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<JudyA> Hello and welcome to the Second Joe Chat at the Joe's Corner Chatroom on The Joe Lando Web Page ... with Joe! This will be a moderated chat. That means that only "Joe," and I will be able to send messages to the chatroom. You can, however, write personal messages to each other by double clicking on the other person's name. Do not do this though with Joe or me during the chat because we will not read them and they will clutter up the workspace. Joe will be on the phone with me. I will read the questions to him and type his answers back to you. I've taken most of the questions in the order they were submitted. Some of the questions have been edited, to combine similar topics. So sit tight and we will begin as soon as Joe arrives. <JudyA> Hi, Joe! Thanks for being here today for the Second Joe Lando Web Page Chat - It's great to have you here. We all would like to give you and Kirsten our sincere best wishes on the upcoming birth of the third little Lando. We all hope Kirsten is doing well and that "Daddy" is holding up. <JudyA> I guess we should get started. We are all dying to know what shows you have been auditioning for lately and if anything looks promising. Also, I heard that something might be happening with the pilot you really liked, "Eraser." Anything we can look forward to there? <JoeLando> One of the two pilots I just auditioned for recently was the spin-off of JAG, which I thought I had a good shot at. It is going to be like JAG meets CSI, and I thought that was a great show and I think JAG is a smart-looking show. So I kept my fingers crossed about that show but that was not meant to be. And then there was another one called Still Life for Fox, which I thought was another good pilot, but a no go on that one too. I probably had about four or five pilot auditions this season and that seems to be about three more than most of my contemporaries. So since it's a numbers game, I just need to have more times up at bat before I get a chance to play <JudyA> Sylvie, from Ottawa, Canada; Alix, from Scotland; Ashley, from Whitehouse, Texas; Andrea, from Brazil; among many others, want to know if you have heard anything about a third Dr. Quinn movie and, if there is one, do you still want to do it and under what circumstances? <JoeLando> I haven't heard a word about any third installment of Dr. Quinn. If the script makes sense and Jane is willing to do it, I am sure we will work together. They're fun now, there's not so much pressure, and Beth won't be around. <JudyA> The other question is from Yasmine, France; Aga, Poland; and many others: Are you and Jane trying to find a project to do outside of Dr. Quinn? What would you be interested in doing with Jane if you could get anything together? Is there anything promising in the near future? <JoeLando> Jane and I have talked about it, and James, at various times, but the right project hasn't come along. Both Jane and I kind of keep an eye open for something that will suit us and, as far as something in the near future, nope, I haven't -- we haven't talked in the past couple of months, but I am sure I will speak with her very soon. I know she is busy traveling all over. We haven't chatted in person yet. <Ruby, Australia:> Hi Joe. Do you still love me? Great having you on screen again and I'm still devoted at 84. Love Ruby in Australia. Joe, what type of character do you prefer to portray and in what type of film: Drama, Comedy, Adventure, etc? And of those you have done, which was the most satisfying? <JoeLando> Ruby, hi. I'd have to say the drama, since that is what I get a chance to do most often. I enjoy that. Mixed in with humor and of course some action, that makes me the happiest. Try to play to your strong points. Try to do the things you can get done. That's how I try to pick my scripts. Sometimes of course the location and how they are paying you has a little something to do with it too <Nanlee, Fairfax, Va.> Why do you think Killer Flood: The Day The Dam Broke, which airs on Pax, May 5th, is a better movie than Counterstrike? Can you tell us about the story and your character? Joyce from NY asked a similar question to this. <JoeLando> Although you have to have a certain amount of suspended disbelief with both stories, I think the story itself and the characters and the way it's told is more approachable than Counterstrike was. I felt Counterstrike was a very formulaic story that tried to get too detailed to hide that. The Killer Flood Story - my son Jack, who's, I think, my best fan, my biggest fan, he loves to watch the stuff now, he really gets what I do for a living. He's interested in it. We talk about it. He's watched the flood movie at least a dozen times. After the third time, I couldn't stand hearing it anymore. You know, the flood effects and everything, that got him interested, and there's a son in the story and there's just a lot of things he found very appealing about it. Even my wife, when she watched it, loved it. Everybody felt, like, well, if I watched one a second time, which one would it be? Would it be Counterstrike or would it be this one? Neither movie is Gone with the Wind and I'm not trying to make it sound like that, but out of the two, I found the flood movie more appealing for some reason, I don't know, personal taste. I'd be curious to see what other people think. <Nanlee, Fairfax, Va.> Would you send Judy some pictures of your family after the baby is born to post on TJLWP? <JoeLando> Certainly. As soon as my wife says it's okay. I'm sure they'll be up there. <Joanie, NY:> Is there a lot of stunt work in your new movies, killer Flood for Pax and Devil Winds? Did you do a lot of your own stunt work on these movies? <JoeLando> Yes. I did everything. There's a lot of stuff in Killer Flood because of us getting trapped inside. Working with fire hoses blasting at you, it was kind of like being part of a riot group that's getting hosed by the police. That's what they were shooting at us, fire hoses. Believe it or not, it hurts when it hits you. We had to run right into them sometimes. Spent a lot of time in the water, that's for sure. The actor who's playing my son got pretty sick afterwards, being exposed to this wet set, breathing the same air constantly all along. It was getting tough. I think he had less fat on him, so it affected him more. In Devil Winds, I knew, like Killer Flood, I was going to have to stand in front of these giant fans. They were blowing like 60 miles an hour to simulate a tornado effect. So with that, just standing in front of one of those, having stuff blow at you like straw and twig, that is a stunt in itself. The movie was running a little short on time and we had already added several scenes to the film, dialogue scenes, and I felt like we needed some kind of action to move the story along in this one little section. So one morning I called up the producer and the director and I made the suggestion. And they actually were gracious enough to let me do it. I play a detective at the beginning of the movie and I'm going to make this arrest after a car chase. The scene was supposed to end there but then I suggested a good-old foot chase afterwards because normally, you know, in movies you see things blowing up and stuff like that happening, but I like a really good, physical, running after somebody, chasing them. We did that and it involved two stunts, me taking an elbow to the face, going down on the ground, the guy taking off, the chase up the staircase, down the hallway. And then it was a long hallway with linoleum at the end. And we had the camera guys at the end of the hallway and I chased the stuntman down the hallway and just tackled with a full speed jump. I just dive onto him, tackle him to the ground, then get up, throw him to the wall. He hits me, I hit him, cats and dogs, boom, boom, boom, and I knock him out. So it was a chance for me to use a little bit of my karate too. I've been going to karate class just to keep myself sane. I was taking Jack three days a week and one of the teachers there, the Sensei, asked me “How would you like to take this?” And I said, “Well, I've been thinking about it.” So then I ran into him at the WMCA and we talked about it some more and now I go for privates and I take Jack later on in the day. So I'm testing for my blue belt in a couple of weeks. I just started a few months ago, so I'm working my way up quickly. <Penni, Lumberton, NC> Is Devil Winds just an adventure film or can we dare hope that you have a little romance in it? <JoeLando> I have a slight flirtation, I guess a one-night stand, with Nicole Eggart. She was a sweetheart, very funny. We laughed a lot. In fact, we almost wet our pants one time we laughed so hard. We had very busy days on that movie. I had a good time but it was hard, it was really hard. We had to do a 15-day shoot. I've never done anything that short. So we were doing 14-, 16, 18-hour days. It kept growing and growing until the end, it felt like - the last three days we were up straight. I'm curious enough to see that one too. It involves a lot of CGI and you can never tell until the thing is finished, what the CGI work will look like. In Killer Flood, you will be able to tell what is computer generated sometimes but other times you won't. And when you don't know, that's when it is really working well. There is no dam. There is no dam anyplace, behind me, around us, wherever. So I was impressed with that, especially since this isn't a hundred million dollar movie. It's just that the software for the computer effects has gotten so advanced and so inexpensive, that they're able to do stuff that 10 years ago they were only able to do on a big movie. <JudyA> Joe is on a call, hang on. <Monika, Switzerland> You said you were directing a commercial last week. What was it for and when and where will we be able to see it? <JoeLando> It's just a small regional commercial, it's a money-lending company, called Carbucks. A friend of mine owns it. They asked me to direct it and come up with a concept for it - and they had no money to do it with - and also give them a subject matter. It was quite a challenge but I tried to come up with something somewhat clever for it. They wanted testimonials and I had some different concepts. <Penni, Lumberton, North Carolina> I recently saw an interview in a soap publication that you talked with people at General Hospital sometime ago. Anything you can tell us about that? I would love to see you on "General Hospital," as it is the only one I still follow closely. Jul from PA, June from NY, and Sue from NY also want to know if you are considering doing an LA-based soap. <JoeLando> I went over and spoke to Jill Phelps, who was the producer of General Hospital. She was also the producer of Guiding Light when I was on that show. I went in and spoke to her about what's happening because I like to work and I don't really like traveling away from my family now as much as I used to love traveling around. Jack is in school and with a third baby and the two dogs, logistically, it's just more difficult. It's steady work and I would do other things also, try to get other projects of my own off, in the producing and directorial capacity, and work on a soap and kind of have that subsidize your income Right now I'm taking another path at pilot season, trying to land on prime time. <Monique, France> Joe, when you showed us your family pictures, I dare not ask you for one, but now can you give us some pictures for your site after the new baby is born? <JoeLando> Monique, hang on one minute, my other line again. <Nancy, Maine> I am delighted to see your face light up my screen again. Do you think we will see any more episodes of the Kellogg brothers saving the world? <JoeLando> Judy informed me it was cable's best-rated movie for the week. I hope that helps us out. I know a 3.1 is a respectable cable rating... <JudyA> Joe had to take the phone again. <JoeLando> ...so hopefully I'll be getting a call for another one. I'm sure Rob and I will fight for a really good script. <Montse, Paris> Hi, Joe. A big thank you for chatting with us today and congratulations on the new baby Kirsten will give you in the next few weeks. Soap Opera Weekly writes in a recent issue that you are considering going back to daytime. If the magazine is right and you could choose among three shows, a comedy with some romance, a series focusing on present political and social topics, or a series involving a lot of action, which one would you choose? <JoeLando> That's more like nighttime. If I was to go back into daytime, meaning soap operas, you don't have that type of choice. Those kind of outlines would describe more of a nighttime series and I would love to be in a series like 24 Hours. <Rossella, Italy> Ciao, Joe, thanks for being here and congratulations to you and Kirsten for the new baby coming. Why did you choose to be an actor? What do you like best about acting? <JoeLando> Ciao, Rossella. I think acting kind of chooses the individual. Something in your brain clicks and makes this tedious, sometimes painful experience of a job fun for people like me. I try to have a good time. I think most actors feel that they just have to do it. <Anne Urban, Buffalo NY> Your fans have seen a glimpse of the great comedic talent you have - so would you ever consider acting in a Sitcom? And, if yes - whom would you want in your cast? <JoeLando> My friend Brian Tarantina, who's coming over for dinner tonight, I would definitely want to be there. He brings out the funny side of me. He does so much improv when he works. I don't know. I'll have to think about that one. <Julee, Edinboro, PA> If you were to be the lead in a remake of an old movie, what movie would it be? <JoeLando> An old movie? The Great Escape. And I'd have to be the Cooler King, Steve McQueen's role. I would just love to remake that movie as a movie of the week and do it in two parts and have it end right as you're coming up out of the ground on the other side of the fence, like about 20 yards shy of freedom, because that's what happened in that. When I was a kid, when I was 6 years old and I used to watch that movie, that's where they would end it and you would have to wait until the next day for it to continue and I had to be in suspense all the way to the next day. I loved that. <Christine, France:> Hello, Joe. Thanks a lot for all your messages on the web site. It's really kind of you. I do enjoy them. I want to ask you a question about your daddy role. I want to know if you follow what Jack is learning at school and if you teach your children such things as history, for example, about the Indians. All my best wishes to the new little Lando. <JoeLando> I haven't exposed Jack to much history yet. I know Jack is way ahead of what's going on in his preschool and I think he'll be well prepared for first grade because nightly we have lessons where I work with him on his writing. And he can count up to 40 right now and he's learning to spell words, three and four letters. And he seems to have really good dexterity because he's always been into drawing. So I'm just trying to capitalize on that. And he's also very interested in science. <Sarah, Minnesota> Describe a typical day in the Lando household, since the birth of Christian and in preparation for the new baby. <JoeLando> 7 a.m., everyone is up and running. Kirsten is making breakfast for the boys. I'm drinking coffee, reading, walking the dogs in the backyard. Everyone is getting dressed and ready. By 8:30 Kirsten is taking Jack and Christian to drop Jack at school. I usually go to the gym for an hour or I've been taking karate three days a week. And that starts at 8 or 8:30 and I'm done by 10:30. The time varies, depending on our schedules, but I don't like to go any later than 8:30 because that way I'm done by 10:30, 11. If Kirsten wants to go to yoga or whatever errand she has to run, then I can trade off taking care of the boys. Before I know it, it's naptime, dinnertime, bedtime. <Stacey, Sacramento, California> Joe, do you remember much about coming and filming Dr. Quinn in Sacramento, California? Any good stories to tell? Loved Counterstrike. <JoeLando> Thank you very much. I liked sitting out on that veranda in the front of the capitol building, just kicking back with Larry Sellers, watching everybody while we were dressed in our costumes. Got some interesting looks. <JudyA> Joan from Manchester, Linda from the UK, Ann from the Royal Forest of Dean, Gloucester shire, Lynn (lovejoe) from England, Kay from Scotland all want to know: Is there any chance of you coming over to the UK and working on anything over here? <JoeLando> I'd love to go over there. I've wanted to travel there with my family but I await for the excuse to go on someone else's dime. I think we should do a Dr. Quinn movie and have it take place at Jane's castle in Bath. <Douchka, France> Raymond Crawford is a woman killer. Unlike him, Vince Kellogg is a woman protector. Both men hide a secret and are ambiguous. It makes me think of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. What attracts you about characters with such a contrasted part of mystery? Wishing you the career you dream of and the happiest family life. <JoeLando> I did the Raymond character just because it was a whole different mindset compared to what I had been working on prior but I feel most comfortable playing a guy who doesn't wear his emotions on his sleeve and leaves the audience thinking what is he exactly thinking about. <JudyA> Sandra, Padova, Italy: Joe, could you tell me if you are somehow related with the city of Padova, near Venice, North Italy, where I live? Here the name Lando is very frequent and there is also a Lando Street for Marco Lando, bishop, and a Lando Monument and a Pietro Lando Doge. <JudyA> phone again for Joe <JoeLando> Well, I don't know for a fact that my lineage begins there or runs through there, but my grandfather was from Northern Italy. And no one in my family has ever traced our family tree, so Pietro Lando could be my relative for all I know. <Linda, Pelham, NH> and <Mary, Oklahoma> What did you do for the Travel Channel? Do you know when it will air? Do we get to see you or only hear you? <JoeLando> I did an on-camera interview at the studio. Originally I wanted to walk around the ranch and do the piece there but they didn't have the cash in their budget to apparently do that. So I sat in a chair and reminisced about the ranch. <Rischa, Toronto, Ontario, Canada> Joe, you seem to have gained some muscle since your Sully days. What is your exercise plan and do you watch your diet carefully? You are looking very, very, very good. <JoeLando> I have the opportunity to go to the gym a lot more. <Agnieszka, Wroclaw, Poland> What do you plan to do in your nearest future? Any new movies planned? <JudyA> Joe's on the phone again. <JoeLando> Right now I'm working on writing a project with William Shockley and a partner of his. It's a horror genre. And what we'd like to do is raise the money and produce this ourselves - it's geared towards the Sci-Fi Channel - and also to sell it in Europe as a feature <Dixie, Alabama> Historical fiction is my escape. It allows me to return to an era and become involved with the characters who, in turn, teach me so much. Having said that, would you consider doing another "mountain man-type" role? If so, I have the perfect one in mind...Nathaniel Bonner from the "Into the Wilderness" series by Sara Donati. In fact your name came up on her discussion board. <JoeLando> I haven't thought about playing anybody else like Sully since that was such a monumental character for me and my career and I'd be very careful as to not, out of respect for him, try to do an imitation of that. <Aga, Poland> Could you also tell me how you choose your movie characters? Are your choices exclusively dictated by the wish to transmit messages on topics that are dear to you and in which you believe? - Best regards from Poland. <JoeLando> I just try to look for a story that I am able to portray a character that people want to watch. And the movie might not necessarily be something that interests me all the time but if I can find something in the character that pleases me and also allows me to, quite frankly, just work. <Heather, Wisconsin> Do you plan on making a cookbook with Kirsten, with all the delicious recipes you have, and will we see more recipes from you on the site soon? <JoeLando> I don't plan on making a cookbook and I will be giving Judy more recipes soon. <Patty, Ithaca, NY> Joe, when you are between jobs and can eat anything you want, what do you reach for first? <JoeLando> I would have to say I eat really well in between projects. It's when I'm working I find it hard or difficult to maintain a really healthy diet but I try my best always. <Vickie, USA> How did you become friends with Danny Bonaduce? Do you have any plans to work together? <JoeLando> No plans to work together as of right now. We've talked about it but nothing has come to fruition. And Danny was one of the first people I met when I first moved to California. He was a friend of my girlfriend way back when. <Yukiko and friends, Japan> Who is an actress you would most want to act with? We want to see you on TV more! <JoeLando> On screen I would love to work with someone like Julianne Moore or Nicole Kidman. And, on television, I'd love to work with Catherine Bell again. <Joan, Manchester, England> What is the best movie you have ever appeared in and why do we not see much of you here on British TV? <JoeLando> I'm striving for the best movie I've been in yet. I'll call her when it happens. <JulieW, Walnut Creek, California> I enjoyed your emotional intensity and your action scenes in Counterstrike. Do you have a regular exercise program to stay in shape for the action scenes? <JoeLando> Weights, karate, and now yoga. <Linda, South Carolina> In your new movie Counterstrike, did I see a possible "love interest" between your character and the sister-in-law?????? <JoeLando> No, I don't think my character would ever go there. <French Fan Club> Bonjour, Joe. We would like to see you one more time in France. Do you think it could be possible? <JoeLando> Don't hold your breath, France. I think right now we have some political differences but hopefully some day in the future I can again visit your lovely country. <Pat, Miami, Florida> When you were growing up, were you ever on an athletic team like little league, soccer, hockey, etc.? Would you want your boys to take part in sports teams and would you want to be a coach? Arlene, NY, also asked a similar question. <JoeLando> I would love to be a coach and I would encourage my boys to be involved in sports. I think it's a good way to keep them healthy and from getting involved with other possibly damaging things. As a child I participated in no sports, I was very athletic but a loner. I didn't learn how to be a team player really until I started acting. <JudyA> Phone call again. <Karen, Australia> Hi Joe - if you sign up to do another series, what is the longest length of time you would sign on for? <JoeLando> I can work another six-year stint on a series, I would love it. <Liz, Harvard, Ill> Could you tell us if you are interested in any scripts at this time? We have seen Counterstrike and now we are looking forward to Killer Flood in May, on Pax TV. We hope you have other interesting projects in mind for the near future. <JoeLando> I'm just waiting and hoping something interesting is sent my way soon. Working is the thing I enjoy most, next to my family. <Kay, Scotland> If you and Kirsten manage to go to the movies, what type of movie interests you? Also, do you have a favourite actor and actress? <JoeLando> We never get a chance to go out to the movies. If we do get a chance to go out to the movies, we go to dinner so we can talk to each other. <Andrea, Brazil> Mr. Lando, which of the characters you played in the last two movies do you prefer and why? <JoeLando> I have to think about it. <Sylvie, France> I'd like to tell you how much I like the way you act and especially the way you "moove"...(unfortunately, I only know your French voice!!..which is not too bad but...) You are very charismatic and I think you could play any part in any film but maybe you think about one precise character? <JoeLando> I'll have to think about that too. <Lynn> I read that you listen to jazz. Do you play an instrument? I think you'd make a really cool sax player. <JoeLando> I don't play any instruments right now but for the past year I've been telling myself I'm going to take piano lessons. I think eventually I will. <JoeLando> Thanks everyone for keeping an interest in my career and your continued support and I hope to give you all something really entertaining to watch in the future. Everyone stay safe and healthy. Bye, everyone! Thanks, Judy. |
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