Ben Barnes Interviewed
By Vince Leibowitz on Aug 29, 2006 in From The Blogs
Evan over at Perry Versus World has up the first part of an interview he has done with Ben Barnes.
I like this tidbit by Barnes:
I don’t think the forefathers ever had any idea that politics would cost this much as it does. And I think that you’ve raised a very valid point about people have to raise money continuously. To get re-elected they got to raise money again, start campaigning again. But if I got to choose between people not having to campaign at all and not going home and staying in Washington 360 days of the year to come home for 5 to ride in the Christmas parade. If I’ve got to choose between that and campaigning all the time, I’d rather have someone campaign all the time.
And, evidently Evan at PvTW has garnered quite a bit of fame, because I understand from the interview that Barnes requested to be interviewed by him after he saw some clips.
Wow.
At any rate, Evan asks some good questions, so check it out.
So who gets credit for the atrocious grammar and sentence structure? Evan or Ben?
(Lord have mercy, but both of them suck, and that was a fact before I tried to read the interview.)
PDiddie — Have you ever listened to anyone talk conversationally? It’s the way people talk. Ben talks a mile a minute, and I was trying to hold the phone to my ear (hoping that my recording system was working), listen, and come up with my next question at the same time. Now I could’ve cleaned it up like I’m sure most folks do, but I liked the authenticity.
Vince — Much as I’d like to say I have pull, I think it was a little bit of a fluke. I mentioned on the blog that I’d read Barnes’ book, enjoyed it, and wished I could interview him. Strangely enough, I did actually think it was gonna happen. A couple weeks later, one of his representatives contacted me, and that’s how it happened.
Have you ever listened to anyone talk conversationally?
Several times daily, Evan. How about you?
It’s the way people talk.
Fascinating. And you actually listen and type at the same time, too?
You must be one of those ‘multitaskers’.
What you consider authentic, Evan, the rest of the English-speaking world calls ’sloppy writing’.
I can’t wait to read your interview with the President*; it ought to be really authentic.