TiVO Interview; "Play Memory with Elijah Wood"

Elijah is wearing a tan print, checked shirt with brown striped tie. His hair is artfully mussed.

Shanon Carney: Okay! Thank you so much for joining us again.

Elijah Wood: You�re welcome!

S: Great movie. I�d say its about the power of memory, so I thought we�d play a little memory game.

EJW: Okay. I like that.

S: What�d you have for dinner last night?

EJW: I had, uh, steak and french fries.

S: What�s the last TV show you watched?

EJW: Probably the last episode of �Sex and the City.�

S: Okay.

EJW: �which was dissapointing. (Looks straight into the camera and bugs his eyes.)

S: Oh, no!

EJW: Yes.

S: Really? Why?

EJW: (Shakes his head.) Don�t need to get into it. (Smiles.)

S: Okay. Fair enough. (Elijah grins) Okay. The film wrapped a year ago�

EJW: Yup, yup. Yeah! (shaking head) Man!

S: Um� what were you doing?

EJW: Um� the day that I wrapped, uh, it was a scene in the, um, bookstore with Kate where Jim is trying to sort of get around to see me and he can�t quite see me�Yeah, it was actually kind of emotional. I didn�t really wanna leave everyone, I had such a great experience working with everyone on the movie.

S: You play Patrick, a technician, a mind-erasing technician in the film�

EJW: That�s right.

S: �which is quite a departure from our beloved Frodo�

EJW: Yeah. (Grins)

S: Talk a little bit about Patrick.

EJW: Uh�Patrick is this, uh, technician for a company called Lacuna, who erases peoples� memories.

EJW: So he goes from house to house aiding in that process.

EJW: Mid-way through the film you kind of realize that Patrick is manipulating his way into Kate Winslett�s love, whom he had aided in her memory erasing process. And so he�s kind of found a way into her life through manipulation, um, because he doesn�t really have what it takes to start a relationship with any way, any, anyone in any kind of normal sense.

S: You have an excellent memory.

EJW: Yeah. Keep goin�; I like this! (Grins)

S: Yeah! Okay! How did you win the affection of your first crush?

EJW: Ooh! Now�now you�re delvin� deep! I don�t know; I think I may have just said �I like you?� (Little laugh.)

S: So, you didn�t steal any underwear�

EJW: No. I don�t think it� yeah, no! Definetly not! Not the best way to gain affection.

S: People are gonna have to see the movie to understand what we�re saying there.

EJW: Indeed!

S: One more memory question. Just your earliest childhood memory in general.