Katherine Heigl: The GQ Interview
The beautiful Katherine Heigl recently sat down for a Q&A and photo shoot with GQ Magazine. Here's her take on Grey's Anatomy, Steven Seagal, Dick Cheney and more - along with some neat photos.
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GQ: How are things on the Grey's Anatomy set today? Everyone behaving themselves? Any fistfights or wrestling matches?
Katherine Heigl: [laughs] So far so good for 2007.
GQ: When you guys talk about medical things on the air, do you know what you're talking about?
Katherine Heigl: I have no idea what I'm talking about. There are other actors on the set who are more fascinated with medicine, but I'm not one of those people. I admire doctors, but I'm an actor.
GQ: Patrick Dempsey's hair â" as amazing in real life as it looks on TV?
Katherine Heigl: Yes. Sometimes he comes to work with one of those, like, beanie caps on, and when he takes it off, it's not as McDreamy as the rest of the world sees it, but he's got a great head of hair.
GQ: Have you ever run your hand through it?
Katherine Heigl: Once. On the pilot, actually. My mother was visiting the set, and we were just chatting with him. And I just looked up at him, and I was like, you know, "Can I just touch it?"
GQ: So it's real?
Katherine Heigl: It's real.
GQ: Your fiancé, Josh Kelley, is a musician. Is it true you met on the set of one of his videos?
Katherine Heigl: I was the chick in his music video.
GQ: That's how the guy from Whitesnake met his wife! So what's Josh's groupie situation like?
Katherine Heigl: You know, I don't ask. The only policy I have is that there can be no girls on the bus. I mean, it's fine if they're other band members' wives or serious girlfriends. But if they're not dating anybody and they're just bringing random chicks on the bus, I'm not cool with it.
GQ: Have any of his fellow bandmates complained about the "no girls on the bus" policy to you?
Katherine Heigl: Not yet, but I'm sure they do behind my back. [laughs]
GQ: You know, despite your growing fame, you don't seem to be one of these people who's under siege by the paparazzi. We don't see photos of you exiting automobiles in front of nightclubs in compromising positionsâ"
Katherine Heigl: Well, my mother always told me to wear clean underwear, so you won't see that happening with me anytime soon.
GQ: I have to ask you about Under Siege 2, which you starred in when you were 16 years old. Do you have any good Steven Seagal stories?
Katherine Heigl: He was a very interesting man. He was going through a divorce, and he was⦠I was so young and naive, I had no concept of people like that. And he was so Hollywood, like auditioning women for the part of the girl who lies on the beach topless â" a line around the trailer of women who would just go in there and show him their tits.
GQ: That's the best Steven Seagal story I think I've ever heard. Meanwhile, you're also in Knocked Up, the new movie from [The 40 Year-Old Virgin director] Judd Apatowâ"it's about a man who has a one-night stand and impregnates the girl. You're the girl. Did you have to wear one of those baby-belly harnesses?
Katherine Heigl: Oh God, forever. Some days it would only be the three-month belly, and some days it was the nine-month belly. I smoke, so I'd be, like, standing outside smoking with my nine-month belly. And people would just give me these looks.
GQ: You were like, [inhales] "What's it to you?"
Katherine Heigl: Like, "None of your business. Whatever."
GQ: Okay, speed round. If you had to attend a professional sporting event, what would it be?
Katherine Heigl: NASCAR.
GQ: Would you kiss Dick Cheney on the lips for a million dollars to your favorite charity?
Katherine Heigl: Yeah.
GQ: Would you do it for $10,000 to your favorite charity?
Katherine Heigl: I mean, how long is the kiss?
GQ: Long enough that he remembers it.
Katherine Heigl: But no tongue, right?
GQ: No.
Katherine Heigl: Okay, yeah, $10,000 is fine.
GQ: What about $500?
Katherine Heigl: [pause] No.
March 6th, 2007 9:10 AM
My god she is so beautiful its almost painful.
March 6th, 2007 10:46 AM
I used to really like her and she is pretty, but she
just lost me when she said she smokes, so stupid
she won't be pretty for long..yuck!!!!
March 6th, 2007 10:51 AM
I think she's a great actress and seems to be a wonderful person- so what if she smokes? yes it's a filthy habit but its not like it makes or breaks her career.
March 6th, 2007 11:09 AM
So what if she smokes? It's a free country and it doesn't take away from her talent as an actress! Plus, maybe she's tried to quit? How do you know she hasn't? It's not that easy.
March 6th, 2007 1:35 PM
YAY for smokers!!!
March 6th, 2007 3:09 PM
I thought it meant that she smoked for the movie. But, if she does in real life, then I don't know. She is by far my favorite on the show, but, I know some younger girls that really look up to her! But, she is obviously not ashamed of it and i don't think less of her for it.
March 6th, 2007 3:18 PM
I almost died when she said she actually asked Patrick Dempsey if she could run her hand through his hair! Wow, some people have ALL the luck!!!!!!
March 6th, 2007 3:21 PM
Does it mean she smokes in real life? I hope not, but whatever. It's her decision.
No matter what, she will always be my favorite actress and character on Grey's Anatomy! :)
March 6th, 2007 3:44 PM
Well I don't like the pictures they are pre-Playboy types why do woman always have to be so provocative and then they complain that men have inappropriate attitudes. I defiinitely don't like this actress can't help it.
March 6th, 2007 4:05 PM
Yeah, i still like izzie and everything, but the smoking kind of ruined her for me.
March 6th, 2007 4:43 PM
Loved the pics!! I personally don't find anything wrong with them, but that's just me. She is beautiful and such a talented actress. Gotta love Katherine Heigl!!
March 6th, 2007 4:58 PM
She is my favorite actress, but I can't go see her new movie Knocked Up....because I think it is rated R.
March 6th, 2007 5:44 PM
She's gorgeous. She's so honest I lover her.
March 6th, 2007 6:13 PM
i wish she didnt smoke, i respect actresses that dont smoke and i think its a turnoff that she does... so many girls idolize her, putting across the message she smokes isnt really good behavior of a role modell...but i love izzie!!
March 6th, 2007 6:45 PM
uhh...smoking didn't picture that.
LUCKY she got to touch dempsey's hair =]
hmm...want a grand moment that would be.
;]
March 6th, 2007 7:11 PM
Don't care for her or the character she plays.
March 6th, 2007 8:47 PM
Love her character, love her as an actress!
I don't smoke, but i personally don't have a big problem with people who do.
it's a free country..she shouldn't be judged by her "smoking"
March 6th, 2007 8:49 PM
LOVE the pictures by the way ;)
i don't find anything wrong with them
March 6th, 2007 9:45 PM
i agree, the smoking is a real turnoff.
i still absolutely adore her thoughh.
=]
March 6th, 2007 11:08 PM
omg!! she is stunning!!!
i love her
March 7th, 2007 1:38 AM
I would have never pictured her as a smoker ...
March 7th, 2007 1:51 AM
who cares if she smokes? no biggie lots of people smoke. and as far as a bad influence to kids, this is a GQ interview. I dont know any kids that read GQ. and do you know how many kids have parents that smoke? get over it, its a free country. and her smoking dosent affect her ability to act. shes awesome.
March 7th, 2007 2:25 AM
I adore her. She's amazingly beautiful... but she smokes! ahhh! I guess that no one can be perfect.
March 7th, 2007 3:09 AM
Ew, the smoking is gross. Izzy is great but now I'm done with Heigl. Seriously. And don't say it's ok that she smokes. My dad died from lung cancer. He smoked.
March 7th, 2007 3:12 AM
gorgeous woman! i love katherine heigl in a non-gay kind of way (not that there's anything wrong with that). i seem to be having a girl-crush on her ever since i met her on the street in N.Y. a few weeks ago. she was so beautiful and so nice. it wasn't just a friendly hello and then away. she actually took the time to talk to us fans despite the fact that i was embarrrassingly over-excited to meet her. now how many actresses would actually waste valuable minutes to speak to fans on the street?
i don't smoke myself but i have no objection to people who do. so what if she smokes? it's her right. like Amanda said previously, this is a free country. give the girl a break, people.