Talking with MICHELE GREENE Entertainment STAR SPEAK Michele Greene has gotten tough During the first two years on NBC- TVs Law her character Perkins was harassed by a drunken husband and denied a partnership by the members of the law firm where she worked Last season Perkins began to evolve into a forceful character She ended up shooting to death a client who attacked her A 27yearold actress Greene grew up in Los Angeles where she was raised by her widowed mother The woman supported Greene and her brother now a Harvard poetry pro fessor by selling real estate Greene is a graduate of the Univer sity of Southern California where she studied at John Housemans Conser vatory Theatre She was cast as a baseball players wife in the short lived TV series Bay City Blues When that shows creator Steven wrote the pilot for L A Law he remembered Greene and cast her without an audition Your character on LA Law has undergone a dramatic evolution over the past few years hasnt she A She went from being this mouse- burger to a powerhouse attorney who doesnt take guff from anybody A recent magazine article claimed you went into the producers office and demanded that Abby Per kins not be such a wimp A That article sounded like Ive spent years storming into Steven office saying I want this and I want that which is not what happened I just dont have that kind of clout Your costar Richard once told me that real lawyers come up to him and start discussing very legal points Has that hap pened to you A Once in a while but mostly it happens to Richard because his char acter is such a patriarch and has such a tremendous amount of authority Once In a while Til be at a lawyers function they like to bring us in for color now and then and some law yer will ask me a question only a law yer would understand I just give him a blank stare What do you think of attorneys in real life A I respect them I didnt use to I respect attorneys didnt use to But Ive come to realize its a terrifically difficult job Michele Greene used to think they were sleaze bags who spent a tremendous amount of time arguing about money But Ive come to realize its a terrifically f cult job Greene This season Abby Perkins re turned to the LA Law firm after working for a year as an Independent attorney Does this new situation work better for you dramatically OUR LANGUAGE by Jeffrey McQualn Mentation refers to thought or men tal activity This noun starts like men tal which may help your mentation about mentation In sewing team joins two pieces of cloth with a line of stitches Sew up this word by pronouncing seam like teem Can yon help me with a word I Just A comes from the Latin quid nunc which translate into En glish as What now A Is any person who asks that type of ques tion frequently especially a gossip or a busybody Pronounce this noon but be careful whom you call a Nary means not any or not one If youre wary about spelling this ad jective change the w of wary to for nary Something destroys life or proves deadly To be on the right side of this adjective pronounce blocidal byohSIDEal OUR LANGUAGE ADVICE The sign at a delicatessen takes todays Ad- Vice Award for this pricing guide Each costs a quarter apiece Avoid redundancy by not using each and apiece together Each costs a quar ter would indicate the Individual price as would These items cost a quarter apiece Watch each word you use and your writing will be of a piece VIDEO PLUS of Market BRING HOME A STAR THISWEEK- LOCKUP MEAT BALLS Of FIRE GuelphSl Units Georgetown AFTER FIVE THINGS TO DO PLACES TO GO FOR YOUR LISTENING 79 MAIN ST S 8773388 A I think so really loved having my character leave the firm It gave me the opportunity to handle gritty cases that wouldnt come walking through the door of a ritzy law firm like the one on LA Law But it was bard to keep coming up with story lines for someone who wasnt at the firm- They couldnt tie me into scenes with the other charac ters because there was no dramatic reason for me to be Q As part of your evolution youve become more glamorous and now have a power hair style A I looked at clips from the first season and ended up laughing on the floor at how horrible I looked I couldnt believe it It was real bow wow time What would you like to see hap pen to your character this season A I like to begin to deal with her family life She has a young son we haven t seen for quite some time I just talked about this to the writ ers a couple of weeks ago situation very real Shes a single mother who cant spend much time with her yearold son I feel guilty if I work hours a day and havent spent time with my dogs What am I going to do when I have kids Why did you decide a few years ago to go and dig toilets for poor peo ple In Mexico A This is the last time I talk about my brutal saw so sick of reading about my building those damn latrines Mexico Six months before L A Law I got possessed of this notion to work for an organization called Amigos las Americas Its sort of like the Peace Corps Most people think digging latrines was fun but it was You sleep on a dirt floor Theres no running water Life is reduced to its lowest common denominator It was the most calm peaceful environment You realize how little you need to get along to be happy 1919 RECYCLING Please Remember to Recycle This Newspaper YELLOW CAB HALTON HILLS HOUR SERVICE SERVING HILLS Airport Service Parcel Delntery 8732527 8732931 Com MjffA- a UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT NEILS MUSIC CENTRE WIDE SELECTION OF muscal o mxessoks SOW BOOKS AND SHEET MUSK PRIVATE LESSONS FOR 130 SL Unit D GEORGETOWN THE HERALD Saturday December Z3 Page 21 Is Park Overall really a Southerner ASK DICK KLEINER My mother and I were Just dls cussing Park Overall of Empty Nest Is she really from Arkansas Her thick accent makes that hard to believe Newnata Ark A Park Overall Is from Tennessee Greenville to be precise The ac cent is real but she puts it on a little thicker for TV Please settle a bet between my sister Karol and me I swear that I recall that Judy Carne and the late Pete Duel of Alias Smith and Jones were sister and brother She thinks Im nuts Who wins K Edin- Pa A Pay up Untrue That shows you shouldnt swear In the 60s or early 70s there was a movie with I believe Doris Day and Richard It was about a married couple unable to have children It was very funny What was Its name US Idaho A That was The Tunnel of Love but it was earlier than you remember it came out In 1958 I would like to know when Lost In Space first came on TV Was It be fore Star Trek SP Hot Springs Ark A Lost In Space premiered on TV on Sept 15 almost exactly a year before Star Trek which made its debut on Sept Q Having recently purchased and watched videotapes of Oklahoma and The Music Man I have once again been enthralled and astounded by the tinging and acting ability of Shirley Jones Was she ever on the stage What other films did the do Camarillo Calif A Shirley Jones is quite a talent Actually she started on stage with the Pittsburgh Light 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