TV Tattler: Celebrity Interviews
'Men in Trees' Star Anne Heche Grows Into Her Role
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If you could go back in time and give yourself advice, how far would you go back and what would the advice be?
I would probably go back to a very young age and tell myself to keep my mouth shut.
Were you a bit of a big mouth as a kid?
I think I was a bit of a big mouth my whole life. Obviously, I'm a person who expresses themselves with a lot of openness and I'm very grateful for the platform that I've had in my life to speak out about the things I care about in my life, so that's kind of a joke. I think I would have also told myself to take my time understanding and looking around and absorbing what was going on before I just spewed whatever it was I thought about everything. I tend to be more contemplative now.
Can you remember your first audition or Hollywood experience?
Oh heck yeah, my first one was for 'Murphy Brown' when I arrived the first week in Los Angeles. I drove onto the Warner Brothers lot and auditioned to play the young Murphy Brown. I got that role and was shooting the second week, and I looked at Candice Bergen and this incredible set and these beautiful comedians that were surrounding her and thought, "Hey, this is where I want to be someday." I knew that I had to work very hard to create a path for myself that might lead me to a place where I would be in the situation that Candice Bergen was. And it's amazing to me that I'm now here working on a Warner Brothers show with those people who first hired me and gave me the kind of dream or understanding of a goal that might work for my life.
Years from now when the show ends, what would you like to see happen to your character?
I don't even know. Marin is writing a book in the first season. I would like to see her write the book that she wants to write with the depth and understanding that she experiences in Elmo and New York or wherever they take her in the world. But I would like to see her grow as an artist and as a person who really believes that she has a voice in this world that can help people with hope, love, understanding and compassion for themselves.
If you could play one character, current or all-time, what character would that be?
I did not grow up on TV so I don't have a lot of things to reference really, so I guess I would just go back to the inspiration that Candice Bergen gave me. Murphy Brown was a woman who was powerful and complex and who had a clear voice and helped so many women understand who they are and their place in the world, so I think I would have liked that. I think that's why I searched so hard for a part that was so complex.
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