Max: Ever had any problems
with obsessed fans?
Bruce:
Never had a problem because I make myself available. I think it’s
the guys who never make themselves available, and create a big
mystery of themselves, where the mystery becomes so intense that
people have to find out. Nobody wants to go through my garbage, they
don’t give a shit, because I go to 8 or 9 conventions a year. I
think if Tom Cruise went to 10 conventions a year, people will go,
“Oh, hi Tom.” It’s that situation where someone is really
inaccessible, you know, so I try to break the mystique down.
Otherwise, I’d be forced to kick their ass.
Max: Exactly how sick of “Evil Dead” are
you?
Bruce: I’m not really
that sick of it. I think other people are more sensitive to it than
I am. It usually happens at one of these Q&A sessions, someone
will stand up and go, “Is there gonna be an “Evil Dead 4?”” and the
whole crowd actually wants to stone him, because they’ve all heard
it a lot. I can trace all roots back to “The Evil Dead” movies, so I
have nothing against them. It’s just that I’ve done more non-“Evil
Dead” stuff; it’s not the only thing I’ve done. There are some
actors who have done a cult movie and they are forever going to be
the Policeman #2 in “Plan 9 From Outer Space.”
Max: So you just want to basically get out
the idea that you’re diversified.
Bruce: It’s funny, because there are a lot
of people who actually don’t know I’m in these horror movies. I’ve
had people who are fans of “The Adventures of Brisco County Jr.,”
they wouldn’t watch horror movies. So I’ve had people come up at
conventions with little cowboy outfits on, and they say, ”Will you
sign my horse picture?” and behind them is some spiked freak with an
“Evil Dead” tattoo.
Max:
You have the busiest schedule I have ever seen. Tomorrow you’re
leaving for Pennsylvania for another convention…how do you deal with
so many appearances?
Bruce: For Philly…it’s a book signing, and
then I’ll be in NYC the day after that, and then New Jersey the day
after that, and then home for a few days, and then Toronto…it’s 25
cities, but it’s not as bad as last year. I did a book tour last
year, and that was 55 cities in 5 months. It’s staggering, and it
can be debilitating. But it’s sorta you’re half pumped-up by it, at
the same time as you’re drained by it. There’s an adrenalin that
keeps going, when you’re reading in front of people, and interacting
with crowds…but then afterwards you just sort of crash.
Max: I read you book; did
anyone help you out with the writing? What with all your
appearances…
Bruce: No. It
was not written “with so-and-so.” No, I just put in as much time as
I could when I could. And I really wanted to write it, so whenever I
wasn’t working on something I would write. I’m working on an outline
now for a new book, and once we get that outline shaped…
Max: Is that the “walking”
book?
Bruce: No, this is
one that I have a deal on with the same publisher, St. Martin’s
Press. It’s called Make Love the Bruce Campbell Way. It’s a non-PhD
version of a relationship book. There’s no professional advice.
It’ll just be real people talking about real problems and real
solutions, in a humorous way.
Max: Well, of course. How does your family
deal with your busy life? All the appearances & acting jobs has
to make a considerable impact on your family.
Bruce: It does. The kids have to adjust;
they know that I’m just not around that much. You know, I got
divorced one time, and mainly because of it. And this second time
around, I just balance it out more. If I work for 10 days I try and
be home for…you know, when the book tour is done, I’ll take 2 months
off. Not everyone can do that. You know, their work schedule doesn’t
allow it. I’m like a fireman; you know, a fireman is like 4 days on,
24 hours a day, then 4 days off. It’s sort of retirement on the
installment plan.
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