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Turtle Run Online Chats With Hillary December 2000 ____________________________________   On regaining Nora's memory: "She lost her memory? I don't remember losing my memory. A fan suggested to me (at Super Soap Weekend), that maybe I haven't really lost my memory. That this is just a plot! That's what a fan thinks. I thought well, hummm. I am learning more from this fan. They don't tell us anything at work. I think it would be great if Nora remembered what Lindsay did. That would be great. We'll see when that happens. I honestly don't know if it will ever come out.   On working with Catherine Hickland (Lindsay): "Oh she makes sure you see Lindsay's vulnerable side. Whiney, whiney, whiney! If what Lindsay did to Nora ever does come out, I think Nora will kill her. Do you remember what happened last Thanksgiving? The food fight? This Thanksgiving we have some fabulous things planned. Nora and Lindsay are becoming the best of friends. We become such good friends that we are going to throw a Thanksgiving dinner together. I will leave it at that! I hope they make this a Thanksgiving tradition. There is no one I like fighting with more than Catherine Hickland. It is fun. It is always fun to work with someone who owns their character. When you own your character, you are very clear on who your character is. You have your own rhythm, energy, agenda. When you own your character and your scene partner owns theirs, it is so much fun to be in the scene with them. No matter what you do, they don't come into your energy. When you have two very clear people with two very clear agendas coming together, you know something is going to happen. That's what happens when Catherine and I, Lindsay and Nora, get into a room. Two people with separate agendas, who are both smart. One just happens to use her brain for evil, not good. It's interesting, it's fun, and I truly enjoy it.   On being a red head: "Off camera, it looks very dark. On camera, it is still red. Now you will learn my little secret. When I got this job I was no redhead. It was a mandate from ABC and my boss, Linda Gottleib back then, for Nora to be a redhead. I said fine. However, red is a very hard color to maintain if it is not your own. Especially if your hair has a tendency to go more brown and blondie. My hair has a tendency to go lighter. I would go to the same ABC-recommended person to have my hair done, and it got redder and redder and soon I was a carrot top. I said, guys, we gotta stop this! So, I did a reverse process. Did that for a while, but then I would get blonde. Then, I found something that worked for me in my personal life. Which was to keep it darker, and let the lights bring out the red in Nora's hair. I like it much better this way because I'll touch it up and it gets very dark and then as the sun plays on it, and I wash it, it gets lighter and blonder, and you will see changes. Basically, it's the same color I am going to, it is just that red oxidizes. It's a struggle I've been having for years!!! I can't believe it is just coming out now!"   On Nora's storyline: "I really like Nora's journey this year. It started out in the warehouse with Bo. I loved those scenes. I wanted to use these scenes for the Emmys and I couldn't because it missed the cut-off date by one day. Those scenes were very interesting. Two people who care about each other, who have chemistry without trying, who have an understanding and deep, deep affection for each other, even though things between them didn't work out. So, if you start with that as the beginning of 'Nora's journey,' then going through her realization of what Lindsay has done and how Lindsay has destroyed her life, and then she becomes a vengeful person, even though that was not in her nature, but she needs to fight for the truth to come out. Then, the train, when she finally goes to Bo and says I can't move on with my life. I am trying, but I can't move on with my life. I need you to forgive me for what I did to you. And he says no. She goes away, and then there is the train wreck. And those scenes in the train. The set itself was the train that they twisted and wrecked. It was on angles so that when you walked into it, you wanted to take some Dramamine. The cameramen working in it were getting sick. They found a little hole in it for me to crawl in, under the wreckage, so I didn't have to walk though because it was so disorienting. We were in there for 15 hours. Till 4 in the morning. Then, I got a nice vacation. Laid in bed for several weeks. Then, Nora was trying to piece together what was happening to her, and now with the drug, where she can't even use her mind, which had always been Nora's strongest point. That was fun to re-explore. It has always been fun to re-invent and re-explore Nora, and bringing her back who she was originally. Now, with no memory, what we have is the Nora who first came to Llanveiw, straight from Chicago. Who was feisty. A bit itchy. And wanting answers really quick. Bo was the one who tamed her. That was what you got to see for a bit. Then, Nora remembers Bo, and you saw the tamed Nora come up. But for still not remembering Sam, and still not remembering (Lindsay's duplicity) I thank the writers profusely. The only problem with the coma storyline, was here I was lying in the bed and I should have been withering away, but since I didn't have to get into wardrobe, I ate myself silly. When I came back to Llanview, wardrobe handed me my clothes and I went did you shrink them? I fit into nothing. The white Armani suit that I wear for "conscience Nora" usually the jacket was buttoned. Not then. It was open. The other funny thing that happened was during the injection scenes. Colin, Nora and Lindsay had worked all day, doing the courtroom scenes, until about midnight. We had three scenes left. The injection scenes. They had the EEG hooked up, and I just lay in bed. The stage manager came up to me and said are you okay, do you want anything? I said I was just fine. Next thing I remember is hearing someone say, for God sakes, the woman is blowing bubbles! I fell asleep, and had a big spitball coming out of my mouth!"