Sidewalk Interview, by Jason Kaufman

For a girl whose first major break was getting killed by a garage
door in Scream, Rose McGowan has done well for herself. She
makes fun of her dangerously sexy image as the murderous prom
queen Courtney Shayne in the new black comedy Jawbreaker.
These days, she's also sporting an impressive diamond ring after
having become engaged to Satanic princeling Marilyn Manson.

Sidewalk: You just got engaged.

Rose McGowan: I answered "yes" but said, "It doesn't have to be
for a long time, right?" I'm kinda like the guy that won't commit.

SW: Do you call him Marilyn or Brian (his real name)?

RM: I call him Manson.

SW: Are you at all like the bitchy prom queen character you play in Jawbreaker?

RM: I wish, 'cause life would be more fun. I have this horrible empathy
thing where I can't even go through the drive-through at Taco Bell
without going: "Oh that poor lady. She's got her eight kids at home,
they live in a bedroom and she's getting my burrito. I'm a white capitalist pig."

SW: Do you have any hobbies?

RM: I was obsessed with Furbys for a while, and I finally got
one and it's so annoying. I wanted to die. My dog was very
jealous of them, so she ate one's head. My dog looks like
a Furby. That was her problem, I think.

SW: What do you do during your down time?

RM: I love that autopsy show on HBO, because I'm really
into forensic science. The thing I was disappointed about
was that forensic investigators have to go to live-people
medical school so you can (eventually) deal with dead
people. I would want to bypass the live people altogether.

SW: What was your favorite movie last year?

RM: My favorite movie by far was Babe: Pig in the City.
I cried three times. Animals in peril, it kills me. It took me
six months to get through The Adventures of Milo and
Otis. Every time the cat fell in the river, I was screaming.

SW: What's your favorite type of candy?

RM: I'd have to say Laffy Taffy. I like things that are
fluorescent or brightly colored. If I was to ever get into
an accident, they'll cut open my stomach and find this
strange, large wad of colored taffy and wonder "What the hell
is wrong with this girl?"

— Jason Kaufman, Sidewalk
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