KELLY: YES. I WAS A SEX INSTRUCTOR. I HAD A BLUE WIG, BLUE EYE MAKE-UP, AND BLUE LIPSTICK. I WORE BLACK LINGERIE WITH FISHNETS AND SEXY BLACK BOOTS AND A DR.'S JACKET THAT SAID, "SEX INSTRUCTOR". I MADE SEX CARDS THAT I PASSED OUT AT THE PARTY. STUFF LIKE, "FIND SOMEONE YOU DON'T KNOW AND NIBBLE ON THEIR EAR," "BEND OVER AND RECEIVE A SPANKING," AND "DO A BODY SHOT." IT WAS THE HIT OF THE PARTY. EVERYONE WANTED TO TAKE A DIP IN MY POCKET.

Owen: So you broke into the movie business as a gothic lesbian in 'LUVRGRL'. How did that role come about?

KELLY: WELL . . .HA. I WAS ORIGINALLY SUPPOSED TO BE "GOTH GIRL", SOME RANDOM FEATURED EXTRA. THE GIRL THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO PLAY MARY MONROE (my part) HAD SOME CRAZY EX-BOYFRIEND STALKING HER AND THREATENING TO KILL HER, SO SHE MOVED BACK HOME. THE DIRECTOR CALLED ME, SAID HE WAS IN A BIND, I AUDITIONED AND GOT THE PART. IT'S A BIZARRE STORY ISN'T IT? HA!!!

Owen: And then came 'A POUND OF FLESH' and your horror career began. Did you always see horror as your genre?

KELLY: YOU'RE SO WISE AND KNOWLEDGEABLE. HOW DO YOU KNOW THIS STUFF? HMMM . . . LET'S SEE. I NEVER REALLY SAW MYSELF IN ANY GENRE. I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS A BETTER COMEDIC ACTRESS. THAT'S WHAT I GREW UP DOING, COMEDY. WHO KNEW I WAS SO GOOD AT SCREAMING, CRYING, AND DYING?!!! HONESTLY, I HAVE ALWAYS LOVED HORROR MOVIES. BEING TERRIFIED IS WHAT REALLY EXCITES ME. HORROR IS KIND OF LIKE MY THERAPY. I FEEL SO CLEANSED AFTER A DAMN GOOD DEATH SCENE.

Owen: I love what you said about horror being therapy. Could you explain? I think I am the same way with roller coasters...I scream at the top of my lungs for hours and by the end of the day it's like I've had 1000 orgasms or something.

KELLY: THAT MUST BE SATISFYING. (Big grin) FOR ME, IT'S MORE BOTTLED-UP EMOTION. IT FEELS KIND OF LIKE ANOTHER SIDE OF MY PERSONALITY. IT'S LIKE I'VE BEEN SAVING UP ALL THESE FEELINGS AND WHEN I FINALLY LET THEM ALL OUT, I FEEL CLEANSED AND PURGED AND COME HOME A FRESHER, NEWER KELLY. (I swear I'm not crazy. Wink)

Owen: You have also filmed 'SCARE MUSEUM' with the amazing Debbie Rochon. What did you learn from watching her work? Did she give you any Scream Queen pointers?

KELLY: DEBBIE ROCHON IS AMAZING, BUT IT WASN'T HER TALENT THAT I ADMIRED. IT WAS HER PROFESSIONALISM. SHE WOULD BE RESTING SOMEWHERE AND IT WOULD BE TIME FOR HER TO SHOOT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN BANG!! SHE'D BE READY TO GO AT A MINUTES NOTICE. SHE WAS ALWAYS ON. THAT WAS COOL. AS FAR AS POINTERS GO, WHEN I DID THAT SHOOT, I GOT FIRED FROM MY CRAPPY JOB AS A RESERVATION AGENT FOR A HAIR SALON (God bless them for doing that for me) AND SHE TOLD ME THAT SHE HAD GOTTEN FIRED BEFORE AS WELL. SHE REMINDED ME THAT I'M HERE TO BE AN ACTRESS AND THAT IT'S ABOUT THE STRUGGLE AND GETTING UP FROM THE STRUGGLE AND DOING WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO!!! SHE WAS REALLY GREAT.}

Owen: So on your resume I see you are 'The Best Stick Shift Driver in NY'...how do you lay claim to that title?

KELLY: I AM VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT I AM A VERY TALENTED DRIVER OF MANUAL CARS. I HAVE MANY A FRIEND THAT DO NOT HAVE THE SKILL AND IT IS ONE THAT I AM HIGHLY PROUD OF . . . MEOW.

Owen: Tell me about your upcoming role as Teresa in 'THE SHRIEKING'.

KELLY: I AM SO THRILLED AND HONORED THAT 'FUNHOUSE PICTURES' HAS GIVEN ME THE CHANCE TO PLAY THIS ROLE. SHAWN HUNT (the director) HAS AN AMAZING VISION FOR HORROR THAT WE SHARE. WORKING TOGETHER IS A DREAM COME TRUE. WE JUST FINISHED "A SPIDER BESIDE HER" WHICH IS A BRILLIANT HORROR SHORT THAT WILL COME OUT IN DECEMBER 2005.TERESA IS THE FIRST WOMAN IN HORROR THAT I FEEL I REALLY CONNECT WITH. SHE'S YOUNG AND VULNERABLE WITH A DETERMINATION TO LIVE. SHE'S A FIGHTER. KELLY MEANS "WARRIOR WOMAN" AND I FEEL THAT IS WHO TERESA IS. THIS IS THE FIRST FILM IN WHICH I AM NOT THE VICTIM, BUT THE HEROINE. IT'S TRULY AN HONOR AND I'M VERY EXCITED. IT'S AN AMAZINGLY TALENTED GROUP OF ACTORS THAT ARE CAST WITH ME AS WELL. WE HAVE WORKED TOGETHER BEFORE, SO I KNOW THIS FILM WILL BE AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE FOR US, AS WELL AS THE AUDIENCE.

Owen: So tell me about your career doing Japanime Voice-Overs.

KELLY: WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, MY FATHER USED TO MAKE ME DO MY VOICES FOR HIS CO-WORKERS. I WAS THE HIT OF HIS OFFICE. I PRIDED MYSELF (and still do) AT MY "LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS" IMPERSONATION. I DID EVERYTHING FROM THE DENTIST, TO AUDREY (Which I got to play my senior year in high school. I rocked the house!!), TO AUDREY 2, TO THE DOO-WOP GIRLS. I ALSO DO BULLWINKLE AND THIS COMMERCIAL FOR A NC DRINK CALLED CHEERWINE. ANYWAY, POINT IS, I'M GOOD WITH VOICES!!!!
ANIME, BASICALLY, FELL INTO MY LAP, SO TO SPEAK. I DID AN OFF-OFF-BROADWAY MUSICAL CALLED "THE BOOB MOVIE" AND THE LEAD GUITAR PLAYER WAS THE CASTING DIRECTOR OF A COMPANY CALLED CENTRAL PARK MEDIA. HE TOLD ALL OF US KIDS THAT IF WE WANTED TO MAKE SOME EXTRA MONEY TO GIVE HIM A CALL. I WAS THE ONLY ONE THAT DID. HE CALLED ME IN FOR MY FIRST AUDITION FOR A SHOW CALLED "ALIEN NINE". I WOUND UP LANDING THE LEAD LITTLE 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL YURI OTANI. I AM NOW STARRING IN A 13 EPISODE SERIES CALLED "NARU TARU". IT'S REALLY QUITE EXCITING. IT MAKES ME NERVOUS EVERY TIME I GO INTO THE BOOTH, BECAUSE THIS IS NOT WHAT I WENT TO SCHOOL FOR. IT'S A PROCESS, JUST LIKE EVERYTHING AND I AM BY NO MEANS A PRO. BUT I'M DEFINITELY GOOD AT PLAYING WITH THE "BIG BOYS".(Wink wink).

Owen: Do you see that show (or the title anyway) as a somewhat ironic glimpse into your future as a scream queen?

KELLY: IN HIND SITE, YES, BUT NOT IN THE WAY YOU ARE THINKING. ONE OF THE LEAD CHARACTERS, HOLLY, WAS A HORROR MOVIE FREAK. SHE KNEW EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT INDIE HORROR FLICKS. SHE HAD THIS BRILLIANT RAP SONG THAT SHE SANG ABOUT JASON VOORHIES. NEEDLESS TO SAY, BEING A PART OF THAT SHOW REMINDED ME HOW MUCH I LOVE HORROR. THE GIRL THAT PLAYED HOLLY KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE GENRE, SO I HAD TO COACH HER, IN ORDER FOR HER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE WAS RAPPING ABOUT. I WAS REMINDED HOW MUCH I LOVE HORROR AND THEN MY FRIEND NATHAN FAUDREE WAS CAST IN A CRAZY RALPH FILM AND I GOT JEALOUS. HE SENT ME INFORMATION ABOUT THE CASTING OF "A POUND OF FLESH" AND THE REST IS HISTORY.

Owen: Where did you develop your talent for burping on call?

KELLY: HAHAHA . . . ACTUALLY, I THINK IT WAS AT A FAMILY REUNION CIRCA 1984. MY COUSIN MATT AND I WERE IN OUR BUNK BEDS AND HE BURPED THE ENTIRE ALPHABET IN ONE BURP. I WAS SO AMAZED AT HIS SKILL AND WANTED TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT. HE TAUGHT ME HOW TO SUCK THE AIR IN. I TOOK IT HOME AND WORKED ON IT. THAT SKILL ONE ME ONE OF THE LEADS IN "THE BOOB MOVIE". HA!!! TAKE THAT JULLIARD:)

Owen: Do you have any trade secrets for letting loose with a real blood-curdling scream?

KELLY: IT HAPPENS WHEN I'M IN THE MOMENT. I UTILIZE THE BREATH AND I ALLOW MYSELF TO BE TAKEN TO THAT PLACE OF UTTER FEAR AND IT COMES OUT.

Owen: What makes you scream in real life?

KELLY: NOT ENOUGH DIRT IN MY DIRTY MARTINI. UMMM . . . NO REALLY. THE PARANORMAL SCARES ME. WHEN I TURN OFF ALL THE LIGHTS AND START TALKING WITH MY FRIENDS ABOUT REAL LIFE STORIES, I START TO FREAK OUT AND GET SCARED THAT A FIGURE WILL APPEAR. IT'S SILLY, I KNOW.

Owen: What's something in real life that makes you angry enough to want to kill?

KELLY: GEORGE W. BUSH FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS.

Owen: What other roles do you have coming up?

KELLY: I WAS JUST CAST IN ANOTHER ANIME FILM THAT STARTS ON FRIDAY AND I AM RETURNING IN JANUARY TO STAR IN FUNHOUSE PICTURES' NEW HORROR SHORT CALLED "DEMONIAC". I DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT, EXCEPT THAT IT'S ABOUT A SATAN WORSHIPER, PLAYED BY YOURS TRULY. I WILL BE TRAVELING TO PA TO PLAY THE ROLE OF ERIN CHAMBERS IN THE CRAZY RALPH FILM,"KLOWNZ". I'M VERY THRILLED TO BE A PART OF THAT CAST. FROM THE TRAILER, IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY FUN, SILLY FILM.

Owen: Thanks Kelly and all the best to you in your career... and in life. Bring warm clothes when you start filming in those mountains this March!