KASSIE ON ROGER HOWARTH
[Quotes in bold are new.]

Kassie on Working With Roger

(on the possibility of Roger returning to OLTL in 1996) "He was a very, very valuble player on this show, and I think he would help boost ratings back up to where I think we deserve to be. If Roger returned, maybe we'd see some more color and we'd get back to the old Todd and Blair. I enjoyed the work that I had with Roger. We had a very powerful connection." (SOD 7/2/96)

(on Blair breaking up with Max and getting together with Todd) "I'll miss working with Jimmy (DePaiva, Max) because it's so easy and efficient. Roger is efficient too, and I have a history working with him as well. I enjoy working with both of them." (TV Guide Online, 2000)

"Some of my best scenes with Roger is when Blair and Todd don't speak. I think we say it best when we say nothing at all." (TV Guide Online, 2000)

"Roger is an extremely talented and profesional actor. We always did the best that we possibly could. His interpretation of Todd strengthened the story." (SID 1/20/04)

"I think Roger and I had a great chemistry. We had great opportunities to tell story- sometimes even without words we could get the point across. I miss Roger and he's a great actor." (SoapNet Chat 10/28/04)

(on her favorite T&B wedding) "The gold balloon wedding [the second in 1995] was the most romantic because Todd and Blair were really in love and starting their lives together. She was pregnant with Starr and could not have been happier. Although the gold balloons kept popping and scaring Roger [Howarth, ex-Todd] and me." (SOD 9/26/06)

"With Todd and Blair, it blows me away, even when Roger [Howarth, ex-Todd; ATWT's Paul] was playing it, because that's how it all started. I don't think that was planned. Roger is a little younger than me, but all of a sudden they saw chemistry." (SOD 5/15/07)

(on whether she keeps in touch with Roger) "I saw him at Phil's memorial, but we only said hello in passing. We talked for a while at last year's Emmys. I miss Roger. I think it would be great to have him back on the canvas. ... Roger's a fantastic actor. I would love to work with him again in some capacity." (TV Guide Canada 2/16/09)

(on Roger's decision to leave out of fear that OLTL was going to eventually pair Marty and Todd) "Roger was right, too -- they ended up writing a romance between Marty and Todd. He was against that from the start. Having said that, I do think as an actor in a never-ending story, you have to surrender control because in the end you really don't own your character's fate. It's in the process of letting go as an actor when you become free as an artist." (TV Guide Canada 2/16/09)




Kassie on the Differences Between Roger and Trevor St. John ("Todd")

"Both actors brought out different sides of Todd." (SoapNet Chat 10/28/04)

"It's literally apples and oranges. They're both different Todds, but they've each made the character work." (SID 2/14/06)

"I think both of those actors are two of the best in daytime. I got lucky." (SOD 5/15/07)

(on Roger) "He has a different take on Todd than Trevor, but both actors are equally compelling and wonderful." (TV Guide Canada 2/16/09)

"They are very different in their approaches to Todd. It's hard for me to say. Trevor has definitely chosen to be more sexual than Roger chose. But Roger was out of the bag with that rape story, so he did have to carry a lot more on his back with that stuff. Trevor walked in and didn't have that. He didn't know what that felt like, so he had to manufacture that in his own heart and in his own mind. They're both extremely creative, and both comedic actors, I think, and they both can be moody and broody." (Marlena De Lacroix Blog 5/11/09)