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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.
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Lauren Graham not look skinny.But She look good model.I love her white dress and white shirt.
FYI lauren graham just turned 40
I LOVE HER!!I wish when im her age I look as good as she does. Wowzers. She looks really really skinny in the last picture. Eventhough shes really skinny in real life I think they airbrushed it a little. I wish I could meet her!!
Her eyes look way better than they did on GG, idk why…maybe bigger…..she dosn’t look too skinny…she looks great…I love Lauren Graham!
She looks fabulous in those photos. I was also going to comment that she looks like she has lost some weight, although she doesn’t look unhealthy, she looks beautiful. Still I can’t tell if it’s because the photos were touched up and adjusted. I haven’t seen pictures of her this good since the first couple of seasons of Gilmore Girls.
She’s the kind of friend I’d like to hang out with. :)
OMG! she looks FABULOUS!!!! i mean, i try to think of other things to say– but all i can come up with is SHE LOOKS GREAT, FABULOUS,GORGEOUS, VERY PRETTY!
the interview was great as well. i always look forward to new news on her!
I think she looks TOO skinny in the green and black shirt… maybe it was touched up to make her look like that. On Gilmore Girls, she looked healthier.
In thoughs pictures she looks like she has lost some weight. She looks pretty… better than she did when she was on Gilmore girls this season.
than grean and black shirt is really fattering on her
are thoughs pictures resent?
She looked so awesome in those pictures.
She is the best role model out there for me.
Lauren is SOOO beautiful!! I loved all her photos… but she looks unbelievably skinny in the oone with the green top. Love the interview. =)
I totally want buy magazine so badly.Great and little funny interview of Lauren.She is very gorgeous and I love her fancy.She is awesome and so funny person.Lauren look good model this picture.
She is really pretty! She is the best role model a person could have! I do not know why she is still single!
She is SO pretty! She looks great and is truly an amazing person. The interview was great, and she seems like a humble person! What an inspiration! I would like to know approximately(and I say approximately because I know people don’t like to give out there age) how old she is. She is fabulous overall!!! ;)
She is really pretty. She looks great in all of the pictures.
she looks great.
I would like to know any one know I would to love buy magzaine let me know its so great an interview!! let me know thanks
carrie
interviewers always ask the same questions. i want new questions! i know about her dad and her endless supply of chocolate and i know that she lived in virginia and that she is not married. i want different questions.
i love lauren. she’s beautiful but i want a different interview.
I Love her green, white, and black top and her jeans it’s a nice look!!!
Great interview!!
i love the pictures. she is gorgeous and an amazing person.