| Q: | Happy Halloween and welcome to MSN Live! Tonight we are joined by actor, Jonathan Lipnicki who stars in the new film, The Little Vampire. Jonathan, welcome! |
| A: | Hi! |
| Q: | Jonathan are you going trick or treating tonight? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | What are you going to be? |
| A: | I'm going to be a vampire. |
| Q: | Tell me about your character in The Little Vampire. |
| A: | It's about a kid that moves from San Diego to Scotland and doesn't make any friends until he meets a vampire. |
| Q: | Jonathan, are you afraid of vampires? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | Did you have fun making this film? |
| A: | I had a lot of fun. |
| Q: | How old were you when you knew that you wanted to be an actor? |
| A: | Five. |
| Q: | Do you ever have trouble remembering your lines? |
| A: | I got used to it so I don't really have any trouble anymore. |
| Q: | Do you go to a regular school? |
| A: | Yes, I go to public school. |
| Q: | What is your favorite Halloween candy? |
| A: | Bit-O-Honey. |
| Q: | Jonathan, can you tell us about your favorite scene in The Little Vampire? |
| A: | I don't really have a favorite, because I like all the scenes. |
| Q: | Did you have to audition for the part in The Little Vampire? |
| A: | Yes I did. I auditioned the day before my birthday, so that's an interesting fact. |
| Q: | Happy Birthday! How old did you turn a couple weeks ago? |
| A: | October 22nd. I turned 10. |
| Q: | Do your friends treat you differently because you are an actor? |
| A: | No, because I'll always be their friend no matter what. |
| Q: | Jonathan, tonight are you wearing your costume from the film? |
| A: | No, I'm going to be a vampire and I'm going to wear a regular costume from the Halloween store. |
| Q: | Is Halloween your favorite Holiday? |
| A: | Actually my favorite holiday is Hanukkah. |
| Q: | Have you read The Little Vampire books? |
| A: | Yes. I did after the script. |
| Q: | Do you enjoy working with your co-actors or would you prefer being with your friends? |
| A: | I like working, that's fun. My friends are friends and actors can be my friends too. |
| Q: | How did you first become an actor? |
| A: | My mom asked my sister if she wanted to start acting and I thought it would be fun, so I tried it, and I was right. |
| Q: | What is your favorite thing about acting? |
| A: | My favorite thing is that you can be a different person then yourself. I thought I did a good job on it and I liked it. |
| Q: | Jonathan, what did you think when you first saw The Little Vampire on the big screen? Did they serve Halloween candy at the premiere? |
| A: | It was good. Yes, they did. |
| Q: | What kind of music do you listen to? |
| A: | I like kind of pop like Blink 182 and basically everything. |
| A: | Do you ever go online? |
| A: | Yes, I do sometimes. |
| Q: | Do you have any favorite sites? |
| A: | I like a lot of sites. I'm not really sure which is my favorite. |
| Q: | Who would you most like to meet? |
| A: | Bruce Willis, Tony Hawk, and Harrison Ford. |
| Q: | We like Tony Hawk and Bruce Willis too! We did chats with both of them! You're in good company! |
| A: | I have an autograph from Tony Hawk that he gave to a radio station for me. But I've never really met him. And one time, the only time I've gotten recognized, they said, "Are you ..." and I said "Yeah" and they said "... the son of Tony Hawk." |
| Q: | Do you play any video games? |
| A: | I play Playstation. |
| Q: | Do you have the new one yet? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | What do you remember most from working with Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire? |
| A: | On the scene where he's swinging me. |
| Q: | Do you have a girlfriend? |
| A: | I don't really want one. Maybe later on I will. |
| Q: | Will there be sequels to The Little Vampire? |
| A: | I'm not sure actually. There will be a sequel to Stuart Little that I will be in. |
| Q: | Do you have a favorite joke? |
| A: | Well, not really. I like a lot of jokes. |
| Q: | Do you like doing the TV talk shows? Like Rosie or Jay Leno? |
| A: | Yes, I do. I like to do Regis a lot. |
| Q: | Which types of roles are your favorite to play? Are there any specific roles you would like to play in the future? |
| A: | I like Science Fiction. |
| Q: | Jonathan, what other films do you have coming up? |
| A: | Stuart Little 2. That's all so far. |
| Q: | Do you ever get bored on a movie set? What do you do to keep yourself busy? |
| A: | To keep myself busy I act, and if I'm not acting, I'm usually doing school. Or I'm having R&R. |
| Q: | Is this a scary movie for kids? |
| A: | It's a family movie, it's for everyone really. |
| Q: | Do you like to film near home or away from home? |
| A: | I like to film near home because I get to see my dog. I didn't get to see my dog in Germany. I don't really like filming out of the country. I like filming in the country more. |
| Q: | What was your first acting role? |
| A: | Doing a commercial for Sav-On. |
| Q: | Have you been to England? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | Tell me what the premiere was like. |
| A: | It was like my birthday party. |
| Q: | Do you read the Goosebumps books? What books do you read? |
| A: | I read the Harry Potter books. I don't really read Goosebumps. I like Harry Potter. |
| Q: | Do you have a favorite TV show? |
| A: | The old Twilight Zone |
| Q: | What do you want to be when you grow up? |
| A: | I want to keep on acting. |
| Q: | Do you have a favorite actor or actress that you have worked with so far? |
| A: | I've been lucky to have worked with good actors and actresses. |
| Q: | Do you get recognized a lot? |
| A: | Yeah. |
| Q: | What do fans usually say when they meet you? |
| A: | "Are you the kid from ..." usually. |
| Q: | Do you keep anything like your chair or your costumes from the movies that you do? |
| A: | Yeah, I keep some stuff for my scrapbooks. |
| Q: | Anything funny happen on the set of The Little Vampire? |
| A: | My dog one day ate all the actor's lunches. |
| Q: | Did you have to make them new lunches? |
| A: | Yeah. McDonalds. |
| Q: | How did you like the last Harry Potter book? |
| A: | I'm still on that one. I just started it. I'm on page 220. |
| Q: | Anything creepy happen on the set? |
| A: | No. |
| Q: | What makes you laugh? |
| A: | Funny jokes. Anything funny that happens. |
| Q: | Who do you find funny? |
| A: | My cousin Steven. |
| Q: | Is he just silly? |
| A: | Yeah, he just makes really funny jokes. |
| Q: | Do you still get to be a kid and do kid stuff? |
| A: | Yeah, my hobbies are skateboarding, hiking, basketball, and martial arts. |
| Q: | What kind of martial arts do you do? |
| A: | I do jujitsu and kickboxing. |
| Q: | What belts do you have so far? |
| A: | I don't really get belts, except in Brazilian jujitsu and I have a yellow belt. |
| Q: | What did you do to celebrate Halloween today? |
| A: | I had school, of course, and after school, I'm talking to you, then I'm going to out with my sister and my dad. |
| Q: | Does your sister act? |
| A: | Yes. |
| Q: | Have you ever acted together? |
| A: | Yes. Jerry Maguire and The Little Vampire. |
| Q: | What part did she play in Jerry Maguire? |
| A: | She was a wedding guest in Jerry Maguire and a background vampire in The Little Vampire. |
| Q: | Who's your favorite Harry Potter character? |
| A: | I like Harry and I like Ron. |
| Q: | What will you study in college? Do you have any plan? |
| A: | I want to go to Yale and then Harvard. And I want to study drama maybe or science. |
| Q: | When will Stuart Little 2 be out? |
| A: | I'm guessing around 2002, summer. |
| Q: | Jonathan, what is your favorite subject in school? |
| A: | I like social studies and math. |
| Q: | One final question and we'll let you go out trick or treating ... Jonathan, do you prefer tricks or treats? |
| A: | I prefer treats. |
| Q: | Well, Jonathan, I hope you get lots of Bit-O-Honeys tonight! |
| A: | Thank you for coming online and asking me questions. |