[Tommy Gun]

This is from the middle of the interview: 12/23/03
It's a bit hard to understand because you can't hear the way they're saying it, so I tried to add in little things to help make it clearer. This is basically word for word, but sometimes they talked over each other so it was a little hard to hear. It's probably 99% accurate. Anyway, I just typed this out after watching the interview, *hugs ReplayTV*

Conan O'Brien: Now I understand you used to be a...a vegetarian?
Julia Stiles: Yeah...I was a vegetarian for *scratches head* a couple years and then I became a vegan which was a big mistake. *kind of rolls eyes* (some people in the audience laugh)
Conan O'Brien: Can you explain the difference...I don't really know what a vegan means...do vegans...can they eat ANYthing, are they just eating packing peanuts, what are they eating?
Julia Stiles: Umm...yeah, no, vegans don't really eat anything. It's like, hay, and straw...
Conan O'Brien: So, they're like horses basically...they pull milk carts, they live on farms primarily
Julia Stiles: Yeah. No I still have friends who are vegans and they just basically don't eat any animal products but that eliminates a lot of things. Like I could eat this table...
Conan O'Brien: Not really, there's some animal in here. *points to desk* This was a horse not too long ago, don't ask me what happened. Umm, so literally you can't...I know because someone the other day gave me a...they were like "here, try this VEGAN oat cookie" and I ate it and it was oka--
Julia Stiles: Not cow...
Conan O'Brien: No, but it kinda tasted like a...you know it was like (sarcastically) "mmm, good vegan oat cookie"...that's all I could think to say
Julia Stiles: Yeah. But I gave that up, I gave that up *waves hand*
Conan O'Brien: You gave that up. Why did you give that up?
Julia Stiles: Because I became really badly anemic. I was really just drawn and, you know. It's not healthy if you can't do it right. So I stopped it
Conan O'Brien: And did you like, when you took that first bite into like a hamburger or steak afterwards, were you happy, or did it take getting used to?
Julia Stiles: Oh God, the word orgasm comes to mind, it's like *laughs*
Conan O'Brien: Yes!
Julia Stiles: Now I know why people... I mean, "aw, the poor little cows" whatever *rolls eyes* they taste really good there *laughs*
Conan O'Brien: We're going to get a lot of mail, but...no, but I agree with you 100%, "yeah, sorry cow, boo-hoo" but anyway it TASTES...SO GOOD,
Julia Stiles: It tastes REAL GOOD, really good.
Conan O'Brien: And anyone that comes to me and says bacon doesn't taste good, I would walk over glass to get a piece of bacon, I LOVE BACON, you know what I mean?
Julia Stiles: Yeah, yeah.
Conan O'Brien: I would eat a vegan oat cookie if you wrapped it in bacon. Then I'd be like, "hey, good vegan oat cookie!" *thumbs up*
Julia Stiles: I think you should market that actually.
Conan O'Brien: I'm gonna do that, it's gonna be "VEGAN OAT COOKIE -wrapped in bacon-"
Julia Stiles: *laughs*
Conan O'Brien: "-not recommended for vegans-" They'll be like, "I don't understand, what's the point?"


That's it, then they started talking about her new movie. *sigh*

[KnifeSkillz]

omg how sad

[SallyK]

I saw this last night right before I went to bed. I wish she would have had something more intelligent to say about being vegan - even if she's not anymore. Her comments regarding the "poor animals" really made her sound insensitive, naive & crude.

[zoebird]

i think it's sad when people take something that some people take seriously and make fun of it. For instance, i don't make fun of my friends who have aids, or are at ground zero doing work to help people who have aids (such as a few workers i know in africa). i couldn't say:

"Now I know why people... I mean, "aw, the poor little people with AIDS" whatever *rolls eyes* I mean, being American and having all this money is WAY better than helping them out! *laughs*"

while i have been to many aids benefits that use the experience of victims and families to find humor (just as religious humor such as monty python is hilarious) from really excellent comedians, but it's not laughing at someone/something's suffering as if it doesn't exist, as if those who are trying to do something about it are somehow misguided or lacking. it's just bad form.

i mean, at least when drew barrymore gets asked about it, she says that it's a good path, that it works, etc, but that it wasn't for her. I can buy that. She doesn't make fun of it really, or others who are. which i think is good form.

[Dirty Martini]

well, that's what immaturity & a lack of manners & respect for others gets you. Too bad though that celebrities are so influential.

[Miss Meg]

I used to like her
not anymore
what a (insert the worst word you can think of here)
I mean if she doesn't want to be vegan fine, that's her decision, but to make fun of it shows a total lack of feeling and character

[Veggiegirl]

What a shame! I used to like her too.

[kirkjobsluder]

um, why should we care?

[Tommy Gun]

kirkjobsluder said:

um, why should we care?

Well obviously not everyone cares. I care because it's a pretty big part of who I am, and what I believe in. Celebrities are influential, veg*ns get a lot of sh*t from the general public, and this just makes it worse. Why are you veg*n? If it's just for your own health then I understand, but if you care about animals, this type of thing is sad. When Alicia Silverstone was on Conan she was cute and nice and some people watching *might* have actually bought a tofurky that day or even looked into veg*nism a bit because of it. Julia is basically doing the opposite, and making us look like hay eating freaks that no one should want to become.