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Capitol File has Lauren Graham on their cover for this month’s edition – "Why We’ll Always Love the Girl Next Door." They have her as "girl most likely to succeed", referring to the end of Gilmore Girls. Here are some pieces from the interview:
CAPITOL FILE: You recently celebrated a birthday. Did you have a cake with candles?
LAUREN GRAHAM: I didn’t have a cake, because to me the cake always signals the end of the party. So many friends from high school came—I had 10 Langley High people here, and my high school boyfriend, too. It was a blast. Here you had people on East Coast time—with kids at home—staying up until three in the morning. We just talked and hung out, and we did it again the next night.CF: You’re best known as a Gilmore girl—playing the single mother of a teenager. But in real life, the roles were reversed—it was your father, Larry Graham, who raised you from the age of five. How special was your relationship? I mean, was your dad flipping pancakes in the morning and French-braiding your hair?
LG: [Laughs] I had to have knots regularly cut out of my hair, because I think he thought you only had to brush the top part! Haircare wasn’t his thing. I had a lot of slumber parties, and we only had one frying pan, because it was usually just the two of us. So whenever I had all these girls over, he would do one pancake at a time—breakfast would take like an hour to make. It just never occurred to me. And our silverware didn’t match. My father made a fine living, but he didn’t notice certain things. He married my stepmother when I was in high school, and between her, my mother’s sisters, and my grandmother, who lived in DC—my grandfather was the preacher at the First Baptist Church of Washington, DC; I was raised Catholic, but that side of the family is Baptist—we had family nearby and a fair amount of help. I had great babysitters…CF: Did your father plant the artistic seeds that would eventually sprout in his daughter—introduce you to all of the arts and museums that the nation’s capital has to offer?
LG: I think he didn’t really mean to formally introduce me to things artistic—he just didn’t know what to do with me on weekends. We went to every Smithsonian museum. We’d go to puppet shows in the woods, in Rock Creek Park or somewhere like that. We went to see The Member of the Wedding at the Kennedy Center, I saw Annie; we’d always go to the ballet. I just think, honestly, he didn’t know what to do. The only other thing I was interested in was riding. He’s allergic to horses, so he’d drop me off. We’d go to restaurants in DC—if anything, my father’s given me my ridiculous love of going out to dinner, because half of the week, although he’s a good cook, we would go out. Also, he just really loves to read, so we would read every night—he would read to me.CF: You went to high school in the shadow of the Central Intelligence Agency. What was a typical day like in the life of Lauren Graham? I know you took some acting classes at the Catholic University and Arena Stage.
LG: Yes, in the summertime—I would use any local resource. Arena Stage had a program called Living Stage that reaches out to the community and reflects what the community is going through in DC. It was so out there, compared to what I had done at school. At the time I was one of the youngest people in that class, and I learned a lot. Now that I look back, I was really ambitious. After school I was usually rehearsing for a play or a musical, and I was on the student council. You mentioned the CIA—we would try to drive down there and see how far we could get before the guards came out. [Laughs] It was pre 9/11, of course—and it just seemed hilarious…CF: Last question: Speaking as a gentleman, I have to ask how a beautiful Irish-Catholic lass like you has stayed single so long?
LG: [Laughs] I don’t know! I don’t know! I’m not even trying that hard to stay single! I was in a real serious relationship as Gilmore Girls was starting, and then I went to work in a really intense way. I don’t blame my job, I’m really thankful to have had it, but it has limited things. So I hope to have more balance soon. I would love to be part of a family. It’s something that’s important to me. But I also have a lot of the things that I wanted in my career, and I never thought I would get this far. So I feel like things come in good time. I’ve had some great boyfriends, I’ve learned a lot, and now I’m ready for my last boyfriend.
Thanks em! Tags: lauren graham, lauren graham interview
Thanks Pamela for the info!
To Kristen: FYI: You can get the book through Amazon (new & used copies, which would be less expensive). It was written in 1990.
“..and now I´m ready for my last boyfriend” … sweet….wish her all the best . I´m curious who it will be… someone new… or someone we know… how knows
Thanks Pamela for responding to my question and sharing what you researched with everyone here!The next time I’m at B&N I will look for it.
To Kristen: I had previously read an article where she had stated that her grandfather was a preacher at the Baptist Church in D.C. and knowing his name was Worth Grant I googled and read another article about her grandfather’s passing on Dec 18, 2005 prior to her birth mother’s passing & a letter of thanks from her grandmother to the congregation. Cutting to the chase, I then googled her grandmother’s name, Kathryn Grant, and the book came up.
I think that “Making The Most of the Best of your Life” by Kathryn Grant sounds interesting! So Pamela how did you come across that book?
And Yes I know that June 3rd was yesterday :( I looked on my calendar and I felt kind of sad… well hopefully we will get to watch the Gilmore girls movie!!
Lauren Graham’s maternal grandmother she mentioned in the Capitol article wrote a book published in 1990 titled “Making The Most of the Best of your Life” by Kathryn Grant. In it she talks about her 4 daughters, including Lauren’s birth mom, Donna & her 3 sisters. It is a mature read but a nice book.
Hey guys, a little thing, just to remind you….yesterday was JUNE 3RD.
Remember…JUNE 3RD!
God, this is so sad!!
I think we should start a poll of men that Lauren should date. Just for fun and all, but it would be neat to see who we all would have in mind for her!!
I totally agree with you Adrienne! I also think that she is the only celeb that would love to meet out of all the celebs and well maybe Alexis :D but meeting Lauren would just be awesome! I wish that I could have taken the Warner Bros. Tour when they were still shooting the show ’cause I mean taking the tour and seeing the sets and possibly seeing The Gilmore girls being shot would be like the craziest most amazing thing ever to happen to me! Although I just hope that if that ever does happen, my reaction to seeing her wouldn’t consist of me talking a mile a minute (’cause of course that’s what happens when you religiously watch a show for 7 years! Not to mention re-watching all of the seasons on DVD) and saying how I just love her work on Gilmore girls and how I think that she is just amazing for portraying a Television Character for Seven Years of her life! and asking her if she was satisfied with everything that had happened (even though I read and watched almost every interview with her talking about whether or not she was satisfied) ’cause after all I would just be in complete awe! Well I just wanted to state my opinion about how meeting Lauren Graham is at the very top of my list of celebs I would Love to ever meet! and not to mention Alexis as my number two choice :D
I can’t wait to see her new movie either! i think its gonna be great!
i absolutely love LAUREN!! to be completely honest… shes actually the ONLY celeb. i would rather meet out of all the other celebs out there!
OMG! She looks so Pretty! and I love how she said“i’m ready to have my last boyfriend” too! I also think that she is a great role model! I wish I could meet her! and I totally agree with all of you that said that the interview questions need to be “different” ’cause I mean I remember on Ellen when she talked about living with a single dad, not that it wasn’t interesting but the people that do the interviews should try to ask questions that haven’t been asked. well anyways I can’t wait to see her in Evan Almighty this month! (btw it comes out on June 22 :D )
she looks so pretty!
how the hell is she like 40yrs old???
i love how she says “i’m ready to have my last boyfriend”, its such a cute thing
Thanks, em for the post. It was a nice interview and I hope all those who felt Ms. Bledel has been anything other than loyal to GG reads this wonderfully articulate interview.
Well done AB.
We have an interview with Alexis-
http://www.tvguide.com/News-Views/Interviews-Features/Article/default.aspx?posting={C7EFE8D2-8C40-470F-825A-4B05DC039889}
Speaking of nice interviews and photos – there is a nice photo and article about Alexis Bledel in the new edition of People Magazine.
omg those pictures of lauren graham are gorgeous… she seems like such a sweet person i really wish i could meet her in real life lol.
Oh My God, she’s amazing!
I Love this woman!!!
She’s great!
She is very, very smart, and funny ofcourse!
I just love her!
And yes, she will always be remembered. Remembered as our wonderful Lorelai!
She made every one fall in love with her, and that’s amazing!
She’s the greatest actress ever!!
…..I love her so much!
Now that is the kind of interview I like to read – not those smaltzy tabloid interviews.
It would appear Ms. Graham is very selective about who she is willing to allow interview her, and she should be applauded for that.