Awesomeness @ Out.com + Parker Posey extras

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Awesome things over at Out.com I have been remiss in not pointing you towards:

> An excerpt from Torchwood star and Out cover boy John Barrowman's autobiography, out in the US this week.

> A Q&A with the reclusive Portishead, back after 11 years with a new album.

> A sexy, dangerous view on surveillance tapes in an Ohio men's room, circa 1962.

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And, below, some extras from Matthew Breen's interview with Parker Posey:

Network television is a capricious business. Just ask the divine Parker Posey, star of the new-yet-already-cancelled sitcom The Adventures of Jezebel James. The series was promising, with a sweet, clever story, a top-notch cast that included Six Feet Unders's Lauren Ambrose, and a rapid-fire dialog written by Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino. In an era where all series must be instant hits, the show had low initial ratings and was canceled after just a few short weeks, precluding the slow burn that fired up mega-hits like Seinfeld and Friends. I spoke with Posey for this issue, and you can read the interview at Out.com, but here are a few extras, including her thoughts on too much television, paparazzi, and whose dog is best in show.

Out: You’re not a TV watcher now?
Parker Posey: No, I was kind of being a little too addictive with it, and it felt like a distraction to me. There was a time [in the past when] I didn’t watch any TV, and then I was feeling a little out of place and little too weird, and then I started watching TV and then I could bind over certain shows with strangers. I'm not sure about [television] audiences. If I like something I'll buy the DVD set. You know The Comeback? I love that show. I could watch that stuff over and over. I don't know if audiences have the same relationship to TV that we did as kids, because with the internet now -- there's a lot of criticism. The internet has just changed everything. The effect of television can be really dangerous. If I was a kid right now? I was raised on TV. If you’re a sensitive human and there is TV going on in your house, it can wreck you.

What was your favorite role?
It might sound precious, but everything is it's own thing, like, who was involved, what in my life was happening at the time, and the dialogue was going on between me and the movie. Sometimes, like The Eye, I'm so happy I did that movie, I had such a wonderful time in Albuquerque. The need to get away and to travel, you know? That's one of the best things about what I do.

If you weren't acting?
Something in the arts, dancing, writing, pottery, yoga, something in the city in where I can live here and get away. I have commune fantasies. There, I said it. I don't think it'll ever happen, but it doesn't mean I can't idealize it. That ideal couldn't happen right now because everyone would be too busy on iChat. Everyone's so reachable now.

What are the similarities between you and your character?
Well, that's none of your business! [Giggles.] I'm in a good place night now. I'm not in a place where I think I should have kids, you know, because it's the thing to do, it's what women do -- they have kids. There's a part of our society that thinks if you a woman and you don't have children, there's something wrong with you, that you aren't complete, and that you are overly ambitious. I'm a mother to a lot of people. I'm a mother to my dog, I'm a mother to my friends, I garden, I do pottery, I exercise that part of myself. Honestly, I don't know if it's in my plan, if it'll happen. I have no idea. I've loved a lot of people. I've learned a lot in my relationships, and I'm happy to say that I haven't had children yet. And I'm approaching 40! And I'm really happy to be single and happy to be independent and successful and happy. There's an evolution, a growth of this country. The paradigm is shifting. There are still a lot of issues and there's still a lot of finding our way. What Hillary has gone through running [for president] is a big example to how far we have not come [and] how scared this country is of female power. [It's a] how dare you? kind of attitude... I had that in the South, and I'm like, I'm going to go be an actress. What? Who do you think you are?

You worked with Jessica Alba, who has been on lots of magazine covers lately. Did you ever want to be on the cover of men's magazines?
I love Jessica! There's a thing about being a Maxim cover girl thing in the last 20 years... Maybe it's arrogance, but I always thought I had more to say. My parents didn't raise me to think looks are important. They didn't really compliment me all that much! It was more about being Catholic and being a good person. You know that thing that I think a lot of the girls do now, it's like I'm pretty so I'm going to hypnotize you. 

Ever dated a girl?
No, I like the other thing too much. I like guys. But I’m just enjoying being a single gal right now. I don't really know what dating is, so...

If you wanted to, you could be tabloid fodder. What would you do if you wanted to be?
It was so silly. Me and a girlfriend were driving were doing some car errands and drove by some paparazzi guy leaning against the wall, and I [said to my friend], "What would you do if I was to like get his attention if I start screaming at him?" We were just at Bed Bath & Beyond and she was like, "I'll give you some of my coupons" to roll down the window. So I just started laughing my head off and I really, really screamed it. It was like, "Oh my God, it’s Parker Posey!" We laughed so hard. It was so high school. It's like really rare to do something so high school when you’re a grown up and I got a lot of joy out of it.

Did he get a photo?
No he didn't. Isn't that silly? I was walking at the piers with my friend and we ran into Ethan Hawk and his girlfriend and their dog and I said, "Oh hey, what’s up?" and I noticed that there's like three paparazzi guys across the street. I had my dog and he had his dog and we said goodbye and I turned to my friend and said, "Oh how funny would it be if like Parker Posey And Gal Pal Walk A Little Dog Thru The West Village?" And I turned to the paparazzi guys and I'm like, "Hey you guys want a picture?" and so I just stand there [while they took pictures]. And they were like, "thank you thank you thank you."

Were you dressed appropriately?
No, I looked like a rag, and then one of the guys yelled after I leave -- they're like really in high school -- "Yeah we got a picture!" And another was like, "Your dog's much cuter than Ethan Hawk's!"

-- MATTHEW BREEN