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New quotes are highlighted in bold font.
Bree on the Character of Jessica
(on Jessica's defense of Dr. Stephen Haver, who was revealed to be the
Music Box Killer) "She's not stupid and she's not a victim. I don't
think that, honestly, for Jessica to trust [Stephen] was completely as crazy
as fans are saying. ... That was a big deal for me. That people understood
Jessica as being smart, not being stupid, but just being trusting. I
attribute it more to bad luck than stupidity." (SID 5/11/04)
(defending Jessica) "I think because she lived a sheltered life, she might
be, in some ways, more trusting and naive than other people. But I think
that she's really a very, very smart girl. Very very smart." (SOD 1/11/05)
(on Jessica's reluctance to reunite with Antonio after the Santi
storyline) "[Antonio] made her feel awful, like a child. Even before
he walked out on her, he just made her feel not important enough to have
in his life." (SOD 1/18/05)
(on whether or not Jessica and Antonio can reunite during the DID
storyline) "It's a very tumultuous time for [them]. It isn't going
to heal overnight. You're going to see a different side of Jessica.
Who knows where it's going?" (SOD 2/8/05)
(on the Jessica/Natalie relationship) "I like to see Natalie
and Jessica getting along. I like the idea of a strong female relationship
-- not a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, but one that is just as interesting
to watch." (SID 5/21/05)
(on what the audience can expect during the DID storyline)
"It's totally gonna change the character forever. I think that
maybe this will help the audience accept why Jessica made some of those
not-so-strong choices over the past year." (SOD 6/14/05)
"It's just not in Jessica's nature to sit back and watch the chips fall where
they may. She's going to go out and chase down the answers." (SOD
12/20/05)
Bree on the Character of Tess
"Obviously, she's a part of Jessica, so I use Tess as the opposite of
what Jessica is. It's a great storyline because everybody has a Tess
in them or a Jessica in them, depending on what kind of person you are."
(SOD 5/24/05)
"Now, playing Tess, she's all mine. I learned a lot about the profession
in terms of what choices you have to make to build a character. It's
really fun building my own character. There's just so much to it, like
with clothes and hair and makeup and body language between the two characters
-- that's something that I'm still working on. I have to stand different
when I'm Tess or my movements have to be different. To be strong when
I'm Jessica is different than when Tess is bitching somebody out or being
strong, so those differences between characters are really, really hard."
(SOD 5/24/05)
(on why Tess destroyed amnio test results) "Tess is very smart,
so she would've wanted to hold onto it to use it to control the situation.
She destroyed it in a fit of passion." (SOD 1/31/06)
Bree on Nash & Tess/Jessica
(reflecting Nash and Tess's first meeting) "Here, she has met
her match. He handles her in a way that she has never experienced."
(SOW 29/05)
(previewing a bonding moment between Jash) "[Jessica and Nash]
are having a nice moment on the bed, talking about the baby, talking about
how much he misses Tess. Then, he puts his hand on her stomach to feel
the baby, and before she knows it, she looks up and he plants one on her.
She's kind of shocked and surprised and doesn't know what to do, but
she doesn't kiss him back at all." (SOD 12/13/05)
(on whether or not Jessica is scared of what a paternity test might find)
"She still thinks the baby could be Nash's, but I'm sure in her head
she sees herself and Antonio raising the kid with Uncle Nash coming over
to visit." (SOD 1/3/05)
(on why Tess stops Nash from killing Norman, her abuser)
"Killing him would change [her and Nash] forever. As tainted
as they are already as a couple, this would be something they couldn't ever
wash clean, so she stops him." (SOD 4/4/06)
(on Nash viewing the tape showing her childhood abuse) "She's
obviously destroyed by that, because to have your boyfriend and father of
your child know this about you is one thing, but [for him] to see it is something
else." (SOD 4/11/06)
Bree on Forbes March (Nash)
"Forbes is tons of fun, and it's cool because we got to know each other a
little bit while on location. I had the most amazing time." (SID
8/30/05)
(on Forbes' audition) "Every week we were like, 'Another screen
test for Nash?' They searched high and low for the character -- it
was unbelievable. Forbes just came in, and it was so obvious. He
did everything that they had been looking for. Forbes did it without
any effort. They were looking for someone who just really was Nash."
(SID 1/3/06)
"We were doing this scene where we were both Rollerblading around and were
going into Nash's New York apartment, and I think on the second or third
take he fell on his Rollerblades as we were going in. It was funny."
(SOD 1/24/06)
(on filming love scenes opposite Forbes) "Forbes is so cute
and sweet; he gets kind of embarrassed and laughs a lot. His face turns
red. He's just very, very sweet with the whole thing. He came
from [sci-fi show] Mutant X, so I'm not sure he's used to it. Now he's
in his boxers in bed with this girl." (SOD 1/24/06)
(on why she has good chemistry with Forbes) "I don't think a
day goes by that I don't tease Forbes. He's a very, very good sport.
He's a good guy to work with. He keeps it very light and fun.
It really was the right casting." (SOD 1/24/06)
Bree on Other Characters
(describing Claudia Reston) "She's the perfect villian. She
plays victim, but she knows exactly what she's doing. She's the Iago
to Tess's Othello. She comes up and whispers something in Tess's ear,
not exactly saying it outright, but planting an image in Tess's head that
could be her downfall." (SOD 1/24/06)
Bree on Her Co-Workers
"We all get along really well, so it's nice. Melissa [Archer, Natalie]
is just wonderful, a bundle of energy. Jay [Wilkison, then-Riley] is
so sweet, Jessica's [Morris, then-Jen] cool, too, so I always feel bad when
[the character] Jessica is mean to [Jen]. It's nice to have a group of people
around the same age. We'll joke around, order pizza, make microwave
popcorn...it's a lot of fun. The guys are always playing video
games, especially Matt [Twining, then-River], who likes to play them with
Eddie Alderson [Matthew]. It's the cutest thing." (SOD 4/27/04)
(on which cast member should have her own reality show) "Melissa
Archer (Natalie). She's just so funny and nutty. She has no filter
-- anything she thinks comes out of her mouth. If she were married,
it'd be like Jessica [Simpson] and Nick [Lachey]. Everybody in the
world would fall in love with her because she's awesome." (SID
2/1/05)
(on which cast member would win at Jeopardy) "Tuc [Watkins,
David]. Well, I don't know if he'd win on Jeopardy. He's really
smart, but there's a difference between being smart and [knowing] trivia.
Erika Slezak (Viki) would totally win at Jeopardy. She knows
everything. She has a plethora of knowledge." (SID 2/15/05)
(on which cast member is the best dancer) "Kamar [de los Reyes,
Antonio]. He's a great leader. It's like the love scenes -- I'm just
there as a prop. Anytime anyone says, 'Oh, your love scenes are really
sexy,' I'm like, 'Go and congratulate Kamar. It has nothing to do with
me at all!' Same with the dancing scenes. It has nothing to do
with me at all; it's 100 percent Kamar." (SID 4/14/05)
"Erika [Slezak, Viki] is phenomenal about giving advice. There was
a scene one day, and I was having so much trouble with it. Bree --
not Jessica or Tess, but Bree -- had tears in my eyes because I was so upset
I couldn't get it right. We just move so quickly in daytime; it was
really upsetting. It was Tess pretending to be Jessica, and my first
time playing that. It was really hard. Erika just took me aside
and she saved the day. I did the scene and it was great and I felt
wonderful about it. She just whispered something in my ear and it was
awesome." (SOD 5/24/05)
(on her roommate, Ilene Kristen [Roxy] dropping to recurring status)
"Unfortunately, it's a little less often that I see her now.
Unfortunately, unfortunately, unfortunately a little less. It's
okay, but it's...unfortunate [laughs]." (SOD 5/24/05)
(on her friendship with co-star Renee Elise Goldsberry [Evangeline])
"We might go see a movie, or go eat really bad diner food together
and have our gab sessions. ... Renee knows all my secrets before
anyone else." (SOD 8/23/05)
(on her audition for the role of Jessica) "I screen-tested with
Nathaniel Marston (Michael), who was really nice. And suddenly, I was
so nervous, I thought I was going to vomit. [Afterward] Nathaniel just
looked at me and said, 'You got it.' (SID 11/22/05)
(on which cast member she'd like to switch places with for a day)
"Robin Strasser (Dorian), 'cause she has a great house -- a kickass
brownstone. It's goregous. She had a party there and I wanted
to lock myself in one of the rooms and hold myself hostage." (SID
12/20/05)
(on which cast-member has the messiest dressing room) "I don't
usually go into other people's dressing rooms. I'd say Heather (Tom,
Kelly) has a pretty messy dressing room. Melissa (Archer, Natalie)
has a very messy dressing room. I share one with Ilene Kristen (Roxy)
and ours is pretty messy, too. She has a lot of stuff." (SOW
1/17/06)
(naming the biggest flirt among the OLTL cast) "Dan Gauthier
(Kevin). He's great, he's hilarious." -- SID 1/31/06
(on filming a tribute video for Erika Slezak [Viki]) "I was
very nervous for that. Weird, huh? But it wasn't scripted, so
yeah, I was. But it was nice. The whole day was. We're
super lucky to have her." (SOD 4/4/06)
Bree on Herself & Her Craft
(what advice she would give an aspiring actor) "Always be as prepared
as you possibly can be." (SID 4/27/04)
"When I'm back home, sometimes it's almost like I forget I'm even on the
show. I'm just with my friends and family, and everything seems normal.
But recently, I went home and was in the mall, and this woman comes
up to me and is like, 'What are you doing here?' I didn't know
at first whether she was surprised to see me there or whether she
was surprised to see Jessica, but it was funny. It was like, 'Yes,
I live here, and, um, Jessica is just taking a vacation [laughs]." (SOD 5/25/04)
(on one of her favorite scenes in 2004) "My favorite scene to
play was the heart gala. It was fun because there were a lot of subtle
things I could play, like drinking champagne and rolling my eyes." (SID 11/23/04)
(on the DID storyline) "I was never really intimidated until I started
doing it. At first, I was like, 'Oh, that's cool, great.' It
never really [sinks in] with me how much work things are gonna be.
Whenever you start out any new storyline, there's always gonna be bumps
in the road, especially when it's big and there are a lot of things that
even the writers don't know. It can be really exciting and hard, so
at first, I was like, 'I can't do this. This is way too hard for me
and everybody's just waiting for me to fail.' But then I went away
to Costa Rica for a week [laughs], I got myself together and came back, and
now I'm just having a good time." (SOD 5/24/05)
"Soap operas are one of the last media that are geared toward women, so it's
a really, really huge responsibility and a powerful voice in daytime for
women. So yeah, it's a great thing and definitely a very valuble way
to spend my time." (SOD 5/24/05)
(on her audition) "I wasn't nervous until I got to the studio.
I screen-tested with Nathaniel Marston (Michael), who was really nice.
And suddenly, I was so nervous, I thought I was going to vomit.
[Afterward] Nathaniel just looked at me and said, 'You got it.' And
then I wandered around New York, and it was agony. I didn't want to
be like, 'Oh, I really like it here.'" (SID 11/22/05)