L'HEURE JUSTE MAY 1992

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=130 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="46171c40.gif" border=0 width="113" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> L'HEURE JUSTE MAY 1992</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>    <IMG SRC="463c0900.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="465c0900.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="467c0900.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="144" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT FROM L'HEURE JUSTE </B></div> <div> <B>                            MAY 1992</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B> <IMG SRC="45d2c350.gif" border=0 width="300" height="53" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B><B><IMG SRC="45d2c350.gif" border=0 width="300" height="53" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>L'heure juste</B></div> <div> <B>May 1992 </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>The interview is by well known Quebec TV personality Jean-Luc Mongrain. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>How should I pronounce your name? (He pronounces it with an American accent and then a French accent) </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Roy laughing : It's Roy Dupuis (he uses the French accent), hello. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>And you're from Abitibi. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : I was born in Abitibi yes. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Did you know as a kid you would become an actor, was it what you wanted to do? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : No. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>What did you want to become? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Whatever, I didn't know really. Around secondary 5, I was into pure sciences, I liked mathematics, physics, chemistry. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Wow, it's very surprising because you don't look like a well-organised person! </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD (laughing) : No, maybe I am no longer organized, I don't know. But I'm not sure Einstein wasn't a very organised person either or if there were people to take care of him, not that I would compare myself with Einstein! Anyway, the day after I saw the movie "Moliere" by Ariane Mnouchkine, I gave up my physics class </B></div> <div> <B>to...To become an actor. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : No not to become an actor, just to join my group of friends in the French/theatre class, just to give it a try, I hadn't really decided to become an actor yet. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Do we know Roy Dupuis? I have a feeling you're a victim of Ovila, of your characters in "Scoop" and in "Being at home with Claude".Are you a victim of what others want you to be? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD (smiling) : A victim? I don't know, it's sure people are going to identify me with what they're used to seeing of me. But I can't really say they don't know me. Of course, the people around me know me better than the people seeing me on TV. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But we don't know you very well from what we see on TV. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : I'm an actor. And I don't give a lot of interviews since I'm not really comfortable with that... </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You'd rather play other people than reveal who you are. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : No, not during interviews but I love to portray different characters, it nourishes me. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The reason why I wanted you to appear in this show is not only because you're famous, it's what you said at the Metrostar Gala when you received your award : "Ladies and gentleman thank you, I'm learning to take it". Your success, your popularity came too fast, didn't they? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Hum, popularity, yes. Success? You always reach a certain amount of success. I had done some theatre before TV... </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(interrupting him) yes, but you're doing great at the moment. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : yes, I'm doing great. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Is your success too big? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : No, I wouldn't say that. It depends, I don't think so. It depends on the part I have to play, the work I have to do. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Your more recent role is in "Being at home with Claude". This time you don't portray seduction incarnated. It's a part with a lot of sides? It must have been a way to surpass yourself. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Yes I think it's the part where I used everything I had ever learnt in my craft. It's a part that allowed me to surpass myself. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Because Ovila, "Scoop" didn't require all the years you spent studying, all the years of acting in theatre, short movies, movies, etc... </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Ovila was still a very heavy character emotionally. There was a lot of work to do emotionally. And his evolution is very long, I played him from 16 to 37. It was still a hard job. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Traditionally when a woman shows her good looks, people say the very reason why she was chosen for a part was her beauty and they don't think she's such a good actress. Was it difficult for you to agree to become a sex symbol? You know you're a sex symbol. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Yes I know. But I never perceived Ovila as a sex symbol. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But everybody wanted Ovila for husband despite all his flaws!  How come a character who is not a nice person became so likeable thanks to you? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : I loved this character, he always had reasons when he left...Life was hard at the time and maybe Emilie asked too much of him.   She was maybe too modern for the times. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You know what it feels like to have people asking a lot of you, and to be able to be forgiven. It looks like Roy Dupuis is able to gain forgiveness easily. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : oh yeah? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I don't know. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD (laughing) : Fine. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Are you a rebel in your job? Me for instance, I'm not a traditional journalist.   Are you doing your job the way you like it? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : I'm trying to do what I want, what I enjoy doing. I think everybody is trying to do the same thing. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Is it a trait of your character? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : I'm trying to be honest with my conscience and my desires. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>No compromises? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : The less possible. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Did you have to pay for that yet? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : No, not yet. You can pay a high price but you can also earn from it, it can be rewarding. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You enjoy being different! </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : I think everybody is different, if everybody tried... </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But some people adjust. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Maybe I don't know, it depends on your nature. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>When you're an actor you're supposed to stop being who you are and give yourself to the part, to the author, to the director's will.  Is it hard to forget who you are to become the character? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : I never totally forget who I am. I take all I have and I add all the author gives me plus what the director asks of me. You become a servant. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But it's not a mercenary job. You don't do something for a price. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : No, no I wouldn't like that. I would choose another career if I had to do that more and more. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Is it a question you ask yourself daily : do I keep on doing this job? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Yes, everyday I wonder if I still enjoy today what I liked yesterday.  And everyday I expect myself to change opinion. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Is it not a lack of self confidence? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : No, it's just I can't... It's a job I take in the instant, well I can start working on a part 2 or 3 weeks before shooting but when I have nothing to do like at the moment, I'm not sure I will not change my mind the day after. But I love this job, this much I know. As long as I like it... But if in 3 years from now... </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You'll go on as long as you'll like it </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : That's it </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Why did you join the National theatre under a false identity? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Because I hadn't registered. The friend of the girl with whom I ended up auditioning, had registered but decided at the last minute not to show up at his audition. So, we went there with his papers and I pretended to be him, that's it.   I had dropped my physics class and at school I had acted in a play and I had loved it but I was supposed to attend CEGEP in psychology. I didn't register but it was my chance to give it a try. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Were you an easy and obedient student? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Obedient, dutiful, yes. Oh yes. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Because you were raised that way, discipline was important in your family. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Yes, very. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You used to play the cello. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Yes, I studied it for 7 years but I don't play anymore. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>How come we don't know about it? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Oh I said it a couple of times during interviews but it's a little bit frustrating for me not to be able to play anymore. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Is it a frustration because you can't play anymore or is it a frustration because you have been forced to play for so long? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : When I was studying it, it was like going to school, it was a little boring at the time. But now, it's a frustration because I can't play anymore. My father had been transferred to another city and there was no cello teacher there. Back then, I was glad, but when I look back now thinking of all the years I spent studying it and all the energy I put on this wonderful instrument, an instrument I still love, it's really annoying not to be capable of playing it. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You won't try it again? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Oh, maybe I will. </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Really? I thought it was something from your past you didn't want  to deal with. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD (laughing) : No, not all, I don't have guilty secrets. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>How come I understand what you say after all these critics on  your diction? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD (laughing) : I don't know. Maybe it's because we're in a theatre. Yeah, I understand what I say too. But maybe it's an acting style that is different from the others. I don't do it on purpose, it depends on the character, I guess. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>The last actor who was criticised in the same manner was Ducep and he's great. Someone said about you that you were like Brando. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : To be compared to people like that it's wonderful because I admire them so much. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But isn't it frightening? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : It depends on the day. You know, someday, you wake up and you are afraid to step outside. And others, like today... </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You feel like you're Brando! </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD (laughing) : Why not! (in English) Well, sort of... </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>What would you say to all these girls who would say yes to you if you didn't say no? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>(Very long pause, RD obviously doesn't know how to answer that!) </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>What's so charming about you? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD (shyly) : Ask them. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>No, you know it. You have it, are you conscious of it? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD: Yes. The characters I play often require a certain charisma.   </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But what about you Roy? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD: It looks like it, it looks like I have a certain charm and not only since I've been on TV. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Since when? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD: I always had some sort of popularity with the people around me. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Before you became famous were you conscious that your place was different, that you were often in the hot seat maybe? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD: Yes, a little... I was playing the cello and giving recitals, I was in exhibition very often and there was also my sports training, I was very agile, I was often the best in hockey, in class I was good too... </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>What kind of part do you see yourself play at 40? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : I think you evolve with the parts that are offered to you I suppose. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But some great actors here have been smothered by a character. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : It's true the milieu is more limited here. Maybe there's a possibility to expand my horizon. To go to Europe or the United states to touch as many people as I can. It could allow me to be less typecasted. There are more and more coproductions and more and more opportunities to work in the US or Europe. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You're interested in it. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Oh yes, for a part I would do it, if it's a good part. And also to be able to travel. For the adventure and out of curiosity. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Life is an adventure for you. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD: Oh yes. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Are you a rebel? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD: If there are things I don't like yes. But not really, I don't think so, I like to live. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You're not a destructive person. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD: No for sure, I don't want to destroy myself. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You're a sane and healthy guy. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD: Yes. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You don't have any faults. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD (laughing) : Well... </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You have faults but you're not an excessive guy. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD: Oh, I'm rather excessive in fact. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>It's dangerous. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD (laughing) You think I'm a dangerous guy?   Because you keep saying that. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>But I'm afraid of you! I'm afraid of what you stand for.    Your success has been so fast, I'm afraid you're missing something. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD (very serious) : Really?... I'm learning to live, I'm learning to find reasons... to live. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Do you trust young people? You became their symbol. Do you think there's room for them. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Yes, if they are there I think that there is a place for them. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You think they should take over immediately and get rid of old people like me? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD (laughing) : Maybe not right now, give them time to grow up. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Do you want children? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD: Yes, I'd like that. But I'm not sure I'd want to have city children, I'd rather wait until I have a land with trees and lots of space around the house. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You think kids are not made to live in the city? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD: Yes. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>You don't feel well in the city? </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD : Sometimes. But I enjoyed the city during a long time.  Now though, I've had it. I think, there are less things happening in the city than in the country at the moment. When I'm going to the country, I'm meeting special people. I have the feeling things are faster in the country. There are always things to do and learn. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>I'm glad I met you. </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>RD (smiling) : Me too.</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B><IMG SRC="45d2c350.gif" border=0 width="300" height="53" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="45d2c350.gif" border=0 width="300" height="53" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#9900CC" FACE="Arial" ><B>7 Jours May 1992                      </B></FONT><B>                                         </B><A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="7 JOURS MAY 1992"><U><B><IMG SRC="45f463a0.gif" border=0 width="70" height="58" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>