Installment Two - John Wilkes Booth

Billy: Do you consider yourself a soldier?
Booth: No. While my act was for the good of the country and I’m a supporter of the Confederate Army, I am an instrument of God.
Billy: If the South had succeeded, what would our country be like today? Or should I rephrase that as countries?
Booth: I wouldn’t rephrase. I would expect that the North would have joined with the South the way the South joined with the North should the South have won. As for how the country would be, it’s impossible to say. But better, it would be better.
Billy: There’s a saying, I think it’s from a song, “The South’s gonna do it again!” Does that hold any meaning for you?
Booth: None, but it sounds like an insult.
Billy: So, obviously you didn’t believe President Lincoln would ever be tried as a war criminal…What about President George W. Bush?
Booth: There are similarities between the two. Both have power issues and neither pays any credence to their critics. Lincoln however turned the country against itself. Far more despicable than what the current President is doing.
Billy: I’ve heard that Mary Todd Lincoln dabbled in the practice of conjuring up the dead, souls in the afterlife, communicating with spirits, whatever. Is that for real? Did you ever mess with her during one of her séances?
Booth: Were it real, there were better people to “mess with” than her. But alas, it is not for real – While we live after we die, we’re left to individual interpretation.
Billy: How do you want to be remembered?
Booth: As more than the first successful assassin in US history. But as has been proven time and time again in this country, they’d rather categorize us than study us.
Billy: If you could choose to assassinate any President, from the twenty-seven Presidents since and including Lincoln, which President would it be?
Booth: You’re trivializing the act – don’t do that.
Billy: Any regrets?
Booth: Breaking my leg. Though I know actors are supposed to do that right? That was a joke. Never mind.
Billy: Your 2008 Presidential pick?
Booth: None. We are so far removed from having competent people to choose from that it’s laughable.
Billy: Who would you like to have dinner with?
Booth: My mother.
Billy: Lynyrd Skynyrd or Neil Young?
Booth: Neither.
Billy: What is your favorite word?
Booth: Brutus.
Billy: What is your least favorite word?
Booth: Lincoln.
Billy: What turns you on creatively, spiritually or emotionally?
Booth: The play Julius Caesar.
Billy: What turns you off?
Booth: The North.
Billy: What is your favorite curse word?
Booth: A gentleman doesn’t curse.
Billy: What sound or noise do you love?
Booth: My mother’s voice.
Billy: What sound or noise do you hate?
Booth: War.
Billy: What profession other than your own would you like to attempt?
Booth: Politics.
Billy: What profession would you not like to do?
Booth: Salesman.
Billy: If Heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the Pearly Gates?
Booth: Thank You.