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Entertainment Tonight Interview with Gale Harold
December 1, 2000

Entertainment Tonight (ET): First of all, let's talk a little bit about how unique this program is to American audiences.

Gale Harold (GH): I think the thing that makes it really unique is that it's a show that doesn't sentimentalize the lives of the characters. It shows them completely real -- everything, the attractive and interesting aspects as well as the aspects that may or may not cause people to sit back from their television and say, "My God, I can't believe that person just did that." But, it's real life.

ET: Let's talk a little about what the show is about to those who haven't heard of "Queer as Folk." How would you describe it?

GH: I think that I would describe it as a comedic drama about five gay men who live and work in Pittsburgh and their interaction with each other and their families. My character is an advertising executive, very successful. Very brash, outgoing, unapologetic for himself and his lifestyle and what he holds to be the truth. He has a relationship with his best friend since high school, Michael (HAL SPARKS) who is very honest and upright, but he's a bit scared of life.

GH: Brian is somewhat his (Michael's) protector, but Brian is also somewhat exploitative in that relationship. And there's Emmett (PETER PAIGE) who's the more flamboyant, dynamic one of the bunch. Ted (SCOTT LOWELL) is sort of the analytical. I don't know how to describe Ted other than he tries to put a cap on things. But, all in all, five extremely real and … oh, and Justin (RANDY HARRISON), my new boyfriend, a 17-year-old teenager just finding his way in the world and trying to experience in reality the feelings that he has inside. He's going straight to the top of the experiential heap, so to say.

ET: Why do you think that this show will be so groundbreaking? People will be saying that this is something that they've never seen before. Can you tell us specifically why you think heads will turn?

GH: You're going to look at your television and you're going to see two men doing what they do and two men having an extremely intimate, extremely real, and extremely erotic and exciting relationship. That's one facet of it. The other facet is that the issues are extremely complex and are not curved to get around the impact that they have on people. We are not pulling any punches in terms of the issues of being a gay man in America, the dangers of that lifestyle, as well as the exhilaration of that lifestyle, which I don't think many people can relate to.

ET: When you first saw "Queer as Folk," were you surprised at how graphic and honest the depictions were?

GH: I was surprised. The context is different in the U.K., but when you put that videocassette in your machine and you realize that it was something that was mind-blowing .... I knew of it. I knew what the show was about, the context, and I knew something of the characters, but I had never seen a full episode. I had seen sort of a bastardized version of it that wasn't very clean. You watch it and the first thing you realize is that it's so verité, so real. The characters are introduced right off the bat and are just saying, this is my life, this is our world, this is where I come from. So, you're set up to see everything and then, they don't pull any punches and they take you through all of these different twists and turns right off the bat. The next thing you know, you're saying to yourself, "How did they get away with that?"

ET: How similar will this series be to the one from the U.K.? Is it going to be as graphic or as provocative?

GH: We hope so. The first thing that the two shows share is the quality of writing, the depth of the characters and the interlacing of those characters. It's going to share the same spirit which involves taking a character and putting him out there as vulnerable as possible to attain a state of revelation. I think that the filmmaking style of "Queer as Folk," really supports that. The way it's written is that in every scene the stakes are really high. There's no filler, there's no establishing moments. It's all almost at full speed.

GH: It's life. It's a filmed version of life. So, the viewers can take that statement and imagine what their life is like and if they are interested in seeing that happen between two other people, they should watch the show. I mean, that's not the only reason they should watch it, but it's definitely all there.

ET: Is there a lot of nudity in this?

GH: You're going to have to wait and see, but you've never seen anything like it. I guarantee that. When the work that we've done hits the screen, buy a new chair because you're going to have to sit down.

ET: People talk about how difficult it is to do love scenes, especially love scenes in the nude. Having seen the British series, there are no holds barred. How comfortable was it for you?

GH: Well, in the moments leading up to it, it's very difficult. You are preparing yourself for a scene, and the most important thing is to remain emotionally available and remain in the moment with your scene partner. You don't want to let your own self-consciousness block the flow of creativity that's coming out so that you can act and react, and play what the scene is all about.

GH: So, yeah, in the moments before the greatest concern is that self-consciousness will limit or handicap the scene. For me, the only thing that you can do is step off and go for it. And when I did, it was amazing. For those scenes, it's some of the most relaxing and fulfilling work because you really have to forget about everything other than just playing the action and the moment. That really is an amazing sort of freedom because you don't always get to do that. The stakes are not that high usually.

ET: What steps do you think television and in film have made that allowed this program to now be on television?

GH: Yeah, there has definitely been a lot of work done, but I also think that it's just time. I mean, let's face it, it's 2000 and people are beginning to wake up on some level. I think that, as I was saying earlier, there's just no denying the impact that showing people the truth can have. It allows people to understand themselves, and when you understand yourself you can understand the people around you. And then you can begin to let go of all the bullshit that leads into things like world wars, racism, stereotypes, and bigotry.

ET: Do you think that we'll ever see something like this on network television?

GH: Yeah, hopefully. Hopefully.

ET: Are we far away from it?

GH: There's no way for me to know that, you know? The show could hit; it could blow everyone's mind. There could be people running through the streets screaming for joy, but that doesn't mean that the people who are in control are going to … I just think that it's probably pretty hard to shove commercials down people's throats and sell them meaningless products once their mind has been expanded past a certain point -- once life has grown more interesting than sitting on a couch watching a television show.
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