This is liable to be quite random, and I will add the disclaimer that anything in quote marks is almost certainly paraphrased as there was a small delay before I wrote it down. But, here are my highlights of the weekend!
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"I attract men who drop their trousers!"
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Sam and Helen Stuck In A Lift Talking About Their Love Life: Part 1
(Starring Amanda as both Sam Carter and Helen Magnus)
"All of my boyfriends die."
"My boyfriend killed lots of women."
"So, Jack the Ripper?"
"He used to be nice."
"I'm in love with a man I can never have."
"Me too!"
"I want to be Amanda. Guys drop their trousers around her!"
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Amanda: "Thomasina and I will do a Sam and Helen scene at the auction."
Thomasina: "I want to be the pretty one!"
Amanda: "Which one is that?"
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Amanda explained her change in heart regarding Sam/Jack by the change in the command structure, that now there's not necessarily a linear chain between Sam and Jack so it's no longer impossible.
But her immediate less serious answer to when she changed her mind was "after the first kiss scene was filmed!" lol
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Three things Amanda, Helen and Sam would take to a desert island...
Amanda: her guitar, a journal and pen, and a camera.
Helen: a journal, a teapot, and a microscope.
Sam: a telescope, Jack, and a fishing rod!
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There was a question about whether Amanda would like to star in a romantic role alongside RDA in a non-Stargate project. Her answer included talk of a dinner with Damian Kindler with pitching of an idea about someone having feelings for their co-star... and much quoting of "It's my job!"
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I didn't write down the exact quote, but a reminder for anyone who was there... Power tools, grabbing Alan's
little big tool!!! *g*
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Amanda on Helen's sexuality... Helen hasn't only been with men, 158 years is a long time! And that's at least part of why Amelia Earhart is now in the titles, whether her Estate knows that or not! On the which Beatle question, the answer was John, "She has a thing for guys named John."
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At the auction, I think when the Christopher Heyerdahl lot was auctioned...
Thomasina: "He says 'I'll always have Helen on my mind'."
Amanda: "Can't blame him, she's lovely."
Sue: "But unfortunately she's stuck in a lift with Sam Carter!"
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Rick and Amanda, on the phone...
Amanda: "I'm in the bathroom, wearing nothing but a smile."
Rick: "There's a lot of people in that bathroom!"
Amanda: "I don't like to be alone."
I was quite amused by the comment that RDA's "guard dog" let Amanda into his house without a problem!
And if Amanda doesn't cook Rick dinner when he's in Vancouver next year, there's about 300 witnesses that she did promise to do so!
They're just so damn cute. Lots of "ma'am" and "babe" and just awwww!!!
Ahem. *G*
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The best and worst qualities of Sam and Helen...
Sam: Her loyalty was the best. Her worst, Amanda was going to say her lack of a sense of humour, particularly early on, but then agreed with someone who shouted out that she was single!
Helen: Again, her loyalty was the best quality. Her worst was the metal pole stuck up her bottom!
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Sam and Helen Stuck In A Lift Talking About Their Love Life: Part 2
(Starring Amanda Tapping as Helen Magnus and Thomasina Gibson as Sam Carter)
I can't remember the exact quote, but it started with a definite suggestion of Helen finding Sam attractive!
(ETA:
kjaneway has this one, it's down in the comments! Yay!)Helen: "I like to call him Jack."
Helen: "What does your Jack do?"
Sam: "He fishes."
Helen: "Jack the fisher."
Sam: "Yours?"
Helen: "He likes to rip things. Time, bodices, it's all the same to him."
Sam: "So... Jack the ripper?"
Helen: "Kinda!"
"Is your Jack tall?"
"Yes. Yours?"
"Yes, mine too."
Helen: "Is he clever?"
Sam: ".......sometimes."
Sam: "Is he romantic?"
Helen: "More... kinky."
Sam: "......Mine too!"
(And that was where they both dissolved into hysterics! And Thomasina started to hope that quote never got back to RDA... hee!!!!)