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Newsweek
May 23, 2005
Q&A: Michael Vartan
It isn't enough that Michael Vartan plays second fiddle to Jennifer Garner every week on "Alias." In the film "Monster-in-Law" he's caught between two divas: Jane Fonda and Jennifer Lopez. Vartan spilled the beans to NEWSWEEK's Marc Peyser:
Bonjour.
Hello.
Aren't you impressed by my accent?
That was very good.
Do you hate when interviewers get excited because you're French?
The funny thing is I'm actually a Polish Jew who happens to be born in France. My mom is Polish and my dad is Bulgarian. I don't have an ounce of French blood. But I work it.
How did you come to the United States?
I was 17 and had dropped out of high school, and there was a thing called mandatory military service in France, so I thought that would be a good time to move in with my mom in California. There were six or seven years where I wasn't allowed back into France or I would have been arrested by the military police. That was kind of exciting.
Wait—you dropped out of high school?
I don't condone it. Children, stay in school.
But you got your GED, right?
I did not. Lazy and a deserter. I'm a real catch.
Enough about you. Is Jennifer Garner pregnant?
I don't know. I heard it for the first time yesterday on a talk show. She's in Canada and I'm in New York, and we haven't spoken.
How about J. Lo and Jane—who's the bigger diva?
No one believes me, but I was so delighted at how incredibly nice they were.
C'mon. Really?
I was so surprised, only because of all the crap you hear about people. It could easily have been a complete power trip, and it wasn't at all.
Who has the bigger posse?
Jennifer does. It's not that big, but it's bigger than Jane's.
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