Ellen DeGeneres & Anne Heche

Don Rosenberg

Ellen DeGeneres and Anne Heche went from being a respected comidienne and minor actress into the world’s most famous lesbian couple. Ellen had her own TV show, and Anne Heche has been in movies with Robert DeNiro, Tommy Lee Jones, and Harrison Ford. I finally caught up with this talented pair in a telephone interview.

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Hi. How are you?

Anne Heche : Fine

Ellen DeGeneres : Pretty good.

Ellen, I really liked you in Open House .

Ellen : Oh, thank you.

Anne, you were terrific in Girls in Prison . Are you going to make a sequel to that movie?

Anne : I don’t think so.

You should. You were naked in that movie, and in Wild Side , and you should show your breasts off more. You know?

Anne : Uh….could we change the subject?

Sure. Ellen, which one of you is the man and which one is the woman?

Ellen : Uh…(The phone unexpectedly goes dead.)

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I waited over two hours for them to call me back, but they never did. They must’ve lost my number or something. But still I was thrilled to get to talk to them. ◼