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Video Clips
"Once Upon A Time There Lived Mason" Documentary aired in Russia in March 1996. These clips were
provided by Oksana, and were translated into English by Olga (Below clips) . They include three musical numbers
previously posted as in the 'Music Concert Footage' section.
Clip 1 - Introduction
Clip 2 - Lane Sings Memories (Previously posted under music concert footage.)
Clip 3 - Interview 1
Clip 4 - About Mason
Clip 5 - Lane sings Amsterdam (Previously posted under music concert footage.)
Clip 6 - Santa Barbara Talk
Clip 7 - Questions From the Audience
Clip 8 - More Talk about Lane/Mason
Clip 9 - Lane Sings Elvis Songs (Previously posted under music concert footage.)
Clip 10 - Interview 2
Clip 11 Lane Sings Georgia (Previously posted under music concert footage) (Added 4/7/08)
Clip 12 More Interview (Added 4/7/08)
Clip 13 Wrap Up (Added 4/7/08)
"Once Upon A Time There Lived Mason" Documentary aired in Russia in March 1996. These clips were
provided by Oksana, and were translated into English by Olga (Below clips) . They include three musical numbers
previously posted as in the 'Music Concert Footage' section.
Clip 1 - Introduction
Clip 2 - Lane Sings Memories (Previously posted under music concert footage.)
Clip 3 - Interview 1
Clip 4 - About Mason
Clip 5 - Lane sings Amsterdam (Previously posted under music concert footage.)
Clip 6 - Santa Barbara Talk
Clip 7 - Questions From the Audience
Clip 8 - More Talk about Lane/Mason
Clip 9 - Lane Sings Elvis Songs (Previously posted under music concert footage.)
Clip 10 - Interview 2
Clip 11 Lane Sings Georgia (Previously posted under music concert footage) (Added 4/7/08)
Clip 12 More Interview (Added 4/7/08)
Clip 13 Wrap Up (Added 4/7/08)
"Once Upon A Time There Lived Mason" (translated by Olga)
Q: If you could choose, who of the world stars would you work with?
A: If I could just pick up the phone and say, ‘Hey let’s make a movie together,’ I would phone Harrison Ford or Clint Eastwood
who I think to be a wonderful actor, director and man.
Q: By the age of 50 or 60 many actors go into politics. Do you have such an intention?
A: I think it unacceptable for me, on the moral grounds. To enter politics is like to enter a shady business… Though, I think I
could work in an embassy, especially in Russia.
Q: If you had not become an actor, what would you have been?
A: A director, I think. Theatre, cinema, TV.
Q: What roles have you played yet and what is ahead?
A: I am very happy I've done a lot of Shakespeare: Benedick from ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ Macbeth, Hamlet. Now I’m staging
Rostand’s ‘Cyrano de Bergerac.’
Q: What were you doing before you started acting in ‘Santa Barbara’?
A: Working much at the theatre, playing in the soap ‘Days of Our Life,’ working at TV, doing films, ‘Magic of Lassie,’ as far as I
know it’s familiar to you. But the main thing in my life, before or after ‘Santa Barbara’, has been the theatre.
Q: What are you interested in, apart from cinema and theatre?
A: I like to read, I like literature, but there is one genre that gives me an opportunity to rest from serious classic things, it’s
horrors. I like books by Stephen King and other writers working in this genre. As to music it depends on my mood.
Q: What drawbacks are there in your character?
A: I’d like to be more disciplined, for example, to keep better fit, to learn a foreign language. Now I am actively studying French
and I’ve started to learn Russian. So, discipline is my main wish.
Audience’s Questions.
Q: If you chose one of Russian girls and decided to show the world to her, which city would you show to her - Amsterdam,
Santa Barbara or Mississippi?
A: Not Amsterdam, not Mississippi, I think it’s Paris.
Q: What are your parents, did they have anything to do with theatre?
A: I got interested in theatre first of all because my mother and father worked in a little amateur theatre in the USA.
Q: Could there happen anything to make you drop your profession, your career?
A: There have been many people in my life who tried to change me because me is me and no one else. It’s like I were an Afro-
American and then I said, okay, enough, from now on I’m Chinese.
Q: What can you say about Russian men?
A: I’ve been impressed with much about them, mostly with their inner dignity and confidence.
Q: You record albums, like A Martinez, will it be possible to buy them in Russia?
A: ‘Melodia’ firm and me, we’re going to release a disk in the near future.
The interview, part 2
Q: Suppose a producer gives you a big sum of money, what kind of movie would you make?
A: I do not think it would be an expensive movie with many special effects, explosions, pursuits. I would make a film about
human relationships, human soul, cordiality. I like simple stories, and this does not take a lot of money.
Q: How does your typical morning start?
A: In a usual way, I think. A yogurt, a coffee and a fresh newspaper. My three-year-old son is the first to get up, my five-year-old
is the second. We sit and watch TV till all the three of us are fully awake.
Q: Do you have more friends or enemies?
A: I hope I have more friends than enemies. When you work at the theatre in a team it’s absolutely necessary to create an
atmosphere of friendship and mutual understanding, and to keep away from people who can become your enemies, not to give
any pretext to show negative feelings.
Q: Is there anything you couldn’t forgive?
A: I do not think there’s such a thing. Of course, there can be a complicated situation, it’s hard to justify a person who’s been
acting bad, but I always try to look on it not only from my viewpoint, but also from the viewpoint of this other person who’s in the
wrong. I can keep angry for a long while, but in the long run I always forgive. It’s always pleasant to forgive.
Q: Your Russian tour is over and now you can talk of your Russian experience and impressions, can’t you?
A: It’s not my first time in Russia, but it’s the first time I've visited its Eastern part, Siberia! It’s the farthest northern point of my
travel. I feel I have finally found my own Russia.
Q: What do you value in people?
A: I like a sense of humor, intelligence, tolerance to others’ opinions.
Q: Suppose you were asked to write for a dictionary a definition of the word, ‘love.’ What would you write?
A: It’s a complicated question, because love can take so many different forms… there’s one thing, love, to my mind, must be
unrelenting.
Q: What would you change in your life if you could?
A: I do not follow the example of the Japanese car makers who make a brand new model every year. Development must be
gradual.
I grew during the peak of Cold War between our countries. But now, coming to Russia, I feel great because of the spirit of true
friendship. I am one of very many people in America who see Russia’s future optimistically. I am very glad to find myself here at
the moment when it’s coming to stability. Every time I come I see positive changes going on here. I sincerely wish you all the
best.
Good bye.
****************************************
P.S. As it can be seen, some of the newspaper interview I've been translating, just got some lines out of these documentaries
and gave them as a new interview. - Olga
Q: If you could choose, who of the world stars would you work with?
A: If I could just pick up the phone and say, ‘Hey let’s make a movie together,’ I would phone Harrison Ford or Clint Eastwood
who I think to be a wonderful actor, director and man.
Q: By the age of 50 or 60 many actors go into politics. Do you have such an intention?
A: I think it unacceptable for me, on the moral grounds. To enter politics is like to enter a shady business… Though, I think I
could work in an embassy, especially in Russia.
Q: If you had not become an actor, what would you have been?
A: A director, I think. Theatre, cinema, TV.
Q: What roles have you played yet and what is ahead?
A: I am very happy I've done a lot of Shakespeare: Benedick from ‘Much Ado About Nothing,’ Macbeth, Hamlet. Now I’m staging
Rostand’s ‘Cyrano de Bergerac.’
Q: What were you doing before you started acting in ‘Santa Barbara’?
A: Working much at the theatre, playing in the soap ‘Days of Our Life,’ working at TV, doing films, ‘Magic of Lassie,’ as far as I
know it’s familiar to you. But the main thing in my life, before or after ‘Santa Barbara’, has been the theatre.
Q: What are you interested in, apart from cinema and theatre?
A: I like to read, I like literature, but there is one genre that gives me an opportunity to rest from serious classic things, it’s
horrors. I like books by Stephen King and other writers working in this genre. As to music it depends on my mood.
Q: What drawbacks are there in your character?
A: I’d like to be more disciplined, for example, to keep better fit, to learn a foreign language. Now I am actively studying French
and I’ve started to learn Russian. So, discipline is my main wish.
Audience’s Questions.
Q: If you chose one of Russian girls and decided to show the world to her, which city would you show to her - Amsterdam,
Santa Barbara or Mississippi?
A: Not Amsterdam, not Mississippi, I think it’s Paris.
Q: What are your parents, did they have anything to do with theatre?
A: I got interested in theatre first of all because my mother and father worked in a little amateur theatre in the USA.
Q: Could there happen anything to make you drop your profession, your career?
A: There have been many people in my life who tried to change me because me is me and no one else. It’s like I were an Afro-
American and then I said, okay, enough, from now on I’m Chinese.
Q: What can you say about Russian men?
A: I’ve been impressed with much about them, mostly with their inner dignity and confidence.
Q: You record albums, like A Martinez, will it be possible to buy them in Russia?
A: ‘Melodia’ firm and me, we’re going to release a disk in the near future.
The interview, part 2
Q: Suppose a producer gives you a big sum of money, what kind of movie would you make?
A: I do not think it would be an expensive movie with many special effects, explosions, pursuits. I would make a film about
human relationships, human soul, cordiality. I like simple stories, and this does not take a lot of money.
Q: How does your typical morning start?
A: In a usual way, I think. A yogurt, a coffee and a fresh newspaper. My three-year-old son is the first to get up, my five-year-old
is the second. We sit and watch TV till all the three of us are fully awake.
Q: Do you have more friends or enemies?
A: I hope I have more friends than enemies. When you work at the theatre in a team it’s absolutely necessary to create an
atmosphere of friendship and mutual understanding, and to keep away from people who can become your enemies, not to give
any pretext to show negative feelings.
Q: Is there anything you couldn’t forgive?
A: I do not think there’s such a thing. Of course, there can be a complicated situation, it’s hard to justify a person who’s been
acting bad, but I always try to look on it not only from my viewpoint, but also from the viewpoint of this other person who’s in the
wrong. I can keep angry for a long while, but in the long run I always forgive. It’s always pleasant to forgive.
Q: Your Russian tour is over and now you can talk of your Russian experience and impressions, can’t you?
A: It’s not my first time in Russia, but it’s the first time I've visited its Eastern part, Siberia! It’s the farthest northern point of my
travel. I feel I have finally found my own Russia.
Q: What do you value in people?
A: I like a sense of humor, intelligence, tolerance to others’ opinions.
Q: Suppose you were asked to write for a dictionary a definition of the word, ‘love.’ What would you write?
A: It’s a complicated question, because love can take so many different forms… there’s one thing, love, to my mind, must be
unrelenting.
Q: What would you change in your life if you could?
A: I do not follow the example of the Japanese car makers who make a brand new model every year. Development must be
gradual.
I grew during the peak of Cold War between our countries. But now, coming to Russia, I feel great because of the spirit of true
friendship. I am one of very many people in America who see Russia’s future optimistically. I am very glad to find myself here at
the moment when it’s coming to stability. Every time I come I see positive changes going on here. I sincerely wish you all the
best.
Good bye.
****************************************
P.S. As it can be seen, some of the newspaper interview I've been translating, just got some lines out of these documentaries
and gave them as a new interview. - Olga