Mr. Stewart Loves His Trekkies
Patrick Stewart is opening on Broadway in "Macbeth." He spoke to Nicki Gostin.
Everyone says you're a lock for the Tony.
I get very nervous, because like most people in show business I'm very superstitious. I'm old enough to know you must never, ever predict anything.
"Macbeth" is supposed to be cursed. Do you have any lucky charms?
I have my little routines. I always put my left boot on before my right boot, and I have a little mantra that I go through right before I go onstage.
Lady Macbeth. Misunderstood?
Let's make no bones about it, they are both very bad. It is a codependent relationship.
I always thought Macbeth was a little henpecked.
My Lady Macbeth is less than half my age. That explains a lot.
Did you ever get sick of the jumpsuit on "Star Trek"?
Sick of it? I came to loathe it. We actually got rid of it after the second season thanks to my chiropractor, who said if they don't take you out of that costume we are going to slap a lawsuit on Paramount for the lasting damage done to your spine.
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Posted By: Portal99@aol.com @ 04/14/2008 2:50:56 PM
Comment: Those "weird" Trekkies happen to comprise this nation's greatests professionals: doctors, lawyers, scientists, etc. At a minimum, this ignorant reporter should apologize for her narrow-mindedness and lame "journalism."
Posted By: Cho_cho @ 04/11/2008 2:25:31 PM
Comment: Wow. Imagine the award-winning actor Patrick Stewart's surprise to be invited to talk to Newsweek about doing Shakespeare on Broadway, only to instead find himself chatting about the chafing qualities of Lycra that's too small. What a wasted opportunity! Maybe Ms. Gostin missed reading "Macbeth" in her high school syllabus? Nobody familiar with "Macbeth" would deem it too boring a subject for an interview. It's my favorite of the tragedies, and I bet Mr. Stewart is great in it.
Posted By: Rob H @ 04/10/2008 9:02:48 PM
Comment: Jeez, if Newsweek hire interviewers like Nicki that tells me one of two things are happening:
1. Newsweek horribly lowered the Bar
2. Nicki is related to a Corporate Manager for Newsweek.
The article was suppose to be about his play, Ms. Gostin. And you somehow thought it would be cute to put down people who enjoyed the Star Trek series . Can you explain to me, Ms. Gostin, how in the world MacBeth ties into Star Trek?
What compelled you to end the article like that? Writer spontanity? Immaturity? Or a lack of prefessionalism?