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News / Messages from Annabeth / Archive (January - March 2005)
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March 17, 2005
Annabeth sent along a note to thank everyone for their participation in
this year's Book of Birthday Greetings and ATA Cookbook.
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Everyone,
Thank you for the beautiful birthday cookbook. Wade and I looked through all of the recipes with our mouths watering
and our stomachs growling. We will surely use each and every one! The collection has quite an international flavor
with so many different traditional dishes - we're going to throw a dinner party devoted to the ATA folks.
Thank you, thank you, thank you! Also, the greetings, once again, filled my heart with gratitude.
Happy Birthday back to each and all of you whenever those dates may be.
All the very best,
Annabeth
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February 15, 2005
Annabeth has sent along her answers to the questions that were submitted for the month of February. Enjoy!
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Name: Jenne
Question: Out of all your films in your career so far which has been the hardest to prepare for and why?
Annabeth's Answer: On a physical level, the salsa movie I did for VH-1 (The Way She Moves)
was the most labor intensive - just to learn the dance numbers and the style of the dance. I love that
kind of sweaty, hard work that requires time and loads of preparation - it's the most rewarding.
I'd like to do more of that kind of physically demanding work! True Women also required preparation
with riding, props, costumes, weapons and historical research. Really, each role has its own kind of
mental and emotional preparation - just to get in the head space of another woman with another mind,
memories and experiences ... Every role is different.
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Name: Denise
Question: What does a typical day entail in the life of Annabeth Gish?
Annabeth's Answer: A typical day when I'm not working is an early walk/hike with Lola, coffee or
tea with my husband while we read the paper, yoga maybe followed by lunch with a girlfriend. I try to
do something every day that requires creative focus or study - I always feel like I have to be learning something
new or learning more about acting, film, writing, business, the environment, etc ... I don't know if
it's a drive
that comes from feelings of inadequacy or ambition ... Sometimes it's hard for me to relax ... so I have to spend
time every day cultivating that, too. I try to meditate either when I wake up or before I go to sleep.
Wade and I love to go to movies, so if we plan evenings out it's usually built around dinner and a movie with
friends. That's pretty typical ... If I'm working then everything is scheduled around work -preparation, learning
lines, etc ...
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Annabeth also sent along an article that ran in the February 13, 2005 edition of the
Des Moines Register. Read it here.
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February 1, 2005
Received clarification from Annabeth today regarding IMDb erroneously updating her TV/Filmography to say that she
appeared on "St. Elsewhere" between 1985-1987. She has never appeared on "St. Elsewhere." An e-mail has been sent to
IMDb to ask them to remove the entry from her TV/Filmogrpahy so as to avoid additional confusion.
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January 31, 2005
Annabeth has sent along word that Lifetime
Television will be premiering an edited version of Knots -
renamed Sex, Love and Lies - tonight at 9 p.m. (It will re-air
again on February 12th and
February 17th).
Also, she has advised that Lion's Gate will be releasing a DVD of the
original director's cut of Knots in April.
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January 20, 2005
After placing Q&As on hold for a bit due to her very busy schedule, Annabeth has sent along her answers for the
most recent batch of questions sent in for the month of January. Enjoy!
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Name: Michael M.
Question: Have you considered or do you have any interest in doing voice work for an animated film
(like Finding Nemo or Shrek)? I think you have a great voice, and I would love to see/hear you as a character in
an animated film.
Annabeth's Answer: My vocal chords - thank you for the compliment. I would love to do more voice-over work.
I think it is an art in itself and there are masters who make/allow their voices to do amazing things. One of my
first professional gigs back in Cedar Falls, Iowa was a radio commercial for Swiss Valley Farms Milk. I think I
was 10. Does that count as the beginning of an as yet untapped vocal career? Of the animated films out last year
I especially loved A Shark's Tale and The Incredibles. Both were so much fun to watch and listen to ...
so yes, the answer is yes, I'd love to do an animated film.
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Name: Sue
Question: What kind of music do you listen to? (To relax? Calm down?) Any current recommendations?
Annabeth's Answer: Well, well, well. Music for me is an incredibly important source of emotional food.
Some know by now that Sarah McLachlan is my favorite female vocalist. Patty Griffin, Mindy Smith, Emmylou Harris ...
I love the ladies who make poetic and aching soulful music - kind of a folksy/country thing. If you wanted to know what
CDs are loaded in my disc player right now I would tell you of these: The new Keane album which I cannot recommend
enough - go get it! I swear it is an amazing collection of music! Jeff Buckley's Grace (which has its fixed place
forever); Mindy Smith's One Moment More, U2's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb ("Sometimes you can't make it on your
own" is my favorite song!) Green Day's new CD and Mos Def's New Danger. I'm very eclectic. But when I want to
relax I have my collection of CD's ... Robert Haig Coxon's Silent Path is my favorite CD to put on when
I need to enter the land of music to soothe and dream. My husband laughs about my ambient music collection, but I do
have a CD called The Most Relaxing CD EVER. What can I say ... Sometimes he even falls asleep to it, too!
I think music has the power to heal and alter cell patterns and evoke feeling. It is medicine and always a way in to
the heart ...
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January 13, 2005
Received word from Annabeth today that Showtime has officially picked up Brotherhood
as a new series. Shooting will begin in May.
Also, she has expressed that any proceeds generated through Buy
for Bethie (BFB) in 2004/2005 be donated to UNICEF in support of
Tsunami relief efforts.
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