Interviewer = X,MIsaac = I,MTaylor = T,MZachary = Z
Big Magazine - June 25th to July 8th 1997
X: When was the last time you cried?
T: Last time we did an
Interview! Do we cry at movies? No, we watch action movies and we don't cry at Arnold Schwarzenegger!
Issac:quot;I can't remember the
last time I cried, I must have been really young. I've never cried at a movie or at a T.V. show. I'm not a guy who cries easily.
Zac :quot;I'm a Hanson boy, I don't cry! You can't really cry at Total Recall or Twister can you? - I only watch action
films. I'm really looking forward to seeing that new Jurassic Park movie. I don't think I'll cry at that.
Have you ever trashed a hotel room?
T: Yeah, but only
because we are really messy. We never keep our rooms clean. We leave clothes everywhere
and our skates are always lying in the floor. People always trip over them.
Issac :quot;We all share a room
at home and it looks like we've trashed even though we haven't - It's just messy. I'm trying to learn to be tidier but it's hard when you travel 'cos you live out of a suitcase. It's nice to go home and leave things on the floor.
Z: Nooo! Although the
whole Hanson family went to the big Doc Martin shoe store in London and we all bought some boots. So every time you come into our hotel room all you can see is different colored boots everywhere. It's awesome.
X: Have you ever been thrown out of anywhere?
T: Yeah, we were thrown out of a toy store recently. They had a display of really bouncy balls and we were allowed to try them out. We ended up bouncing them all over the shop and off the ceiling. ALl the store assistants kept telling us to calm down. In the end we were asked to leave. What did they expect us to do? Not throw the balls after they had asked us to?
Issac: Yep. A shopping mall in Oklahoma. We were messing around with some friends the day after we were number one in America. There were 10 of us talking and messing around when this security guard says to us, 'You can't be in more than groups of four without an adult.' Then he threw us out. We were so shocked.
Zac : I've been thrown out of places with the others but never on my own. So far we've never been thrown out of places where people know who we are - it's only because we've been boys goofing around.
X: Have you ever broken a bone?
T: I broke my arm about two years ago. I was going down this huge hill on my bike to see a house my parents were going to buy. They were driving up the hill as I was coming down and I saw the car heading towards me I braked and went straight over the handle bars. I lay in the road while my parents rushed over and picked me up. I looked at my arm and it had just snapped.
Issac: No, but I did badly sprain my ankle a year ago. I was climbing a plum tree and just fell out and tried to land on my feet. My ankle gave way and it swelled up. The doctors thought I had broken it but it was just really badly bruised. What was I doing in the tree? Hmm, I not sure.
Z: I broke my nose when we were firing rocks off a see-saw. We put a rock on one end and then jumped on the other - the rock would go flying across the yard. I put the rock on and then Taylor wacked the other end down and somehow it hit me in the nose. There was blood everywhere.
X: Do you like being chased by your fans?
T: I get really embarrassed. We were at McDonald's last week and we were waiting to order our food. All of a sudden there was whispering going up and down the line and people were saying 'Hanson...Taylor'. No-one said anything to me, they just whispered and I was just standing there. In the end I got my food and ran out.
Issac: When we were filming Top of the Pops for the first time there were 60 fans waiting for us and screaming. We couldn't believe it 'cos they all knew our names and were yelling at us. We almost thought we had hit somebody because there was all these kids jumping in front of the van. I find that really scary.
Z: I find it weird when fans scream at us because they want to meet us. When we actually go over and talk to them they say nothing. They just look at us and go, 'Erm, um.' That's weird.
X: If you were asked to wear see-through
trousers on stage, would you?
Issac: No way. I don't do anything we felt uncomfortable with and that would be really uncomfortable...
T: Unless I thought they were cool. If we don't like something we'll say no way and put something else on. We have a stylist who buys our clothes but we're always saying we don't like what she gives us.
Z: See-through trousers! Are you mad? Are you crazy?
X: So....what do you guys think of girls?
Z: They're great...but...
I: Zac doesn't date yet, cause, you know....
Z: I like them.
T: Zac likes everyone we do!
Z: (giggles) It's in the blood!
T: We all like Gwen Stefani.
Z: Yeah, she's cool.
I: You see, he does! We told you!
Z: (jokingly) Ike is just jealous because this girl flirted more with
me after a concert...because I am so fine...
I: You wish!
Z: Eww, now we get down to the good parts (acts all excited)
T: Yeah, go on Ike, they wanna hear more....
I: Well, I met this girl after a concert and she was really pretty and
nice...
Z: (covers his mouth with his hand and whispers out loud to the
camera) She was all over him!
I: Zac, she was not! She's like 17 though...but she was a babe, dude.
(in Butthead voice)
T: I never got a good look at her but she was a brunette
I: Yeah, brunetters are cool!
Z: (looks at Ike) Brunetters!(giggles)
I: (rolls his eyes at Zac)
T: I think this is the climax
I: (trys going on but keeps laughing at what Tay said)
Z: Okay, you see... he met this girl afterwards and she and him were
doing the little flirty thing you know all mooshy mooshy.. and then they said their goodbyes.
I: If I ever saw her again...
Z: Wow, Ike, you rebel!
I: Wait, I didn't finish! Zac, you're so bad; you're wasting my time! (both
guys play hit each other)
T: Okay, so if he ever saw her again, he'll talk to her. The end. (leans
back)
I: Thanks Tay
Z: Tay, who do you like?
T: Well, I like girls, but I haven't seen a girl that I can really
just go up to her without going, uh...
Z: Let me help! (in a hyperventilating voice) Oh my God! I..oh, my God!
I: Zac likes Avery.
Z: Oh, yeah, I'm gonna marry her!(all laugh)
Z: Sorry, I prefer girls that are older.
I: Okay, we have to stop here or we are gonna get too descriptive!
T: I already told my whole story...
I: Yeah, because you aren't as girl crazy as us!
T: I can't help it... and how do you know I'm not girl crazy?
Z: Cause!(stands up) You're not buddy!
T: Zac, you'd make a cute girl!
Z: So would you! (he tries to sit in Tay's lap)
I: I guess I am the only real man here.
Z: I guess so, JUST KIDDING!
(Tay breaks up into a huge laugh)
Z: Okay, we have to go!
I: Yeah, we have stuff to do....
(Ike and Zac wave wildly)