Amber Benson
Amber Benson
Amber Nicole Bensonis an American writer, author, director, producer, and actress. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer, but has also directed, produced and starred in her own films Chanceand Lovers, Liars & Lunatics. She also co-directed the film Drones with fellow Buffy cast member Adam Busch...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth8 January 1977
CityBirmingham, AL
CountryUnited States of America
I wanted to create a heroine that was flawed. I wanted her to be a real person. She's selfish, she's childish, she's immature and because I'm doing a three-book arc I really played that up in the first book. I wanted the reader to be annoyed with her at times.
It was interesting to have humanoid villains that were rooted in our three-dimensional reality... or four dimensional reality, I'm not sure which!
Mindi Scott has a real talent for getting inside her protagonist's head. She sketches out Coley's story in grand swathes, and then paints in all the little details, so that you feel as though you are enmeshed in Coley's brain: thinking her thoughts, feeling her confusion, anger, and, in the end, pain. I just don't think it's possible to read this book and not identify with Coley in some way.
Besides, I have the coolest fans in the whole world.
I go, 'Yeah, this is rockin'; I totally dig this,'
Maybe because she's smaller than me she might look taller.
It's not real. I mean, there are no vampires, there are no witches. Well, there are Wiccans, but they're not making out with Alyson, so...
Everybody's been faced with those kind of choices in their life,
I think any good literature, whether it's for children or for adults, will appeal to everybody. As far as children's literature goes, adults should be able to read it and enjoy it as much as a child would.
Actually, I love mythology. When I was a kid I was obsessed with myth and I wanted to be a mythologist when I grew up. Then I realized I really just like stories.
You were doing a TV show - you don't realise that you're also making social commentary at the same time.
I think people are starting to think of me less as an actor and more as a writer.
It doesn't matter who you sleep with, it's how you treat other people in this world.
I wouldn't want to forget anything, even the weird stuff and the bad stuff. It makes you who you are.