guest1933 asks "Who is the biggest inspiration in your life and your career?" Kari sighs Kari:   My biggest inspiration, I'd have to say is ... God. I mean, I really believe that when I have him on my side, when I'm paying attention to him, I can do anything. When I'm paying attention to him. It sounds really, kind of cliche, but it's really true. You really have to believe in yourself, if you're not your own inspiration, than you don't have enough confidence to be doing this. Being that God is within us, he's helped me through so many creative blocks ... I have to say God. HSHost: Okay, great. guest1936 asks "I'm sorry for asking, but I'm from Isreal and I don't really know which movies did you participate" Kari:   I did a movie called "Kissing A Fool" that Mili Avital was in and she's from Israel. With David Schwimmer. I played his makeup artist. She probably also saw maybe Anaconda, maybe Stephen King's Thinner and a lot of movies on channels she probably doesn't have. Kari laughs ExciteUser asks " when will you release your album?" Kari:   My first full length LP is available through my personal website and other links in the middle to end of July. There will be a lot of publicity about it, you won't be able to miss it. HSHost: Great. ExciteUser asks "what does your family think about your music career?" Kari:   It's funny, when I was younger, I used to write a lot of songs, and record them, and play them for my family. My grandfather and father are pianists. And, it's funny because they didn't really understand rock n roll music ... so, I'd write and record a song and they'd say, "Well the song is really good, your melody is great, but you can't sing. I was so discouraged for a while and I always knew I could sing, but it was different from what they expected. My father wanted me to be Peggy Lee; which I thought was ridiculous! And my grandmother was a jazz singer which is something I'm interested in now but I wasn't interested in that when I was 16.. So they never really got it. So, when I first started recording, I did a lot of songs for movies that I've done and stuff like that. Now they have a lot more respect for me because they know what's out there. But, back then I was battling their criticism, it was hard. ExciteUser asks " have you ever had laryngitis from singing?" Kari:   Oh yeah. Never when I was younger. I could get up at 6am and belt out a song! But, because of all the screaming in Anaconda, I got the beginning of nodes on my vocal chords. So, I really had to go through therapy for that and now my chords are more susceptible ... I really have to take care of my voice. Alternate Real Audio Source For This Page   Second Half marge_the_palmolive_lady asks "Are you into computers and the internet alot?" Kari:   Well, I'm embarrassed by this ... but ... Kari laughs! Kari:   I don't even own a computer! I'm really scared of technology, like it took me a long time to get a beeper or a cell phone. ify>HSH Host: But you do have a site? Kari:   I do but I didn't start it. This really great guy "Andrew W." who's been really supportive of my career and has been really wonderful over the years, he put all his time and effort into it, so it's not anything I even was involved with. But, I have a very good girlfriend who is way into computers and I go to her house all the time and I answer a lot of the mail ... and I try to be a part of it as much as I can. I just bought one actually , and it hasn't been delivered yet, but when it is, I'll be on the internet all the time. HSHost: Oh great! It's a lot easier than it seems. AllisonP27 asks "Have you gone to your H.S. reunion?" Kari:   No! Kari laughs! Kari:   I was invited, but I didn't go. Well they sent something to my parents but I didn't go because in high school everybody was so mean to me that I didn't want to show up and either be disappointed or have people pretend that they were my friend all along or be disappointed. I thought it was icky! HSHost: I didn't go to mine either! Kari:   Didn't you? But, I loved that movie, "Romy & Michelle's High School Reunion." It kind of makes you want to go and lie! Jack Nicholson said he'd go with me, but I didn't believe him so I never took him up on that. Kari laughs! Kari:   Could you imagine. DaveCrockett asks "are you going to perform any time soon in the L.A. area?" Kari:   I might be getting some gigs at places such as Luna Park and um .... The Baked Potato. But, I have to see my schedule cause right now I'm doing a film. The Baked Potato's on Cahuenga just over the hill near Universal Studios. HSHost: I see. guest1938 asks "not to be a pervert, but you've done a lot of nude scenes in films (awesome body, by the way)... do you think this has hurt or helped your career (e.g. getting more serious roles)?" Kari shrugs Kari:   If I had done the nudity in "A" movies, it'd be fine. Anything goes. Yeah, it's hurt me in a way where I went through a period where I didn't respect myself enough to make better choices, but I don't really have any regrets because I've really grown thru that process and now I choose what I do based upon the strength of the script and the character and really not anything else. So, I've really cut the nudity way way down. Next Page Of The Transcript Back To Articles & Interviews Index