| It's no good looking at recent interviews to try and | | | | One example is one I found in an early interview with |
| work out how your favourite celebrities tick. They | | | | John of Monty Python (spell check will not me say his |
| are just too used to the questions, and are more | | | | surname). He tells that his dad used to send adverts |
| likely to close themselves off, stuck in the world of | | | | for management jobs for Marks and Spencer and |
| Hollywood or reality TV or similar. They may even | | | | others, while John was writing and performing for |
| refuse to give interviews now, and when they do it | | | | The Frost Report. |
| is simple ones regarding the film or album they are | | | | That piece of information he may be reluctant to |
| currently working on. | | | | volunteer now. |
| You could study a biography of course-but they may | | | | Of course not all celebrities are the same-some will |
| not show the celebrities' true feelings. An | | | | need a bit of time before they can be interviewed |
| autobiography would be more likely to-but time | | | | properly. But it can give ideas of how the person |
| causes people to forget, and they may not tell | | | | was in the early days and how they coped with |
| events which show them in a bad light. A lot of self | | | | particular difficulties. |
| editing goes on. | | | | But how do you find early interviews? Well quite a lot |
| No, where you are most likely to get the truth about | | | | of them are on the web. You can run a search of |
| a particular celebrity is in early interviews. At this | | | | newspapers by logging into your library website. |
| point they are not cynical, the questions are fresh to | | | | One word of advice-do not be too obsessed with |
| them, and they are more likely to volunteer | | | | how the celebrities work-a lot of them could not care |
| information. | | | | much about us really... Well, could they? |
