TV Guide Interview
Aug 13, 2008 Burn Notice, Interview
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Burn Notice’s ex-spy Jeffrey Donovan remains tight-lipped about his USA Network hit and… kissing Angelina Jolie? (Burn Notice airs Thursdays at 10 pm/ET, USA.)
TV Guide: What’s coming up for “burned” spy Michael Westen? Any big cliff-hangers?
Jeffrey Donovan: My line is always “tune in and find out.”
TV Guide: You can’t reveal anything about what’s coming up?
Donovan: I like to leave that to other people. I’m never sure what I’m supposed to keep silent and what I can give away.
TV Guide: OK. While shooting Season 1, you got injured many times doing your own stunts. Any Season 2 injuries?
Donovan: Surprisingly, none. Here’s the funny thing: I’ve been hurt zero times on set and a few times at home. I walked off a boat and fell on the dock and ripped my knee open. And I was trying to open a drawer and the ceramic handle broke off and slashed my hand open. So I’m going to do all my own stunts on the show, and my stunt double is going to live my life.
Sexy Spy
Jul 26, 2008 Interview
Burn Notice’s Jeffrey Donovan chats to TV WEEK about being a super-spy
Where do the Burn Notice writers get all their information about spies?
The head writer has contact with a certain operative in the field. I don’t know what agency he works for, whether it’s American or foreign. They go over stuff that will be practical and used in conducting cases. He’ll learn all that stuff and then apply it to the show. But there’s also a lot of stuff out there that you can read. I’ve read a few spy manuals and it’s really interesting what you can get your hands on at the library.
Do you ever try to follow people without them noticing or elude people who are following you?
Yeah, I’ve been doing that since before I got the show. [Laughs.] No, it definitely gives you a sense of how paranoid these people must be. One of the things I learned [about spies] is you can never make new friends unless you are the person who initiates it. All the people who come up to you, you can’t be friends with because you never know what their agenda is. But if you go up to someone, that’s OK. That limits a lot of social life. It’s a neat character but someone I wouldn’t want to be in real life.
As a celebrity, you’re kind of in the same situation, aren’t you? You have strange people wanting to come up and talk to you…
More Burn Notice Interviews
Jul 9, 2008 Burn Notice, Co-Stars, Interview
By Ian Spelling for UGO
Burn Notice is one of those super-cool shows with a modest, but loyal fan base. The USA Network series will kick off its second season on July 10, and everyone involved hopes that, based on its critics’ darling status, USA’s amped-up promotional campaign and on good, old-fashioned fan-to-fan word of mouth, Burn Notice will attract a wider audience in year two. For those unfamiliar with the slickly shot show, it stars hottie (or so my wife insists) Jeffrey Donovan as Michael Westen, a discredited cover-ops agent who’s forced to cool his heels in Miami, his hometown, trapped there with no money, no job, no link to his handler, and always under surveillance.
So, while trying figure out who screwed him over - or more accurately stated, burned him - and why, the ever-resourceful Westen keeps busy as a spy for hire and a private investigator. Among those in Westen’s circle are his ex-girlfriend Fiona (Gabrielle Anwar), once an IRA operative; longtime pal Sam (Bruce Campbell), a sleazy, fun-loving womanizer and former operative; and Madeline (Sharon Gless), Westen’s chain-smoking, tough-love, hypochondriac momma. The amiable Donovan and the quip-happy Campbell recently took to the phone for a conference call. UGO was on the line and joined in the fun. Here’s some of what went down:
A few more quips from the ‘Burn Notice’ stars
Jul 7, 2008 Burn Notice, Co-Stars, Interview
From The South Bend Tribune:
Jeffrey Donovan and Bruce Campbell recently did a conference call with reporters to promote the second season of “Burn Notice,” which returns 10 p.m., Thursday on the USA Network.
Even though I used the best material for a weekly Remote Control column, which appeared in our June 29 print edition, there were a few more quips from the two stars that I wanted to share.
“Burn Notice” centers around Michael Westen, a spy who has been exiled to his hometown of Miami after getting booted from the espionage community for reasons that he’s still trying to figure out.
So here’s an extra dose of Donovan and Campbell just in time for the Season 2 premiere:
