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Comments From Rock Stars About "Rock Star"

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TIMOTHY OLYPHANT (Plays Mark Wahlberg's best friend and guitarist in "Blood Pollution")


Did you have a musical background - before this film?
None baby.

And what was the practice for this role like?
It was as little as possible and just kind of wing it (laughing). That's my philosophy.

Did you do anything special to prepare for your role?
Just learn the lines, show up, hit the mark, get the paycheck and go home.




BETH GRANT


Did you have any ties to rock and roll, prior to this film?
When I just started out I wanted to be in rock and roll. But, I can't sing and I can't play an instrument. I used to work in an office where Gene Simmons' (KISS) company was. He used to come in and type on the typewriter and he could do like - ask him - 160 or 200 words per minute, with no mistakes. I was there the day the letter arrived - because you know they were just this little group out in Queens until they got that letter, and the pyrotechnical. And, I used to hang out with War and others, so this is Heaven! I'm so excited - I've been in 40 movies and this is my favorite one ever! I love Mark Wahlberg.

Have you ever "been" with the band?
Where's my husband (laughing). You could say fairly that I wanted to be with the band (more laughing). I'll let everyone guess whether or not it happened.




EVERCLEAR


Is this film close to what life is like for your band?
We're not that kind of band. We're like - our period of music, we missed all the fun stuff, I got to say. We timed it wrong. The whole like - rabid groupie thing. I mean I think it works for some bands like these guys behind us who look like rock stars (pointing to some of the musicians in attendance). We look like guys who were looking for the pizza place and got lost. I'm saying that jokingly but I'm seriously feeling so out of my depth here. I mean we do this stuff a lot, we've sold a lot of records, and we sell alot of tickets and we're a big rock band but we don't act like it - and we don't think like it.




FRED DURST (Limp Bizkit)


How is your baby doing?
The baby is great - he's so killer.

Do you want him to be a rock star?
No, I do NOT want him to be a rock star.

What's up with your beard.
I just got lazy so I brought out the clippers and just kind of trimmed it. I'm under a weird period in my life from writing and I'm feeling like a reject and looking like...



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