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Actress Carol Alt
Chat with a supermodel!

June 16, 1998

Actress Carol Alt chats about her time as a world-famous model, and her acting career that has her spending years at a time in far off locations. She reveals some special beauty secrets, and informs us that she has a hard time sitting still during her downtime!

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Speaker: Talk City Presents(tm), in association with iXl Live(tm), welcomes you to a conversation with our special guest Carol Alt.

Speaker1: Welcome to Talk City Carol! Your new show shot in Zimbabwe sounds fascinating - can you tell us about it?

Carol Alt: Yes, it was fascinating to spend a year in Zimbabwe. I play a cardiologist/cardiac surgeon, which, before I did the show I didn't realize were two different specialties. In the show I have a 9-year-old daughter whom I take with me on a job offer to Africa. During the show I fall in love, and have adventures and intrigues for two twelve-hour movies. And I can't wait to see them either! I'm hoping to to get it on sometime next year, we don't want to rush the editing and scoring. It's visually very beautiful and I want to keep it that way. I have the rights to sell it in the States, and when it's due to air you'll hear about it! I'll be back in Talk City!

Genavieve: How old were you when you started to model?

Carol Alt: My first pictures were actually taken when I was 15 or 16 years old, but I didn't seriously get into it until I was about 18. I figure little girls should have their childhood. And so should big girls! I don't really agree with very young models. I, as a woman, wouldn't buy something pitched to me by a young kid, so it blows my mind to imagine anyone selling things by a young kid. In terms of the child herself, I think that a child should have a childhood, rather than rushing to adulthood. You should enjoy the process of growing up and living. As Americans we try to rush through to the next thing, and we don't enjoy the process.

Lavendar: What do you consider the most challenging aspect of your job?

Carol Alt: Days off! In this business, we go from job to job, so it's not like I go to an office every day, and it'll be there every day. Being on the set is the happiest I am. That's where I thrive, and where I complain most, but also where I thrive! Days off are the hardest for me - I like to keep busy. When I have a day off, I do charity work.

Teatime: What was the most exciting photo shoot you ever did?

Carol Alt: Goodness, there are tons of those! On the top of the list is Sports Illustrated, but not the bathing suit issue. I did the very last ski-suit issue in Alaska. We were flown in, and to this day it's one of the most visually stunning place I've ever been. Then again, I've also hung off the Brooklyn Bridge, with cars passing beneath! In movies I've done most of my own stunts, until the insurance companies rebel. I've repelled off rocks, 70 or 100 feet up, carrying a stretcher, and hanging by one hand! In Zimbabwe, during the last two movies I shot, I had some difficult shots - climbing into a deep well, hanging out of helicopters. It was great fun! When I shot with Burt Reynolds in Florida, for his B.L. Stryker series, the stunt people took me out driving, which is where I started racing!

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