THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG KILBORN!
This Marla interview took place on 3/22/00.
Craig: Our next guest has brought some needed spunk to ABC's Sunday night hit "The Practice" and I understand she does something similier in the new film "Whatever It Takes" opening Friday.
(They show the "Game Hall" clip from the movie.)
Ryan: Is everything okay?
Maggie: The last book he read was "Nine Stories".
Ryan: Salinger! Wow!
Maggie: And it gets worse. The Beastie Boys, The Eels, an old cheap trick.
Ryan: He aced it! Movies?
Maggie: "Stripes", "Casablanca", and anything by Monty Pylo.
(The clip ends!)
Craig: Well, there you go! Marla Sokoloff!
(The crowd cheers as Marla walks out!)
Craig: (As Marla sits down) Hello There!
Marla: Hi!
Craig: Uh, Marla...
Marla: Yes!
Craig: Your a pretty young lady.
Marla: Yes!
Craig: And how old are you?
Marla: I'm nineteen!
Craig: Ninteen.
Marla: Yeah!
Craig: And it appears if we could get a shot here, look at this camera and close your eyes. (Marla confused of which camera.) No over here sunshine.
Marla: (she points to the left camera) That one.
(She closes her eyes!)
Craig: Oh, look at that! A little blue eye shadow.
Marla: Tracy Leavy is one of the best make-up artists ever.
Craig: Tracy is one of the best. Don't know who she is.
Marla: Oh yeah, she's awsome. You'll find out soon.
Craig: And then...and then what do we have here? If we could get a shot of this. (Touching Marla's faded Pink hair slightly.) I'm gonna say....
Marla: This is, this was pink but it's kind of faded. It's not really pink anymore.
Craig: And how long has it been pink.
Marla: Like three weeks. It fades very quickly.
Craig: And how does one fade their hair What do you do?
Marla: (slight laugh) Um...I don't know it just fades out by itself I don't do it purposely.
Craig: I guess the better question is, Why did you have pink hair?
Marla: You don't like it.
Craig: (jumpy) I do! I'm just wondering, are we wearing pink outfits? Are we...
Marla: No! It's pretty much for the show.
Craig: Oh! Oh! It's for the show.
Marla: Yeah! I play Lucy, like a spunky, fiesty secretary, and um...I thought it would be a good change for her.
Craig: Yeah!
Marla: You know, she's a trend setter. So!
Craig: Yeah, it looks, it looks, I like it!
Marla: Thanx!
Craig: From this distance it makes me, it makes me want to touch it, see if it comes out.
Marla: You can touch it.
Craig: I feel uh...you know.
(The crowd starts cheering)
Craig: Now are people reconizing you, now out in public? Are fans coming up to you and saying things to you?
Marla: Um...I get reconized very rarely.
Craig: Why do you think that is?
Marla: Um...I think Lucy on the show, she's very estravogant and wears very, you know, loud clothes and you know in person I'm pretty dressed down, so people don't tend to reconize me.
Craig: Well, your not that dressed down right now.
Marla: Well, right now, yeah well, I had to look good for you Craig.
Craig: Well, thank you! You look great!
Marla: Um...But normally I don't look like this.
Craig: So, the blue eye shadow is not normally there?
Marla: No it isn't!
Craig: Okay, does anyone...has any one person reconized you?
Marla: Well, people reconize me. It's not like I don't ever, ever get reconized. But for instance...
Craig: What do they say?
Marla: A few weeks ago I went to Boston to promote "Whatever It Takes" and some guy came up to me and he was like "I love you on your show, but your so much heavier on TV so your tiny in person." I was like (annoyed feeling) Thanx!
(The crowd laughs)
Craig: So is that...is that a compliment?
Marla: I didn't think...
Craig: Like a backhanded compliment?
Marla: I'm nineteen. I'm an insecure nineteen year old girl. You don't tell me that I look heavy on TV.
Craig: yeah! cause that's...
Marla: Cause I'm like, You want an autograph or something cause your definately not getting one. You know!
Craig: Right!
(The crowd cheers)
Craig: Now, that's kinda rude.
Marla: Yeah!
Craig: Why, this is me, just me, this is the way I view you. I think you lok great now and I think you look great on TV.
Marla: Thank you!
(The Crowd Cheers!)
Craig: Your character, the receptionist, uh...she gets taken advatange of. As far as, there were nude pictures of your character...
Marla: Yeah!
Craig: On the show and then did a dentist fondle you?
Marla: No! He did't fondle. But um...I got my wisdom teeth pulled out and while I was under, and he bit my breast.
Craig: How did something like that happen?
Marla: You know, he just has this crazy, weird fetish, and...
Craig: Yeah!
Someone in the crowd: Wooh!
(Marla and the crowd laugh!)
Marla: You should not be a dentist!
Craig: Could you feel it? Were you under?
Marla: Um...
Craig: Could you feel it?
Marla: She was totally put out and when she woke up and noticed this bite mark and...
Craig: Yeah!
Marla: You know!
Craig: Some people may go back for teeth cleanings every week cuz they might be into that.
Marla: Well, it got infected!
Craig: Oh, that's terrible!
Marla: You know, it wasn't like a beautiful bite. You know it was discusting!
Craig: The people who write that should not write in an infection. They should leave a nice little bite on the bozzum and keep it kinda nice.
Marla: Well, It's a law show, so I think in order to sue, infection had to take place.
Craig: Oh, I see. Maybe I should watch the show.
Marla: Yeah, it's a law show.
(The crowd cheers and claps. Marla starts laughing)
Craig: Uh, Uh, I work alot, but you can tell I know alot about the show. I do a little research.
Marla: Right! Right!
Craig: Now you also...you uh...kissed Dylan Mcdermott. Now what is she like to kiss?
(Marla and the crowd laugh)
Craig: I'm kidding, I'm kidding! What...I'm kidding! It's a he. He's a hearthrob. He's... is it exciting kissing him.
Marla: Well, uh..it wasn't really exciting for me. I was just seventeen, and uh..just the whole idea of it freaked me out.
Craig: But the scene. Tell them how it is to shoot a kissing scene.
Marla: Well, it was strange you know, they have to get all of these different camera angles and we had to do like a billion takes, and we were both really nervous. But he's such a great guy. He made it really easy.
Craig: Do you guys do the mouthwash and all of that...
Marla: Well, I do! I'm like a nerotic, like a complete freak. I'm always in my dressing room, brushing my teeth, doin' the scope, and the whole nine yards. And I have these special mints that I always take with me on sets. Cause we've had to do a couple kissing scenes.
Craig: Little special kiss mints.
Marla: Yeah, they're like...
(The crowd laughs)
Marla: And, and, I'm always offering it to who ever it is that I'm kissing.
Craig: Right!
Marla: They, sometimes are they're like "No It's cool." and I'm like "No, not really, offering, kinda forcin' ya." you know!
(The crowd laughs)
Craig: When we do it. It's different cause this is a big time show, primetime shows the kissing scene is different. When we do a kissing scene here on our show...
(Marla and the crowd slightly laugh)
Marla: That's funny, I've never seen a kissing scene on this show.
Craig: There's only, really been one and it was with Farrah. I was kissing Farrah and she had like hummus and I had a couple of cigars before hand...
Marla: Yuck!
Craig: And we went at it. Here we are. (They show a pic of Craig and Farrah's kiss)
Craig: And we kissed!
Marla: Wow!
Craig: Yeah, we don't care! We're natural. Hummus, cigars, let's go Farrah, and we made it happen.
(The crowd cheers)
Marla: I'm not...I'm not feelin' that. But ...
Craig: That's okay. yeah! (slight giggle) OK! Stay stay with us. When we come back, Game-omatic!
(The crowd cheers and claps)
Craig: The game is called "Blank-Off" with Marla Sokoloff. See how that works?
Marla: Oooooh! NO!
Craig: Now were playing "Blank-Off" for Marla Sokoloff. You see how that works?
Marla: Okay!
Craig: Now, tell them by the way about the movie before I forget, cuz I'm like a big fan, tell them the name of the movie, Ms. Sokoloff, "Whatever It Takes" Ms. Sokoloff.
Marla: "Whatever It Takes" comes out Friday.
Craig: It's supposed to be good. Who are the two hot actors in it?
Marla: Got a guy named, Shane West who's on "Once and Again" and James Franco from "Freaks and Geeks".
Craig: And you in real life dated both those guys?
Marla: (laughs) How nice of you to bring that up.
Craig: Okay!
(The crowd laughs)
Craig: Here are the rules for "Blank-Off" with Marla Sokoloff.
Electronic Voice: In "Blank-Off" adorable Practice actress will have 45secs to guess the famous name that ends in "Off", or something similier like "Oph" or "OV". Five or more is the winning score. Good Luck Marla. I'll be waiting for you after the show.
Marla: Alright!
(The crowd is cheering throughout the game)
Craig: Alright, here we go. 45secs on the CBS eye. And here we go! "Blank-Off"! He's a Russian dancer, starred in "White Nights" with Gregory Heims, had a baby with Jesicca Lang. First name Mackyle. Your only nineteen...
Marla: Baryshnikov!
Craig: Yes! Baryshnikov! Russian comedian, also his last name is the name of a voka!
Marla: Smiroff!
Craig: Yeah! Yokov Smiroff. He's huge in Germany, he's got alot of chest hair, (Marla laughs) he looks silly, he's got a big head and skinny legs.
Marla: David Hasseloff!
Craig: That is correct! It's a beef dish and if you say it fast enough it sounds perverted.
Marla: Beef Stroganoff!
Craig: Stroganoff, That is correct! Brittish actor has the titale name of "Sir", won an Oscar for "Spartigus". First name Peter.
(The cheering stops)
Marla: Uh...
Craig: This might be before you time.
Marla: Yeah don't know.
Craig: Ok! Pass, Ustinov, I can't accept that. Moving on to the next one. General in the Golf War, looks like Jonathan Winters, First name Norman..
Marla: Who's Jonathan Winters?
Craig: Yeah! I know these things, (Marla slightly giggles) General in the Golf War. (pause) Okay! Pass. We go to the next one. Oh you'll get this one maybe, Uh..."Frankenstein", voice to the Grinch, first name Boris.
Marla: (thinking softly) Boris?
Craig: Remember that horror movie way back in the thirties and forties? Boris?
Marla: (slowly and soft) No!
Graig: Boris Karloff!
Marla: No!
Craig: OK! Wait let me find one. Go to number ten. Famous Middle Eastern rice dish that's been suated and seasoned.
Marla: Is that rice...
Craig: Rice...
Marla: Pilaf!
(The crowd cheers)
Craig: Yes! Yes! (He gives her a shirt of the show)
Electronic Voice: Game-Omatic!
(The crowd cheers on and Marla is laughing)
Craig: Congratulations!
Marla: Thank you!
Craig: Good Work! The movie is called "Whatever It Takes". The actress is, Marla Sokoloff. We'll be right back after this!
THE END!!!
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