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MVP:
You were born in Sweden?
Elke:
Yes. My father is from Sweden and my mother from Germany.
Are
the meatballs you find here as good as the ones your mom used to make?
(laughing)
No.
Is
Dolph Lundgren a big hero in Sweden? |
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I
don't know. Why?
Well,
I was just in the Netherlands and saw a few of his films in the New
Releases area. We in America don't even care about him anymore so I
was just wondering.
Oh,
I grew up in Germany and then lived in Italy for many years doing a
television show called "Colpo Grosso" and now I am in the
United States working hard. So I don't know about Sweden.
Do
you know who Walter and Karl LaGrand are?
No,
I don't.
They
were two German citizens put to death by lethal injection in Arizona
for stabbing a police officer in Tucson after a botched bank robbery.
The German government protested this by asking what right does
America have to sentence two of its citizens to death. What do you
think about this?
I
think they did a crime in a foreign country so it is OK. If someone
is coming into my country, in Germany, and doing something criminal
or something they shouldn't be doing, they should be punished by our
government. Why should America change the rules? Anyone else could
have gotten the same sentence and gets the same treatment.
Right!
What language do you dream in?
(pause)
THAT is a good question. I have this dream where I am chased and
chased and I am not sure from what I am running. I have it every
night and I am afraid. (pause) But what language do I dream in? I
have to say now it is English.
You
own two chihuahua dogs.
Yes,
one of them is here with me in America and his name is Chichi and
the other one is in Germany.
Do
you know what Chichi means in Spanish?
Yes
. . . I think I do . . . it means "breasts."
I
think it means a woman's private areas.
You
mean below the waist? Oh well, someone told me breasts, but when I
speak to someone who speaks Spanish I say his name is "Si-Si."
Do
your dog and your gardener have anything in common?
(pause)
They hate each other.
Is
Jenny McCarthy a good kisser?
No.
How would I know this?
You
made an appearance on her show.
Yes,
she is a friend, but I don't know if she kisses good.
When
you were living in Italy all that time was it difficult for you to
not stare at the hair above the women's lips?
What
is that?
When
you were living in Italy, was it hard for you to avoid staring at
the hair above the top lips of the Italian women?
(long
pause then begins to laugh for a few moments before answering
quietly) Yes.
You
say on your web page that your brother is your best friend. What's
his favorite color?
Mmmmm
. . . I have to say black. (pause) And also yellow
Like
a bumblebee?
Yeah.
You ask some pretty strange questions, you know?
Thank
you.
I
have one favor to ask, please don't talk so fast. Where are you from anyway?
Mexico.
You
talk so fast I cannot follow up!
OK.
I'll slow it down a bit. I have your résumé in front
of me.
Well,
great!
You
were in the "Charlie's Angel's" movie?
Yeah
but they cut the scene out, to be honest. I worked two weeks with
Bill Murray in a hot tub scene every day and that scene was not even
in there. I mean not the scene when he was sitting in the hot tub.
It's too bad, but shit happens.
Are
you upset by that?
Me?
Not at all. I got paid for it so I don't care.
You
were on the TV show "Blossom."
Yeah.
What'd
you do there?
Where
did you see that? On ElkeJeinsen.com?
Actually
I got this off of ElkeJeinsen.de
There's
no "Crocodile Dundee" on it?
Yes,
there is.
Because
you didn't ask me any questions on that.
"Crocodile
Dundee" was a while ago though, wasn't it?
No,
it was just now! It's not even released!
A
movie or TV show?
A
movie!
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There's
a NEW "Crocodile Dundee" movie coming out?!
Yeah!
Yeah! Maybe I should tell people that because no one is interested
in that. And maybe because I didn't tell people that it was new. It's
called "Crocodile Dundee in L.A." It's the third part.
Yeah, it's a movie!
What
do you play? What do you do in it?
I'm
a girl in a party scene but with a |
speaking
part together with [Paul Hogan, "Crocodile Dundee"].
OK.
Stephen Anderson is your improv comedy coach.
Yes
and he's really good. I've had him for the past five years.
So
give me some quick comedy. Can you do that?
No.
Oh.
(awkard pause) All right.
OK,
so Stephen Anderson is really good and I learned a lot and he gave
me a lot of self-confidence and stuff like that, you know.
How's
the German version of your web site doing? It seems a little bare.
My
German web site? Good! I've done already two web sites and right now
when we are done I'll be working on my portfolio that goes to ElkeJeinsen.de.
I just came back from the print place. I have new headshots which I
will post there. And maybe I will post my green card letter too.
That's
in English?
Yes.
It's 30 pages. It's everything about me. If I were to have the green
card letter on there you don't even need to talk to me. It's
everything about me, who I've worked for . . . everything.
Wow.
You do style horseback riding?
Yes,
professionally. I went to the World Championships in Kentucky three
years ago. I was ready to do that but I didn't.
Where's
your favorite place to scuba dive?
The
Maldiven
Where?
The
Maldiven . . . American people don't know this place so let's make
it easy. Say Cancun.
No!
Well, where is it?
(laughing)
Maldiven is how you spell it in German. The main city is Male. It's
60 little, tiny islands.
Where?
Near Germany?
No!
No! It's like Hawaii but it's the opposite side, like . . . not this
ocean, the other one.
The
Atlantic Ocean?
No,
the other one.
Let's
see, there's Pacific, Atlantic, Indian . . .
Indian!
(pause) I think. And I got my scuba license over there.
On
those islands?
Yeah.
In Cancun I was scuba diving but I learned a lot on the Maldiven
because it's really perfect for that, you know. We did an underwater
commercial there for swimwear.
I
dated a full-blooded German girl over the summer and she had a dowry
of approximately $30,000. Do you have a dowry? Is that normal?
A
what? A dowry?
Yes.
It is when a man marries a woman, the family saves up money and
things to give to the woman for the marriage.
Really?
I don't know anything about it. I'm not married. I don't know. I've
never heard about that.
Your
family didn't save any money for your marriage?
I
bet if I want to marry, my family [will give] me money and that they
will arrange the whole thing. They will pay for everything, I think.
But I don't know because I've never asked.
So
you're not thinking about getting married anytime soon?
No.
When I have a boyfriend sometimes I think about marriage right away,
in the beginning when I'm in love. The first month I think about
getting married. Then after two months, forget it. I don't think
about it anymore.
Today
is the day after you and your boyfriend broke up. How are you feeling?
I'm
really not in a good mood.
How
were your dreams last night? Did you dream?
How
were my dreams? I really don't remember. I just slept three hours.
What'd
you do last night?
Lately,
I always sleep just three hours. I don't know why, I sit in front of
the computer and I'm so tired I fall asleep right away, which is
really good, but then I wake up at 5:00 then . . . I can't fall back
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