Lifetime Televisions's "Ruby"

August 16, 1999

Interviewer extraordinaire, Ruby Wax, chats about the series she’s doing for Lifetime Television, “Ruby” and shares some of her oddest interviewing experiences.

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OrCCCa: Welcome to LifetimeTelevision! Please welcome interviewer extraordinare Ruby Wax, host of Lifetime TV's brand-new series, appropriately titled "Ruby," premiering Saturday, August 21 at 10 pm ET/PT Please join us in a BIG welcome to Ruby Wax.

Ruby Wax: Clap, Clap, Clap in your homes or wherever you are.

OrCCCa: Ruby, you're known for your outrageous celebrity interviews. Have any of them ever turned out differently than expected? If so, which ones?

Ruby Wax: First off, this show is not celebrity based. They always turn out differently because I don't know what to expect and because I don't have a script, so anything is a surprise, and the more surprising, the better the show. If it goes wrong, it's the best show of all!

Greengenes: Ruby, you seem to be everyone's best friend. Where did you get your delightful charm, charisma and personality?

Ruby Wax: I went to Charm School in Switzerland where I learned all my charm. It cost a tremendous amount of money. I am waving to my friend Anita who went to school with me there when I was 13, and I am old now, so better you don't see me!

Purdey78: Why do you not want to live in NYC?

Ruby Wax: I would if they paid me, but I live in England because 25 years ago no one would employ me, so I left these shores in disgust and to fend for my food elsewhere.

Blondebomb: Are you American or British? Where do you hail from?

Ruby Wax: I am American, born in Chicago, Illinois. I hitchhiked through Europe when I was very tiny and never came back.

Coralsees: Who/what makes you laugh?

Ruby Wax: Usually not famous people, but I have some very funny girlfriends and if you'd like their phone numbers, I'm sure they'd be delighted. Usually women. I like when they find their most hideous trait and then play on it. A humiliating experience is also amusing.

Jo-Nell: Are you still going to do that movie that you and Jennifer Saunders went to India for? The one starring Goldie Hawn?

Ruby Wax: We hope we can do it without Goldie Hawn - we hope Jennifer, who is the funniest woman on earth, can play the role. It was a HORRIBLE experience and did not work out, but thank you for asking! Jennifer's show, which is "Absolutely Fabulous," should not be diluted, and some people try to do that.

YCTVboy: I really love how you present. I am doing presenting as well for YCTV, and Sabrina says I am doing well for a 12-yr-old. Do you have any tips for me?

Ruby Wax: Just to play on your instincts and always listen to yourself, and if you don't like a person, don't interview them -- it will always show on your face.

Jaunie: Does anything embarrass you? If so, what's been your most embarrassing moment both personally and professionally?

Ruby Wax: Well, when I'm working nothing too much embarrasses me. I'm a "mental gynecologist," so nothing much embarrasses me. Personally, I'm always embarrassed. A full length mirror embarrasses me. Sometimes on television, I'm embarrassed about my performance, but then it is too late and I think, "How could that girl do that"?

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