14 GILLESPIE / DE BEAUVOIR

 I think my karma put me here, butl yearn to be in Europe all the time.
 But my karma set me in a third world country, in the tropics, in a hot
 climate. I love the fall. I don't like the snow, but I like the fall. I like that
 cool weather I always did. [In Europe] I wasn't wearing jackets and
 people were like, "what's wrong with you guys? How come you are not
 cold?" I said, "'cause I don't feel cold." It was a beautiful experience.
 Really, really lovely.
 CG- Earlier you said that you cut cane when you were younger. What
 was it like for you?
 DA- It was fun. I didn't do it to make money. I just did it because I wanted
 to see what it felt like. I wouldn't do everything, but there are some
 things I would try. I wanted to feel my ancestral vibes coming through
 say, "hey how did it feel to be in the sun all day doing this?" Wow! I
 can't handle this. How did they do this? I am mixed with Arawak. I
 am part Panamanian, Arawak, black, and Scottish white. My hands
 hurt like hell and that was it. I didn't last a whole day. The sun was
 burning down. You have a lot of things going in your face. It's not a
 glamorous job.
 Picking cotton. I want to go and do it. But then a guy said, "You don't
 want to go." 'Cause you have to pick so much to make some money
 cause you know cotton is... some people put rocks in the bag and stuff
 I've washed cars for organizations. I've done things that most people say,
 "oh you don't do those things 'cause you do this and you do that." There is
 nothing beneath me and there is nothing above me. That's how I look at
 life.
 CG- Do you watch TV?
 DA- Of course.
 CG- What do you like to watch?
 DA- I don't like those Hallmark movies. I don't like those. I like drama. I
 like action. I like science fiction. I want to play on Star Trek. James
 Bond. There was a guy two years ago, a director for James Bond, and
 he said he wanted me in the next movie, but I don't know. I haven't
 heard from him, but I think I would do some damage in that movie.
 Grace Jones step back. Let me do my thing. I like movies that have
 strong male roles and strong female. Girls must be strong. Must be. I
 like Cleopatra Jones. I like Pam Greer. She's a mixture of sex. She's
 just ruthless and the thing is that she does it but she is still feminine
 about it. She doesn't have to act masculine to do it. I like comedies. To
 me black comedies leave a lot to be desired. They are lacking
 something, especially black American comedies. They border on sex.
 They border on looks. They border on partying. I like Good Times. I