Daniela Sea answers YOUR questions!

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i first met daniela in november of 2004 while she was touring and doing merch for her girlfriend, singer/activist bitch. i was on tour with my buddy terra and she and bitch had a show together in austin the night Bush was re-elected (ew). this was before the L Word. i was on the phone in the small venue talking to my mother, and this chick walked past me as she was loading in gear. i swear i hung up on my mother right then and there, stared blankly for a bit, and as Daniela walked back towards me, i said "i know this is weird for me to say, but you're beautiful. wow."

uh huh. suave, i know;-) but seriously, she is SO stunning in person that you sort of lose your way. you lose your senses. and she was so humble about it that i wasnt even slightly embarrassed. i wasnt trying to hit on her. it was beyond that. there was something very special about this merch girl. and as i watched her shyly sell cds, and dance in the back of the place while Bitch rocked it on stage, i knew i'd see her again.

and boy, did i:-) (on the show!)

daniela answered some of the questions you guys submitted and provided a couple of pics. it should be noted that we did all of this without a publicist because she reads the blog and is as cool as hell about setting things up. thanks to daniela for being my first interview on the site (i miss doing these for my magazine) and i hope to do more in the near future!

and now...i love saying this:

this is Daniela Sea's lesbian moment...

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Lynn P
25
Sunny Florida Baby!
www.myspace.com/brvnczy692002

Q: Even though it is only acting, how does your girlfriend cope with you and your co-workers getting naked and all steamy on screen?

"Bitch is a trained actor and has been performing all her life, so for
her, it's not an issue what I do when I'm acting and making my art. She's very supportive."

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Maria Alejadra
17
New Jersey,U.S
www.myspace.com/twiztedtornheart15

Q: Hi, I gotta say i totally love the L word, to me it's the best show on earth. My question for you is; How hard was it for you to be gay when you were growing up, and how different do you think it's now? Were your parents supportive?

"For me, I see being different as a great asset. Being queer is one of the best things in my life. Having the kind of community we have is invaluable and makes my life so full and rich. It wasn't easy growing up queer. Mostly because of how it felt
in school. I was different, that's for sure. I expressed that difference and was raised to do so by my artist parents. So I don't know what marked me as an outsider first, my queerness, my tomboyness, or my artist and rebel sensibilities. We have to be strong and proud to live a fulfilled life, and I definitely got some early and sometimes painful lessons on the subject of being myself. But I wouldn't have it any other way."

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Cheyla
21
Martinez, Ca

Q: Did you watch The L Word before you were a character on the show?

"I watched 1/2 of an episode once. I'm not much of a TV person. But a lot of my friends were big fans and were psyched when I got the job."

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Rei
17
Nebraska
www.myspace.com/dykedrama

Q: I know you've lived as a man before in India, do you feel that helped you fill the roll of Max? If so, how?

"For actors, our life experience is our palet to paint from. Living as a guy in India was definitely one of the colors in the mix of Max."

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Julia
Age 28
San Diego, CA
http://www.myspace.com/dreadpiratejulia

Q: If you could change any one thing about your character and how he's portrayed on the show, would you? What would you change?

"I like Max the way he is, with all his strengths and weaknesses."

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Michelle :)
25
Victoria, BC (Canada)

Q: Hey Daniela, Was this season (4) more comfortable for you seeing as you'd already spent a season getting to know the cast and now there are whole bunch of new people?

"I had a good time this season. I loved the material. It was great to see the cast and crew again, and get a chance to tell some cool and different stories together, as a team. It takes so many people with all different kinds of skills to make a TV show or a film happen. And our crew is renowned as one of the best in the industry. I was really happy to get to know our new cast members each of whom is so awesome and talented and a joy to be around."

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Lyndsey
18
Asheville/Lexington, NC
http://www.myspace.com/lynniechu

Q: First off, did you know from the start you'd be playing a trans guy, or did the producers kind of... surprise you? How difficult was it to act as a convincing transgendered bio female?

"Acting is always a challenge, and should be scary if it's worth anything. I knew, once I was hired, that Moira would be questioning and would probably pursue a transition."

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Julia
24
Bonn, Germany

Q: It says on the website that you have tried living different ways of lives - there is an quite exotic example of living in India as a man. What would be another way of life that you haven't expierienced yet but would like to try, if you could be just about anybody, anywhere right now?

"I'd love to be an archaeologist studying nomadic life in places like Mongolia and
Kyrgyzstan. Even better would be to live that way."

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kirby
27
matapouri bay, New Zealand
http://www.myspace.com/triviam

Q: What is your number 1 all-time favourite song in the world that affects you more than no other?

"As a musician and more importantly a lover of music, it's impossible to pick
one all time favorite song. There is only one song that I've found that describes the profound evolution that true travelling can allow you. It is Joni Mitchell's Refuge of the Roads from the album Hejira."

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Sarah
23
Chicago
www.myspace.com/moe83025

Q: Would you ever consider going through with sexual reassignment
surgery like Max is on the L Word?

"I love the feeling of making new spaces in the world and inhabiting them with an open heart. In terms of gender there is and has always been way more than just the binary-male/female. To me, gender spans a spectrum. It's a fluid thing. I like to feel mobile and free within it. It's not always easy, but it's my nature."

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LL
26
Wisconsin
http://blog.myspace.com/pleeeeeh

Q: What do you want L Word fans to take away from/learn from the character of "Moira/Max" on the show?

"I want the audience to get to know Max and see life from his perspective."

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Arlan's questions:

Q: is there a contract rule or anything where you cant say negative things about the producers/writers or you'll be in trouble, or do you feel that generally it's a professional courtesy not to? (at the L2 convention in London, it seemed like other cast members were very candid about their opinions without completely crossing a line.)

"I have alot of respect for the writers and producers of the show. They are visionaries, women and radicals. I don't have anything negative to say about them, so it's not an issue. And there is nothing in the contract regarding that."

Q: where were you when you first saw yourself on television and what was that experience like?

"When I first saw myself on The L Word, I was in DC at a Human Rights Campaign benefit. It was exciting and slightly overwhelming. Luckily, there were a fair number of older women in the room who had lived through times of great repression whom had fought, putting their lives on the line, for the right to live and love as they pleased. Their dedication and great vision made it so that our generation could be live a more free and open life. It was quite moving to see myself on TV for the first time in their company."

Q: do you ever feel like running away again and being a gypsy?

"Yes. Definitely."

Q: what do you hope for yourself for the near future? another season, to pursue your own music, etc?

"I'm loving making all kinds of things and I'm excited to see what they become and
where they take me. Nothing's really changed, as far as that stuff goes. I've been writing a fair amount, and playing with my band, Bitch and The Exciting Conclusion, and acting on the show and in a couple of films. I'm in a film called Itty Bitty Titty Committee that's premiering at the Berlin Film Festival on February 10th and at South by Southwest in March. It's about a group of anarcho feminists and it's totally rad. Shortbus, the first film I acted in, is still in some theaters and is coming out on DVD soon."

Q: where should Katharine Mcphee and I go for our second honeymoon?

"I think you should take her to Belize. It's beautiful!"




...and Belize it is!

watch daniela as Max on the L Word every sunday! -arlan