Hey, what's the address of this website thaat had this interview?
Thanks.
--- In AustinStJohnFC@yahoogroups.com, "Reina" <reina_taveras@y...>
wrote:
> Hey yall
>
> Here is an interview I found, i dunno if yall have seen it b4 but
here
> it is. btw what the guy MAX says at the end is kinda mean lol
> Later
> Rei
>
> AUSTIN ST. JOHN GIVES HIS NEW CAREER SOME KICK! [PART II]
> This comes from Teen Beat: November 1995:
>
> TEEN BEAT: How did you get started? AUSTIN: I auditioned for Power
> Rangers.
> I had just finished high school and I intended on opening a martial
> arts
> school. I wanted to teach. A friend of mine nagged me to go on
the
> audition and I ended up getting it, and here I am. I wasn't sure I
> wanted
> to act at first. I didn't like cameras and I wasn't real
comfortable
> in
> front of them.
> TEEN BEAT: You've overcome that by now, we're sure.
> AUSTIN: By now I'm used to it. Now there can be 50 of them around
> and I
> just tune them out.
> TEEN BEAT: Tell us about the instructional video you're working on
> now.
> AUSTIN: It's called Karate Masters. It's an instructional martial
> arts
> video for anyone who wants to learn, based more towards younger
kids.
> TEEN BEAT: Is it for beginners? AUSTIN: Yes, it's the basics. It's
> put
> together with some fights. There's quick cuts of rapid action mixed
> in to
> pump them up. There's plenty of action. But I try to play down the
> fact
> that it's meant for self defense only. It takes a bigger man to
walk
> away
> from a fight than to start one.
> TEEN BEAT: How long have you been studying martial arts? AUSTIN:
> Since I
> was five. I've studied 13 different styles. I have a second degree
> black
> belt in Taekwondo, which is the style that this video is based on.
> TEEN BEAT: Do you ever run into kids that recognize you? AUSTIN: All
> the
> time. They ask, "Why's you leave the Power Rangers?" TEEN BEAT:
> What's
> this about CD-ROM? AUSTIN: There are several. One is an
encyclopedia
> of
> martial arts and another is a game based on Cyber Strike.
> TEEN BEAT: Do you ever have any spare time? AUSTIN: Yes [laughs]. I
> read,
> lift weights, practice martial arts, I like to go hiking. I have
my
> Harley. My Harley is like my girlfriend because at the moment I
> don't
> have a girlfriend.
> TEEN BEAT: So what's next? AUSTIN: I plan on making a transition
into
> more
> adult roles. I don't want to lose my fan base, I mean it's
worldwide
> now.
> I hope to let my fans grow up with me.
>
> MAX: He managed to work being single into a question about spare
> time.
> He must be *VERY* desparate.