DNA chats up TV star and actor Kate Walsh:
Your forthcoming movie is a bit heavy in its subject as it is about religion. So, are you now looking for a role in a good, romantic comedy like your Grey’s Anatomy co-star Katherine Heigl?
It’s funny that I end up in these things that are really intense. The new movie is all about fears, nightmares and the end of the world. Not only is there death, there’s no God—God has left us. He doesn’t care, so it’s a very dark, dark place to come from. It was a cathartic experience. It was like being in an opera—everything was heightened. You go from your trailer and you go in and you’re in a high state of anger, fear or sadness - that was just a fun exercise. I’m thrilled, blessed and grateful to have success in Grey’s and Private Practice that enabled me to do this film and get more work.
You had to put up with paparazzi scrutiny after your divorce last year. How did you handle those nervous moments?
I’m used to it now [sighs]. Wouldn’t it be great if we have all that energy on international politics, in the war in Afghanistan, Somalia … wouldn’t it be awesome to send paparazzi over there to chronicle what’s going on?
Were you also impersonated on Facebook recently?
We really, truly live in some weird Blade Runner world now. Everybody can assume everybody’s identity and be them.
You’re pretty much ambivalent to the internet aren’t you?
The internet is like the Wild West. The seductive part is that the sky’s the limit. It’s like a gold mining town - everybody wants to come here because anyone can be rich. On the internet anyone can do anything. The potential for business and developing something creative is incredible but at the same time, where does it stop?
Tell us about the next season of Private Practice.
The third season is the strongest ever. The ratings are really good. Sometimes being on Private Practice is like being on eight different movies. Each episode is a different movie, in a way. It (my character) was like a pendulum. When we first started,the character was wacky and all over the place. Now it’s this whole other thing.
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