Fansite: Alright, we have a two-parter. What made you decide to put the producer’s hat on for Breaking Dawn, and what do you think you bring to that last movie?
SM: I don’t think it’s gonna change that much. I do feel like—I mean Breaking Dawn is tricky. It’s real tricky. Now I feel more like we have handle on it, because the scripts and with Bill Condon, I am more calm; but originally, I was very much on the fence as to: “Maybe we shouldn’t make this into a movie”, you know? Some things really can’t be made into movies and come across exactly the right way, so it was a big struggle for me to go forward. I knew that it would disappoint a lot of people and that was really one of the main impetuses was that people would be like: “What?!” I didn’t want to disappoint people. So I was concerned, so my plan was and still is to be there everyday, and so as a producer I can do that. And so it’s really a lot about being in the room and you know it’s gonna be a lot of upheaval in my life but I felt like it was important. And then it’s…you know it’s the last one so I kind of feel like: “Okay I’m gonna commit to it this year, I’ll get it done and then I won’t do that again”.
(laughter)
SM: But…and then, you know, I also—I get to be more involved in some of the—
(chatter and laughter)
SM: I think that we will have a little bit more of a say in the music, which would be a big deal. We’d have—we’ll be…Instead of hearing about the decisions afterwards we’ll be there when they’re being made and that’s gonna help. With Eclipse I was pretty much right on the line with producing. I was very much involved with the script and a lot of the choices, and so it’s not a huge difference but it’ll be really an interesting experience.
(chatter)
TF: We let out a sigh of relief when we heard you were producing.
SM: Well I think that…I don’t know if those sighs were a little bit premature. I’m not sure that I’ll have that much more that I can do, but I try. I keep fighting. I can’t quite make myself give up, so…
Fansite: We appreciate that.
SM: Well and you know the movies, they’re a separate thing and they’re really fun. They can’t be exactly like the books, and so it’s about finding those key things that really make it have the feel of the books. But I mean they have done a really great job, and not all of it I get right away because for me it’s like: “No, keep it closer to the story.” And then afterwards I’m like: “Okay, this is just an alternate but it has it’s merits.” You know there are good things, like angry Edward, that isn’t there in the book and yet, that has a lot of value for you. And so, there are things that they’re able to do that I can’t and so it’s a nice little compliment. And like Taylor bringing the love for Jacob, that’s a good thing. It’s a good thing.
Fansite: And then we just want to know, out of all the things we’ve touched on today is there anything that maybe you want to say to the fans that you haven’t been able to say? Any message or…
SM: You know, I feel like the fans, they know, they know me. I feel like they kinda know who I am and that I appreciate them. I write for myself, and I have to, but I appreciate them because having an audience is a gift and I do not take that for granted. It is really amazing to sit in a room with people and talk about people that you made up: “Hey, let’s talk about my imaginary friends!” And you guys care about my imaginary friends, and that’s weird, but…
(chatter and laughter)
Fansite: At least you don’t have to take medication for it.
SM: Exactly! [inaudible] I get to talk to people about it. I’m not a therapist. No, it’s cool because writing is—for me, everybody has something different for them. And you guys all write, in a different way, but I’m assuming there’s a lot of pleasure in it for you or you wouldn’t do it and so you know what it is to have somebody read what you’ve written and enjoy it. It’s a really big deal, and so I just hope that people keep reading. I hope they give me a chance. I hope when my next book isn’t Midnight Sun that people still will give it a chance. I feel bad that that’s a negative for the fandom and it’s something I that I want to do, but I want to do it right, and that’s just how—and I only write when it brings me joy.
Fansite: Your happy place.
SM: It is my happy place. And having readers is a different happy place, but a really fun one. And as you can see from the books I love reading. I love books. I love being in that world and one of the coolest things with helping, you know making people happy, is [for] a lot of people this is the springboard and then they go on to bigger and better and exciting books. There’s so many cool things out there. People that—being a reader is who I am my whole life—and that people haven’t discovered that makes me a little crazy. It’s like: “No! There’s so much!” I remember talking to a guy when I was touring for The Host and he was mic-ing me up for the Glenn Beck thing that I did, which was weird. I haven’t done that a lot where you’re looking at a camera and you’re supposed to be talking to them…and oh it’s creepy. We’re talking and he’s like: “So you wrote a book about aliens?” And I’m like: “Yeah.” And I said, “What do you like to read?” He says, “Oh I don’t read books. I’ve read maybe three books in my life. I hate reading.” And I thought, “That’s because they gave you the wrong ones!” They gave him the wrong ones and he has no idea of all the stuff that he’s missing. It makes me a little crazy. I just want everyone to go out and find Jasper Fforde. And I want [them] to go out and find Mark Zusak and I want them to find these amazing books and go to the young adult section and find what’s out there. There’s so much. If you haven’t read Suzanne Collins, oh my gosh, do it!
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