#ThisorThatThursday Interview with Jennifer Lieberman
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Jennifer Lieberman is my guest today for #ThisorThatThursday!
Last best thing you ate: I’ve been obsessed with these savoury sourdough kale and cheddar scones at this coffee shop near my yoga studio.
Last thing you regret eating: The kale and cheddar sourdough scone. They’re so good. I’ve been struggling with self-control.
Favorite music or song: Rock ’n Roll, Baby!
Music that drives you crazy: Electronic music, I’m so old school.
The last thing you ordered online: Revlon round brush/blowdryer thing, total game changer.
The last thing you regret buying: I bought a couch online last year. It’s really not that comfortable, but I haven’t found one I love enough in person to replace it.
Favorite places you’ve been: Santorini, Greece was quite magical, same with Iceland.
Places you never want to go to again: A night club on New Year’s Eve. It’s just not worth the trouble, the traffic or the overpriced tickets.
Favorite things to do: I love hiking and being outdoors in nature.
Things you’d run through a fire or eat bugs to get out of doing: A HIT class or a boot camp workout. My nervous system wasn’t made for that. I’m a yoga and pilates girl.
Most daring thing you’ve ever done: I went skydiving when I turned 18. I don’t think you could pay me to do it again.
Something you chickened out from doing: I chickened out from going over to talk to Jason Bateman when here was just a few feet away from me at the Cannes Film Festival. I love his film Bad Words and wanted to ask him about it, but I totally lost my nerve.
Besides writing, what’s the most creative thing you’ve done: I’m also an actress, and my novel was originally a one-woman-show where I played 10 characters on stage.
A project that didn’t quite turn out the way you planned it: My Web-Series Dumpwater Divas was a total flop. Over a decade later, we barely have a few hundred views. That being said, I am still extremely proud of it. Making it was hands down the most fun I’ve ever had.
Some real-life story that made it to one of your books: My first roommate in NY really did drop out of college to become a dominatrix, but that was after we lived together.
Something in your story that readers think is about you, but it’s not: Readers sometimes think the whole book is about me. Many people just assume it’s my life. If only I were that cool and adventurous.
The first 8-track, record, cassette, or CD you ever bought: The first album I ever bought was The Sound of Music soundtrack, I was obsessed as a kid.
A type of music that’s not your cup of tea: I don’t love music that isn’t played live by people actually playing instruments and singing.
My favorite book as a child: As a child, my favorite book was I Have To Go by Robert Munsch. I thought it was hilarious.
A book I’ve read more than once: There are several books I keep going back to. With the release of the new film I suspect I will revisit Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte yet again.
Your favorite movie as a child: My favorite movie as a child was Dirty Dancing,
A TV show or movie that kept you awake at night as a kid (or as an adult): I loved Buffy the Vampire Slayer as a kid. Who are we kidding? I still do. The mix of horror and romance definitely kept me up as night.
About Jennifer:
JENNIFER LIEBERMAN is an actor/writer/producer from Maple, Canada. Her award-winning Solo Show YEAR OF THE SLUT is now the 5-time-award-winning and Amazon #1 Best Selling Novel YEAR OF THE WHAT? Lieberman's short films have screened at several international festivals including the Festival De Cannes Court Métrage; DETAILS, her directorial debut was a semi-finalist for Best Female Director at The Art House Festival of Beverly Hills in 2022 and her latest short film THE PENIS FAIRY won Best Comedy Short at the Culver City Film Festival in 2023 & Best Screenplay at the Hollywood Short Film Festival 2024. Jennifer founded Make Your Own Break Ltd. to help emerging actors and writers to create opportunities for themselves (like she did).
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