Interviews

Steve Wozniak (Co-Producer)Steve Wozniak

Turtle Bay: How did you become involved with Stephen King's Gotham Cafe? 

I met Julie Sands at a party and was stricken by her confidence in herself in regards to this project. I admired her intelligence but more than that her passion for this particular work and project. That sort of passion leads to great results more than other qualities or experience. She was too motivated for the right reasons to let this project dwindle and turn out weak or of poor quality. It reminded me of how we were starting Apple. 

Turtle Bay: Are you a fan of Stephen King? 

Yes, but I'm not that much of a reader to answer a lot of questions, more I know what I like and horror stories and movies have always been favorites of mine. 

Turtle Bay: Tell us a little about your visit to the set. 

It was pretty new to me, to see how this was done. I was totally impressed when I walked into the set and saw the wide variety of people knowing what they were doing and all bustling around. It was amazing to see such a collection of people who all knew what to do and working together, coordinating together so well. It was also special for me just to see how well the set worked, what thinking had gone into that. 

Turtle Bay: You ended up doing a cameo in the film. What was 
that experience like? 

I have done short parts in some community plays and high school musicals and ballets and the like, but never in a movie, so this was kind of a thrill. I saw so many professional actors who were clearly good at what they do. You recognize how good real actors are when you are called upon to do some acting yourself. Fortunately not much memorization or work is involved in a short cameo. It was a load of fun for me. 

Turtle Bay: What were some of the memorable things for you about working on Stephen King's Gotham Cafe? 

Meeting Julie and hearing not the words but her incredible enthusiasm and understanding of this whole project has to rank as my number one memory. Seeing her go through a lot of tragedy and near cataclysms was very hard. Seeing how strong she could be to overcome these things and re-coup when needed was very memorable, but knowing her by then I wasn't surprised. Seeing a recent first edit of the whole movie was something I'll never forget either, seeing how well it all turned out. 

 

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