COJO INVESTIGATES WITH MARG HELGENBERGER
Entertainment Tonight, October 18, 2008
Cojo: Iām giving you an award today. Here is a very special award. Since youāre on the greatest drama show on television, that makes you the ultimate drama queen and I really really want to crown you. May I?
(Cojo puts Drama Queen sash on Marg)
Marg: Who needs an Emmy when youāve got this thing?
Cojo: Who needs an Emmy when you are the number one drama queen on television?
Marg: Does that mean Iām aā¦but on television, not in real life?
Cojo: Yeah, on television. Oh, I hear all about things about you backstage as a drama queen.
Marg: I need to be more of a drama queen. I think thatā¦I think Iād be more successful.
Cojo: Why donāt I come hang out on the set with you? Why donāt we spend the day together where I teach you how to be a diva?
Cojo: Do you think there will ever be a CSI movie?
Marg: I thought we were probably past that point, although I heard Billy mention that the other day. I mean itās gotta be the right story, the right script.
Cojo: The ratings battle last year with Greyās Anatomy, which you held on to your crown.
Marg: We did.
Cojo: You squashed them again.
Marg: Of course we areā¦I donāt doubt that.
Cojo: Whatās the enduring appeal of the show?
Marg: I think itās the sum of its parts. Iāve always said that.
Cojo: Strong.
Marg: I think ultimatelyā¦I think itās a very smartly written show. A great mystery show, with incredible style and a cast that has an enormous amount of chemistry, that weāve had from day one. And itās well directed. I just think itās all the things that add up.
Cojo: Are we going be talking season twenty?
Marg: Oh, I donāt know about that.
Cojo: How long do you think you could go?
Marg: I kind of take it season by season.
Cojo: Weāre going to play a really really fun game. This one is called āFill in the Blanks.ā
Cojo: The one thing that would surprise fans about William Petersen isā¦
Marg: That heās really funny. Heās a very funny guy.
Cojo: The thing I always have in my trailer isā¦ā¦
Marg: These bottled teas that I get called Honest Teas.
Cojo: The room in my house that could be mistaken for a crime scene isā¦
Marg: My office.
Cojo: The actor or actress that Iād most like to play a suspect on my show isā¦
Marg: I always say Viggo Mortensen.
Cojo: If I could trade roles with any other actress currently on TV, Iād pickā¦
Marg: I mean, I love Mad Men so maybe one of the actresses on that show.
Cojo: My current TV guilty pleasure isā¦
Marg: Football
Cojo: Okay.
Cojo: The one actress I am most often mistaken for isā¦
Marg: Well Iāll tell you he one that I like the most that Iām mistaken for is Michelle Pfeiffer.
Cojo: Thatās a good one.
Marg: Yes. I always love hearing that one.
Cojo: If I wasnāt an actress Iād most likely beā¦.
Marg: I think writing would beā¦ I mean, obviously, I think youāve got to have some skill at it and some talent, which I donāt. But if I did have the talent, I think probably writing.