From time to time, the PVB will ask a star of AMC 20 questions! The questions are all the same for each cast member. Our first guest is the one, the only, Jackson Montgomery, WALT WILLEY!!! (PVB questions in black, Walt's answers are in purple)
1) Who is your favorite actor?
Chris Walken, Kevin Spacey, Robert Duvall, Tony Hopkins
2) Who is your favorite actress?
Ann Bancroft, Meryl Streep, Katherine Keener
3) What is your favorite movie?
Tough one: Ed Wood, Apocalypse Now Redux, Pillow Book, Meet the Parents
4) What is your favorite TV Show?
Don't watch much...guess the Science, Civilization, History, DSC, and TLC
5) Who is your favorite singer or musical group?
I listen to a rather eclectic bunch of stuff: mostly meditative Asian music-and of course, the "Stones"
6) What is your favorite song?
The Weight
7) What is your favorite book?
The Art of Happiness by HH The Dalai Lama
8) Do you have any pets? If so, what kind and what are their names?
Pets? I've got a whole farm full of sheep, donkeys, goats, and pigs (all miniature), chickens and a great Aussie shepherd named Lucy. All of them have names, but we're talking 40 head of stock here!
9) What is your favorite scene that you were ever in?
Any scene with "Jack's " daughter "Lily".
10) What is your favorite scene that you were not in?
If I ain't in it, I don't read it!
11) If you weren't an actor, what would you be doing?
Paleoanthropologist
12) Who is your best friend on the set?
I like to think of the whole ensemble as my friends.
13) What is your all time favorite storyline (yours or other)?
"Jack" finding out he was not responsible for his sister's death, and the "Bianca" intervention.
14) What make was your first car?
'64 VW bug
15) Who do you wish was still on AMC?
Josh Duhamel...he added so much.
16) What cause do you believe in most?
Compassion for all humanity
17) What is your favorite vacation spot?
Home in Santa Fe, on the farm.
18) Who is the biggest cut up on the set?
Me, of course!
19) What is your funniest fan encounter?
A had a fan tell me, after a hug, that "you smell just like you do on television!" Huh?
20) Do you ever ad lib on AMC? If so, give an example.
Oh sure, if it improves the scene and dialogue, but never without informing the director and fellow actors in the scene with me.
I'd just like to close with a thank you to all of you who have stood by me and "Jack" all these years. It's been great, and I forever indebted to you.
Thanks again!
Walt
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