Quick Quotes from Joss Whedon
September 17, 2009 by Cynthia
On how Echo will come into her own:
Joss Basically through force of will. She did have all those personalities dumped into her at once and that's starting to affect her. Instead of being at sea, she's much more driven. She has a mission she understands now which is to get back to her personality.
On how much the fans influenced the decision to bring the show back:
Joss: I think it's the nature of the fan base, they're in it for the long haul and they're nuturing and intense about it and they'll see it through years after it's canceled. Firefly still sells, Buffy still sells, the network knows that my shows pay off in the long run. There's a market beyond the Nielson numbers. So the fans showing up and buying the DVDs, they prove it runs deep to them and the base doesn't have to be as broad for the studio to decide to eek out another season.
On what Eliza brings to the character:
Joss: Eliza really wants to dance burlesque and we keep forgetting to put that in. She is so many people that we pluck from. She did go bow hunting but to my knowledge, she herself was not hunted.
On Amy Acker:
Joss: Dr. Saunders would factor in much more if we hadn't lost her to another show. Three episodes worth and they will be extraordinary episodes... we grit our teeth that we didn't have the funds or success to make her a regular and now we're paying for it. Everytime we have her on screen we'll squeeze every drop out of her.
On the hiring of genre guest stars this season:
Joss: It's a death match between Firefly and Battlestar and which of them will get all their people [on first]. The fact of the matter is there are people I like to work with and this season I'm less concerned about how the cast is perceived. Now I'm like, I know these people can act and the fans watching it are fans anyway. If they know who they are they'll be thrilled and if they don't know they'll see good acting.
On Summer Glau:
Joss; The character was created with hopes that she would play it. She plays the programmer of another Dollhouse, it's somewhat eccentric part but different than what we've seen from her before.
On Alexis Denisof:
Joss: He has his own crusade going, different that Paul because he's gone public with it. He's not the Payl of this season because he's going to have a different set of problems thrown at him. He's very tenacious.
On Jamie Bamber:
Joss: If you were those two, wouldn't you get married? [Having him guest star was] a geek dream and an extraordinary experience. He fleshed out a character that could have been a little but of cardboard cutout and you feel that you've betrayed him even though he's completely in the wrong. (Cr: Isabelle Vosmikova/FOX)
On the attic:
Joss: It is going to be creepy but I think ultimately what it's going to be like is something we're going to hang on to pretty tight. It ain't gonna be pretty.
Final words:
Joss: I love each and everyone of you very much, possibly inappropriately.
Irreverent and a little mysterious - Joss Whedon sounds like he's realized his mistake from last season, which was not listening to his instincts and always doing what his heart said was best. I think this is going to be a rocking year for Dollhouse.
Cr. Frank Ockenfels/FOX
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