A Conversation with John Doe (continued)

PM: I just watched Pure Country and Great Balls of Fire, which I enjoyed very much. What films or TV from your acting career are you most proud of, and which were the most fun, if that word applies?

JD: I'd say that for television, without a doubt, working on Law & Order was just the greatest. Apart from the cast, which was sort of the original cast, having to play this self-absorbed sort of bad old rock star character was really great. I forget what the name of the episode was, but it was basically about that Great White tragedy in Rhode Island.

PM: Oh, yeah, I remember that.

JD: And I got to play the lead singer, so he was a total asshole, really easy character--"Okay, what should I do in this scene? Oh, right, be a prick. Got it."

[laughter]

JD: So that was fun. And wearing black eyeliner and hair extensions, and shit like that, that was great.

PM: Absolutely.

JD: And then movies I would say probably Georgia, because I got to work with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Mare Winningham and John C. Reilly.

PM: Wow.

JD: That was a really good movie. I think it's the best.

PM: I'm going to go get that now.

JD: Yeah, it's good. Jennifer is just unbelievable, just brilliant. And then maybe that piece that I did with Adam Horovitz from the Beastie Boys.

PM: I'm sorry, what was that called?

JD:Roadside Prophets. Like a prophet in the desert, not like profit and loss.

PM: Right. I'm going to check that out.

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