnold Schwarzenegger (B) John Travolta (C) Molly Ringwald (D) Jennifer Tilly
GG: She has really nice skin. If you eat one of those hairy guys, it's too much work getting that hair out from your teeth.

EW: What wouldn't you do in a movie?
GG: I don't think I'd, like, kill a chicken and eat it.


Actress Gina Gershon arrives at the 18th annual Elton John AIDS Foundation Oscar Party
held at Pacific Design Center on March 7, 2010 in West Hollywood, California.

Gina Gershon Interviews on Delirious (2006)

Gina Gershon Exclusive Interview on Delirious (2006)


Tom DiCillo & Gina Gershon at Sundance with HP


The DL: Gina Gershon Interview


Gina Gershon Sex Tape - (Delirious the movie)

Actress Gina Gershon talks ‘Killer Joe' (2012-08-05)

Dan Gross interviews actress Gina Gershon on ‘Killer Joe' (2012-08-05)


Actress Gina Gershon talks ‘Killer Joe' Source: Philly.com

Gina Gershon warned her mother that she may want to skip "Killer Joe," in which the actress has a few scenes sure to make any loved ones uncomfortable. But mom still planned to bring 10 friends to see her daughter in the dark, violent William Friedkin film that opens here Friday.
Gershon was recently in town to promote the film in which she co-stars with Emile Hirsch, Thomas Haden Church, Juno Temple, and Matthew McConaughey, with whom she shared a difficult-to-shoot scene that included a fried chicken drumstick. She plays a woman who helps plot the murder of her husband's ex-wife for insurance money.



"These are toxic people, living in a toxic environment doing the best they know how and making bad decisions and having even worse outcomes," Gershon says of the family at the center of the film, which Tracy Letts adapted from his 1993 play. Not only does Gershon not object to on-screen nudity, as fans of "Bound" and "Showgirls" may recall, but her first appearance on screen in "Killer Joe" is made while she is naked from the waist down.
On a completely unrelated note of course, Gershon's new book In Search of Cleo: How I Found My Pussy and Lost My Mind, is out Oct. 11.


Gina Gershon screencaps from the interview (2012-08-05)

Gina Gershon discusses Showgirls (Nov. 28, 2012)

Gina Gershon discusses Showgirls (Nov. 28, 2012) BigIssue

Gershon discusses the notorious Showgirls, the 'hypocritical' ratings system, and dark comedy-drama Killer Joe

Steven MacKenzie: Killer Joe became notorious for its adult content but you’ve been in a few grown-up movies before. Showgirls is still the highest grossing NC-17 [UK 18-rated] film of all time…
Gina Gershon: Is it? It might have been but, look, what’s NC-17 about that movie? You see harsher stuff on TV these days. They went after it because Paul Verhoeven had just made Basic Instinct.
It was ridiculous Showgirls was NC-17.

SM: You’re not a big fan of the rating system?
GG: Before Killer Joe I dealt with the ratings board twice and both times it was arbitrary and hypocritical – honestly,
I don’t get it.



SM: It seems films can be very violent, but when it comes to sex the ratings board gets prissy.
GG: Especially in the States. It’s about nudity. You see so much in a PG-13 [UK 12A] but if you see someone making love it’s NC-17. They tried to make Bound NC-17 until we changed the sex scene. The new one was much more violent but they said ‘That’s okay’ and made it an R [Restricted]. And the problem they had with the original?
It was a love scene between two women.

SM: Nevertheless, I can see why Killer Joe was classified NC-17. Parts of it are quite intense.
GG: Yeah, it’s violent. Should an 11-year-old see it? No. It’s not about age. You could be 30 and, if you want a romantic comedy, this is not your movie. I mean, it does have romantic scenes in it…

SM: It depends on your definition of romance.
GG: The scene between Matthew McConaughey and Juno Temple, there’s something romantic for these two people.



SM: But he’s in his 40s and... how old is she supposed to be?
GG: I think she’s right on the border. Although in white-trash land 15 is 18; the rules are a little different.

SM: You don’t seem like you grew up in a trailer park. How did you get into the character?
GG: I’ve been around a lot of trailer parks. My ex was in a rock band and he toured through all those areas.
I kinda got into it.

SM: There was talk of you writing a musical based on Showgirls. What happened?
GG: I had a good idea for it and it would have been funny but I got involved with writing in other things, then I lost interest. I’ve been very discreet about that movie. I could write a whole book on Showgirls.

SM: I think you should.
GG: The reason I did Killer Joe was so people would stop talking about Showgirls!
SM: They never will, I’m sorry.

Gina Gershon Interview on Majic WMJI 105.7 Radio (2012-10-22)

Gina Gershon Interview on Majic WMJI 105.7 Radio in Cleveland - The Lanigan and Malone Show (2012-10-22)
Actress Gina Gershon Talks About Her Memoir "In Search Of Cleo". Today (2012-10-22) we talked with actress Gina Gershon about her memoir "In Search of Cleo: How I Found My Pussy and Lost My Mind", where she chronicles her two-month-long search to find her lost cat on the streets of LA. In her quest to find her beloved feline, Gina enlisted the help of friends, strangers, pet psychics and even a Santeria priest who slapped her with a chicken! And of course no interview with Gina would be complete without Malone mentioning that he's a big fan of her movie "Bound."

Gina Gershon & Jennifer Tilly Interview on Bound (1996)

Gina Gershon & Jennifer Tilly Interview on Bound (1996)

Gina Gershon Talks New Book & Dating Again (Nov 16, 2012)

Gina Gershon attends the "Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel" New York Premiere
at the Museum of Modern Art on September 8, 2012 in New York City

Gina Gershon Talks New Book, Dating Again and Working With Tom Cruise (Nov 16, 2012) Celebuzz

If you’re buying Gina Gershon’s new book, How I Found My Pussy and Lost My Mind, and expecting to read a salacious sexual saga, expect to be sorely disappointed. Instead, the title is actually referring to her beloved cat, Cleo, and the witty and quirky events that occurred when Cleo went missing in Los Angeles for over two months.

In light of the book’s October release, Celebuzz caught up with the 50-year-old star of such movies as Bound and Showgirls to talk about the pages in her memoir, her long career in Hollywood and what it was like to work with Tom Cruise in Cocktail.

Celebuzz: In the book, you described Arthur, one of the men who helped you on your search, as an angel.
Gina Gershon: I feel like he probably was — but I’m not sure. I just know it was weird. I get skeptical talking about this stuff because it sounds so weird. I have to say he was definitely there [for me], especially the times I was really distraught, and [he] always made me feel better. He calmed me down in a really profound way. He kind of fit the description of an angel in a lot of ways.

Celebuzz: Also in the book, you had just ended a longterm relationship. Are you dating now?
GG: I am. It’s going really well. We’ll see what happens. I’m not really thinking about it too much, to be honest.

Celebuzz: You have the entire GLBT community covered with your work in Bound and Showgirls.
GG: [Laughs] It would be nice to think so, wouldn’t it? I have a nice group of fans. Listen:
It’s better than having them hate you, especially gay guys; they’re very catty, so to speak.
I have a very interesting fan base — very diverse. I like it.

Celebuzz: I have to tell you, I watch Cocktail every time it comes on TV.
GG: I haven’t see it in so long. I saw a blurb of it the the other day. I was looking at myself, and Oh my God, I had baby fat. I was so young. We were all babies. I have to say about Tom Crusie, he was pretty awesome. I always thought, What a great guy, he’s worth everything he gets. He was so nice to me — such a sweetheart.
I loved working with him.

Celebuzz: And you were in Pretty in Pink!
GG: Oh God. I was a mean girl. I only had a couple of scenes.
I came in and was mean to little Molly Ringwaldand I left.
That was one of the first things I ever did.

How I Found My Pussy and Lost My Mind is now available in bookstores nationwide.

Gina Gershon Interview on Steve Agee's Uhhh (2012-11-07)

Gina Gershon Interview on Steve Agee's Uhhh (2012-11-07) Amidst the never ending construction happening at Steve’s place, he welcomes the incredible actor Gina Gershon to join the fun! Listen or download the interview.

Gina Gershon Interview on SXSW Film Festival (2012-03-10)

Gina Gershon Interview on South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival (March 2012)


Mark Walters of http://bigfanboy.com talks to writer Tracy Letts, actress Gina Gershon, actor Emile Hirsch
and star Matthew McConaughey about director William Friedkin's new movie KILLER JOE
on the red carpet at the 2012 South by Southwest Film Festival


AUSTIN, TX - MARCH 10: (L-R) Actor Emile Hirsch, actress Gina Gershon and actor Matthew McConaughey attend the U.S. Premiere of "Killer Joe" during the 2012 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at the Paramount Theatre\ on March 10, 2012 in Austin, Texas.


Actress Gina Gershon arrives at the U.S. Premiere of "Killer Joe" during the 2012 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at the Paramount Theatre on March 10, 2012 in Austin, Texas.

Gina Gershon Talks Cleo & Showgirls (2012-10-22)

Gina Gershon Talks Cleo & Showgirls (2012-10-22)


Gina Gershon talks her cat Cleo and discusses Showgirls dropping f-bomb on the critics of the movie.


Gina Gershon book signing "In Search for Cleo: How I Found My Pussy and Lost My Mind"
at Books and Books on October 22, 2012 in Coral Gables, Florida.