16:56:55 wortham_krimmer
{public msg} Hello. I'm Wortham Krimmer but everyone calls
me Bob.
16:57:10 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I appeared on
Babylon 5 as Cartagia, had a blast and am yhere to field any questions
anyone may have about that character.
16:58:00 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I'm available
to take a questions
16:58:15 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I play the
character Reverend Andrew Carpenter on ABC's One Life to Live.
16:58:23 wortham_krimmer {public msg} So you can look
for me on that show.
16:58:33 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Any questions?
17:00:42 wortham_krimmer {public msg} My name is
Wortham Krimmer but everyone calls me Bob.
17:01:02 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I can take
questions now.
17:01:26 Moderator {public msg} I was in AOL and they
wanted to know what was it like haveing Vir "knock you off"
17:01:42 wortham_krimmer {public msg} *laugh*
17:01:48 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Having Vir kill
you ...
17:01:55 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Well you know
it's not a pleasant experience ot have anyone kill you
17:02:04 wortham_krimmer {public msg} But if I HAD
to choose someone to stop my heart, it'd definitely be Vir...
17:02:32 wortham_krimmer {public msg} He did it with
such compassion ... and with such clear ambivalence ... I appreciate
that... I could see there was a part that wanted me to live.
17:02:36 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next?
17:02:38 Anlashok_na {question presented} Thanks for
dropping in to chat with us, was it good to play a character that is so
completely different than your character on OLTL?
17:03:14 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Yeah, absolutely!
It was refreshing and really got the acting juices flowing
17:03:30 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Joe and John
and the directors had to continually pull me back ... I was really
having too good a time.
17:03:34 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next?
17:03:38 Doctor Rock {question presented} do you find
actors playing villains to often have the best sense of humor in
reality
17:04:13 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Oh! I suppose
you could argue that good villainy comes from a bizarre sense of humor,
but that might be a tough argument to sell. I thought Cartagia had
a terrific sense of humor
17:04:18 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I just thought
... no body got it.
17:04:20 wortham_krimmer {public msg} But he was funny!
17:04:23 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next?
17:04:28 Ulysses {question presented} Wortham... err,
I mean, Bob! ;-) Did anyone ever ask you whether your name
was genuine or "made up"?
17:04:45 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Well, all names
are made up Ulysses...
17:05:44 wortham_krimmer {public msg} In terms of the
hair....
17:06:07 wortham_krimmer {public msg} That was my real
hair. To be perfectly honest, I took a liking to that hair style
and I wear it regularly once or twice a week. In NY ... no
body cares.
17:06:19 wortham_krimmer {public msg} They use this
French hairspray ... and they put your hair where they want it and I'm
telling you it won't move.
17:06:43 wortham_krimmer {public msg} It washes out
with water -- miraculously, and it leaves your hair so shiny and bouncy
it's WONDERFUL!
17:06:45 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next question?
17:07:05 Deboss1 {question presented} what other films
or shows have you appeared in?
17:07:44 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Currently, One
Life to Live (last seven years) and I've done Days of Our Lives, The
Paper Chase series (four years), Hill Street Blues, St. Elsewhere ...
It's a huge list!
17:07:56 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I've been very
lucky, very blessed.
17:08:14 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I've primarily
done stage and television. I 've basically been a television actor
17:08:21 wortham_krimmer {public msg} because that's
where the work was coming
17:08:29 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I've also been
really lucky because most of my jobs have been very long term
17:08:35 wortham_krimmer {public msg} 4 years, 7 years
...
17:08:43 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I'm talking 14
years of steady work.
17:08:49 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next Question?
17:09:05 Anlashok_na {question presented} What did
your friends and family say about you playing a psychotic lunatic?
17:09:20 wortham_krimmer {public msg} They said "Are
you acting?"
17:09:26 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next Question?
17:09:55 Karen {question presented} what was it like
working with Peter and andreas
17:10:14 wortham_krimmer {public msg} The best!
17:10:18 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Absolute best!
17:10:23 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I couldn't have
worked with two better guys.
17:10:45 wortham_krimmer {public msg} But working at
Babylon 5 was like homecoming week for me becuase I'd worked with Bruce
on Scarecrow, I'd played a terrorist that kidnapped him and tortured
him...
17:10:57 wortham_krimmer {public msg} It was great
to see him. Set designer and costumers are all old friends
17:11:10 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I was amazed
at how many people I knew (Wayne Alexander is an old old friend)
17:11:29 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Peter was a hero
of mine because I did a lot of stuff at MTM and he was working over
there in the early 80's and really repsected his work.
17:11:41 wortham_krimmer {public msg} When I found
out I was going to be working with him, I was very excited.
17:11:53 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next question?
17:11:56 Doctor Rock {question presented} were you
aware of the similarities between your character cartagia and the roman
emporer Claigula, if so did you source any method from the numerous
people who have played that role before, noteably John Hurt in "I
CLaudius"
17:12:26 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Yeah ... most
definitely. With a little Oscar Wilde thrown in.
17:12:37 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next Question?
17:12:50 Deboss1 {question presented} It's always great
to hear of any actor finding long term success. What resources did you
look to for finding the Cartagia character (personalities of history,
etc)?
17:13:44 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Joe's writing,
I found that pretty much as soon as I got the scripts from Joe, and
read the arc from the five episodes and really watched his words...
they conveyed to me a very specific character
17:14:00 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I thought it
was very clear in the writing. IThere's an old saying that
if it isn't on the page it's not on the stage.
17:14:19 Karen {question presented} What was it like
working with Joe?
17:14:23 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I depended a
lot on David Eagle and Joe and John's input but that's how it developed
... it definitely developed and it was a real specific character.
17:14:50 wortham_krimmer {public msg} He's quiet and
insightful and so that when he does say something you really listen.
Because he picks his words carefully.
17:15:06 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I could tell
whne he liked what i was doing and when he felt it should go in a
different direction. I found his input very very useful.
17:15:14 wortham_krimmer {public msg} He's a very
experienced guy. You depend on those kinds of people.
17:15:18 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next question?
17:15:23 Miltin {question presented} was it fun playing
cartagia
17:16:02 wortham_krimmer {public msg} It was not hard
work it was complete fun. As a matter of fact, Peter said to me
"You've seemed to tapped into something inside you that's SO Cartagia"
17:16:11 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I said No Peter,
I'm standing here having as much fun as I can.
17:16:19 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Maybe that's
the beauty of being an Emperor...
17:16:22 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next question?
17:16:28 Karen {question presented} Since you live
and work in NYC, how did you get a job in LA?
17:17:05 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Well, I'm
bi-coastal. I have a home in LA and I fly back and forth constantly.
I got it through the regular channels... you know agent: audition from
Fern Champion and Mark Paladini ...
17:17:18 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Paladini
remembered me from a previous read and brought me back for this part.
17:17:32 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I read for Mark,
Fern, John and Joe and I fooled them again!
17:17:34 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next Question?
17:17:52 Lord_Graf {question presented} When did you
see the episodes you where in for the first time. When they were
on TV or private showings?
17:18:17 wortham_krimmer {public msg} No, I saw them
... an editor at one life to live is a tremendous B5 fan and she taped
all the shows for me when they aired
17:18:29 wortham_krimmer {public msg} She brought them
into work and gave them to me and that's when I ifirst saw them
17:18:33 wortham_krimmer {public msg} (continued)
17:18:41 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I thought that
I'd accomplished what I set out to accomplish
17:18:49 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I walked that
fine line between Cartoon and Reality.
17:18:59 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I wanted to just
hit that line and come as close to that line as I possibly could.
17:19:08 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I wanted to push
the envelope with only a couple of times going too far.
17:19:17 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I liked how the
standpoint started as "I kinda like this guy"
17:19:28 wortham_krimmer {public msg} and then toward
the end his innate madness came out so you saw that more.
17:19:40 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I enjoyed it
... I'm way past that thing where I'm unable to look at my performances.
17:19:56 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I'm able to look
at that stuff and like it or not like it and I'm able to judge it well.
17:19:59 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next question?
17:20:01 Anlashok_na {question presented} Would you
ever consider playing an alien with all the makeup, maybe in Crusade?
17:20:16 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Well, that's
an excellent question.
17:20:31 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I would much
prefer in all honesty to play a character that didn't have to come in
at 3 a.m. and begin the makeup process.
17:20:45 wortham_krimmer {public msg} But if that was
what was required in order to work at Babylon 5 again I'd jump at the
opportunity.
17:20:55 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I really don't
think people would recognize me as they
17:21:04 wortham_krimmer {public msg} thought they
might without the makeup and the hair
17:21:21 wortham_krimmer {public msg} ...
17:21:36 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I think I'd be
one of those characters who doesn't have to hide behind make up to
change tmy appeareance
17:21:44 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Maybe I could
play a descendant of Cartagia...
17:21:56 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Wouldn't it be
interesting if
17:22:11 wortham_krimmer {public msg} a descendent
of Cartagia felt the need to atone and find goodness in the world...
17:22:21 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next Question?
17:22:24 Karen {question presented} How long were youin
the ;make up chair for cartagia?
17:22:33 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Not long at all.
17:22:38 wortham_krimmer {public msg} 30 minutes or
40 mins max
17:22:41 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next question?
17:22:46 wortham_krimmer {public msg} 30 mins hair
... 30 mins makeup
17:22:50 wortham_krimmer {public msg} NOTHING like
what Peter or Andreas endure
17:23:01 Karen {question presented} Did you like your
costume? Was it heavy adn cumbersome?
17:23:09 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I didn't like
it, I ADORED it.
17:23:15 wortham_krimmer {public msg} As a matter of
fact when I put this costume on
17:23:23 wortham_krimmer {public msg} When did I find
the character
17:23:30 wortham_krimmer {public msg} it was when I'd
been given the costume
17:23:50 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Anne the costume
director talked to me about how to handle the large overcoat and cape
17:23:54 wortham_krimmer {public msg} and how to drape
that over the throne.
17:24:07 wortham_krimmer {public msg} That was a
brilliant thing because that was instruction on how to use the costume
as how royalty would use it
17:24:19 wortham_krimmer {public msg} The costume
department is really wonderful at Babylon5
17:24:27 wortham_krimmer {public msg} They are sweet,
educated and really wonderful people to work with.
17:24:30 wortham_krimmer {public msg} NExt question?
17:24:51 Lord_Graf {question presented} What are you
planing on doing now, or in the near future?
17:25:32 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I'm going to
do One Life to Live.
17:25:40 wortham_krimmer {public msg} And I then am
going to see where the Fates take me.
17:25:43 wortham_krimmer {public msg} One never knows
in this business.
17:25:46 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next question?
17:25:50 Assimiltr {question presented} How may I
obtain an 8x10 autographed glossy of you?
17:25:58 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Please write
me at
17:26:00 wortham_krimmer {public msg} ABC
17:26:04 wortham_krimmer {public msg} c/o One Life
to Live
17:26:11 wortham_krimmer {public msg} 56 West 66th
Street
17:26:14 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Studio 17
17:26:17 wortham_krimmer {public msg} New York, NY
17:26:21 wortham_krimmer {public msg} 10023
17:26:25 wortham_krimmer {public msg} and I will send
you a regular head shot
17:26:33 wortham_krimmer {public msg} and if I can
convince B5 people to send me Cartagia
17:26:38 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I'll be happy
to autograph those as well.
17:26:41 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next question?
17:26:43 NowaY {question presented} Who was the
funniest person on the show?
17:27:05 wortham_krimmer {public msg} That would be
a toss up between Peter and Stephen both of whom had me laughing
right up to action.
17:27:15 wortham_krimmer {public msg} There were times
when I didn't know if I could have a straight face before the scene
began.
17:27:19 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Andreas is also
very funny
17:27:21 wortham_krimmer {public msg} but in a dry
way.
17:27:25 wortham_krimmer {public msg} next question?
17:27:30 Karen {question presented} was that real blood
on your hands?
17:27:38 Moderator {action} We only have about 10 or
15 minutes left.
17:27:41 wortham_krimmer {public msg} *evil laugh*
17:27:45 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I'll never
tell....
17:27:50 wortham_krimmer {public msg} But I AM a method
actor...
17:27:54 wortham_krimmer {public msg} NExt question?
17:28:03 Karen {question presented} was the B5 really
that nice to work with, like the magazines say?
17:28:14 wortham_krimmer {public msg} YES!
17:28:16 wortham_krimmer {public msg} YES YES YES YES
YES
17:28:20 wortham_krimmer {public msg} In this case
you CAN believe the press
17:28:27 wortham_krimmer {public msg} And I play a
minister on TV ... Iwouldn't lie to you.
17:28:31 wortham_krimmer {public msg} next question?
17:28:39 Karen {question presented} Cartagia has a
bit of a "swish" to his walk, was that your idea?
17:28:52 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I believe that
sexual preference is a private matter
17:28:57 wortham_krimmer {public msg} next question?
17:29:07 Assimiltr {question presented} Do you have
an official web site?
17:29:40 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I'm in the
process of developing one ... EVEN as we speak
17:29:50 wortham_krimmer {public msg} It'll be a
website for me as an actor.
17:29:59 Reschell {question presented} Cartagia was
a wonderful character -- evilly capricious -- were there any characters
that you wish you could have interacted with beyond Londo & G'Kar?
17:30:02 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I do have a fan
club but it's not online.
17:30:29 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I don't know
that there's a character on B5 that I wouldn't have wanted to act
beside.
17:30:36 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Rick Biggs was
an old friend from Days of Our Lives
17:30:44 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Would have loved
to work with Bruce again from Scarecrow days.
17:30:54 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I enjoy
everyone's work on that show, I think it's a very talented cast.
17:30:56 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next question?
17:30:58 Anlashok_na {question presented} Was there
one scene that stood out for you as being your best?
17:31:21 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Oh I don't know
about best, but I certainly enjoyed the washing the blood off the hands
scene. I enjoyed the electrowhip scene.
17:31:36 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I thought Andreas
was brilliant in that scene. Those would be the two
17:31:39 wortham_krimmer {public msg} next question?
17:31:43 Assimiltr {question presented} Any time for
Conventions?
17:32:19 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I just got a
call to participate in a B5 convention in LA in September or October.
But it'll be in LA and I was told many cast members would attend
and asked if I would, I said I could attend -- schedule permitting.
17:32:23 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next question?
17:32:26 Reschell {question presented} when you are
remembering lines, do you "hear" them or visualize the script page?
17:32:39 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Neither.
17:32:42 wortham_krimmer {public msg} ....
17:32:57 wortham_krimmer {public msg} By the time I'm
performing, the dialogue is coming to me in exactly the same way my
normal speech comes to me.
17:33:06 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Intuitively,
instinctively and without conscious effort.
17:33:09 wortham_krimmer {public msg} next question?
17:33:21 Karen {question presented} do you prefer soaps
over dramatic weekly shows?
17:33:29 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I prefer work.
17:33:34 wortham_krimmer {public msg} next question?
17:33:37 wortham_krimmer {public msg} acting is acting
...
17:33:42 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Just happy to
be doing the work.
17:33:48 Karen {question presented} did you always
want to act?
17:33:55 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I do like doing
soaps a lot though because I have a wife and two children and the
schedule is better.
17:34:04 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Yeah.
17:34:10 wortham_krimmer {public msg} It was a
calling...
17:34:12 wortham_krimmer {public msg} next?
17:34:19 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I don't think
I'd be happy doing anything else.
17:34:21 Karen {question presented} would you like
to do B5 again as an alien?
17:34:27 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I'm very happy
just acting?
17:34:40 Moderator {action} we have time for one or
two more quesitons.
17:34:50 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Sure I'll do
it as an alien but I'd prefer to come back with less time in the
chair
17:34:54 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Next?
17:35:12 Karen {question presented} do you think
Cartagia could pull off a scene in One Life?
17:35:27 wortham_krimmer {public msg} *laugh*
17:35:31 wortham_krimmer {public msg} That's a great
question!
17:35:37 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I don't know
... yeah sure!
17:35:42 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I think the
ratings would soar!
17:35:55 wortham_krimmer {public msg} We could do a
one life to live story line where a spaceship crashes into Landview
17:35:58 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Out comes Cartagia!
17:36:05 wortham_krimmer {public msg} The Shadows
banish him to Earth
17:36:13 wortham_krimmer {public msg} to Landview!
17:36:21 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Condemning him
to spend his existence in Landview
17:36:22 wortham_krimmer {public msg} PA
17:36:22 Reschell {question presented} is there any
theatrical role that you would feel truly grateful to be cast in?
17:36:30 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Where he
befriends Rev. Carpenter.
17:36:49 wortham_krimmer {public msg} He would of
course have the narcissistic drive because they look so similar!
17:36:52 wortham_krimmer {public msg} They would trade
clothes.
17:37:03 wortham_krimmer {public msg} last question:
17:37:11 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Lear
17:37:23 wortham_krimmer {public msg} King Lear,
Shakespeare
17:37:29 wortham_krimmer {public msg} When I'm much
older, I'd love to play that
17:37:30 Moderator {public msg} comment not a question
17:37:33 Karen {question presented} Reverend Cartagia??
17:37:42 NowaY {question presented} WHat is the meaning
of life?
17:37:53 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I'd be blessed
to play it to take a lifetime of experience to play it
17:38:02 wortham_krimmer {public msg} And then I would
love to be one of the Rug Rats!~
17:38:27 wortham_krimmer {public msg} The meaning of
life (last answer here)
17:38:30 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Love.
17:38:36 wortham_krimmer {public msg} Thank you very
much for having me here.
17:38:47 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I've had a blast
with the B5 audience and this chat
17:38:56 wortham_krimmer {public msg} You're all very
enthusiastic and intelligent group. It's such a pleasure.
17:39:03 wortham_krimmer {public msg} It's wonderful
you've been able to see this show flourish.
17:39:10 Moderator {public msg} Thank your Wortham
for taking time to be here tonight
17:39:12 wortham_krimmer {public msg} I wish this show
all the luck in the future on TNT.
17:39:35 Doctor Rock {question presented} , thanks
for coming wortham, you are indeed a stirling character
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