2006 – FAQ & Answers
· Favorite Color
PS: GREEN, I GUESS. AT LEAST IT WAS GREEN WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, GROWING UP ON THE WEST COAST AMIDST THE RAIN FOREST. BUT I LOVE COLOUR, YELLOWS, ORANGES, REDS, ANY HUE FOUND IN A SUNSET. ANYTHING SLIGHTLY BURNT, BUT IF HARD PRESSED I’D SAY WHAT I SAID WHEN I WAS A KID: GREEN.
· Favorite Food
PS: I’M A FOODIE, SO THIS IS HARD… I ALWAYS WONDER, IF STUCK ON A DESERT ISLAND WITH A PERSONAL CHEF AND SUPPLIES WERE UNLIMITED… I’D WANT JAPANESE FOOD.
· Favorite Drinks
PS: I LIKE BEER, I LIKE VODKA, I LIKE SCOTCH, BUT I SIMPLY LOVE WATER
· Favorite Movies
PS: REALLY TOUGH, THERE ARE SO MANY. BUT IN THE TOP TEN I’D HAVE TO INCLUDE STAR WARS (EMPIRE STRIKES BACK), THE PRINCESS BRIDE AND THE PROFESSIONAL. CHINATOWN IS IN THERE, I REALLY LOVED SECRETS AND LIES, MAGNOLIA HAD A BIG INFLUENCE ON ME, GROUND HOG DAY AND LOST IN TRANSLATION – I LOVE THE NUANCED PERFORMANCES IN THAT FILM. AS A KID IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE SPAGHETTI WESTERNS WITH CLINT EASTWOOD. THESE DAYS JUST ABOUT ANYTHING CLINT DIRECTS WORKS FOR ME. DEAD MAN WALKING, FILMS OF REDEMPTION USUALLY TICKLE ME. TSOTSI WAS EXCELLENT. BUT THE BIGGEST EYE POPPERS OF THE YEAR WERE KING KONG AND SUPERMAN. HOW CAN YOU NOT ENJOY THAT RIDE? SORRY, NO FAVOURITE.
· Favorite Actors and Actresses
PS: ANOTHER TOUGH ONE, I’D HAVE TO SAY I’M CONSISTENTLY IMPRESSED WITH BEN KINGSLY, IAN MCKELLEN, SAM ROCKWELL, LIEV SHRIVER, GREG KINEAR and SEAN PENN. JEFF BRIDGES IS ONE OF THE GREAT UNHERALDED AMERICAN ACTORS. CATE BLANCHET CAN DO NO WRONG, MERYL STREEP BLOWS MY MIND, JODIE FOSTER IS AMAZING, JUDY DENCH AND A LITTLE YET TO BE UBER FAMOUS BUT NEVERTHELESS INCREDIBLE ELLEN PAGE – LOOK OUT FOR HER.
· Favorite Bands/Singers
PS: AGAIN TOUGH. I’M ALL OVER THE PLACE, FROM JOHNNY CASH TO GNARLS BARKLY, FROM STRAUSS TO STAN GETTS, FROM 60′S ROCK TO MY FRIEND MATT MURPHY. THERE’S A SLEW OF CANADIAN BANDS THAT ARE PRODUCING STUNNING MUSIC – STARS, ARCADE FIRE, DO – SAY – MAKE – THINK, NEW PORNOGRAPHERS, FIEST. STUFAN STEVENS AND POSTAL SERVICE FROM YOUR SIDE OF THE BORDER AS WELL.
· Favorite Authors
PS: YOU’RE KILLING ME HERE… DAVE EDGERS, DAVID FOSTER WALLACE, DAVID SEDARIS, MARTIN AMIS – THESE GUYS MAKE ME GIGGLE. AS A YOUNG MAN I ADMIRED ALAN WATTS. SOME OF THIS IS CULTURAL THEORY STUFF. SAM HARRIS – THE END OF FAITH – BRILLIANT. GUNS, GERMS AND STEAL – INTRIGUING. NADIME GORDIMER AND J.M. COETZEE FROM SOUTH AFRICA ( I LOVED ‘DISGRACED’) ALICE MUNROE IS MY FAVOURITE CANADIAN BUT KUDOS GO OUT TO MICHAEL ONDAATJE TOO.
· Favorite Books
PS: THE FAMISHED ROAD, THE BROTHERS KARAMOTZOV, LOVE IN THE TIME OF COLERA, CATCHER IN THE RYE
· Favorite Cities
PS: NEW YORK, LONDON, HONG KONG, PARIS BUT THERE ARE CITIES ALL OVER THE WORLD I HAVE YET TO VISIT.
· Favorite Sport to watch/play?
PS: SOCCER, BASKETBALL, HOCKEY IN THAT ORDER
· Best Book Made Into A Movie
PS: …? LORD OF THE RINGS?
· Favorite Directors to Work With
PS: MARIO AZZARPARDI, BRUCE MCDONALD, A GUY NAMED TIM SOUTHAM AND A GUY NAMED T.W. PEACOCKE. A WOMAN NAMED HOLLY DALE.
· Story or book Peter would like to see made into a film
PS: CHUMP CHANGE BY DAVID EDDIE
· Favorite StarGate SG-1 Technology
PS: HAS TO BE THE PORTAL (Gate) ITSELF
· If you could go back in time, would you? And where and when would you go back to?
PS: THE ENLIGHTENMENT, WHEN ROMANTIC LOVE WAS BORN.
· If your characters Markus Alexander or Malek were to be brought back, would you be willing to resume the roles?
PS: HOW MUCH ARE THEY GOING TO PAY ME?
· What inspires you to write?
PS: BIRDS, BUMS AND BONERS… SERIOUSLY, THE NATURAL WORLD AND THE HUMAN CONDITION, STORIES OF HOPE IN THE FACE OF EXTREME ADVERSITY.
· Is there an actor or actress you would like to work with in the future that you haven’t before?
PS: PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN AND PAUL GIAMATTI – ADD THOSE GUYS TO MY FAVOURITE ACTORS LIST.
