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From an interview he did in Paris in March
Times Online.co.uk I gotta bust out of this sex symbol jail A gaggle of teenage girls stands outside the George V hotel in Paris. They are clutching pens, notebooks and photographs of themselves and look like they could use a shower. I ask them how long they have been waiting but rather than answer they dissolve into giggles and shout questions of their own: “Have you met him?”; “What is he like?”; “What room number?”. The person they are waiting for is Wentworth Miller, star of the hit series Prison Break and the first television actor to attain sex symbol status since George Clooney put on his stethoscope in ER. For those who haven’t followed the plot with more twists than an Elvis rendition of Jailhouse Rock, the action centres on Miller’s character, Michael Scofield, trying to clear his brother of a crime he didn’t commit. The first series showed the pair incarcerated and escaping, the second showed them on the run from a mysterious government agency and the third has them back in jail, this time in Panama. The show has grown from cult favourite to mainstream hit and made stars of its ensemble cast, but in his Parisian hotel room Miller doesn’t seem too happy. He says he has a cold and is hoarse from giving a radio interview earlier in the day. His shaved head is drooped low and his speech is barely audible and punctuated with long, intense pauses. Has he met his female friends outside? “The whole sex-symbol angle isn’t something that I expected from the series,” he says flatly. What? Even when his character flaunts a full-body tattoo of the escape route, ensuring extensive bare-torso footage? “Well, when it first started . . . I mean, it is about two prisoners – that’s not the most attractive place to be seen in. I like the fans but I still find it awkward and odd if people come up and introduce themselves.” Miller, 35, is a latecomer to fame. Before PB (as fans know it) he was a jobbing actor with parts such as a student who turned into a sea monster in an early episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. To make ends meet he also worked behind the scenes in production companies, while living alone in a small flat in Los Angeles. “I had been auditioning on and off for four or five years,” he says. “It is a challenging business, especially when you are out of work, as I was sometimes; you wake up at 2am thinking, ‘I am never going to get another job.’ But I had nowhere else to turn; you have to stick it out.” In 2005, just when he had almost resigned himself to a career on the sidelines, he was put up for a TV series about a group of cons. “I was the very last person they auditioned for the part,” he says. “I got the script on Friday and auditioned on the Monday, had a call-back on Tuesday night – and they were shooting a pilot the following Wednesday in Chicago.” The location meant commuting between LA and Chicago, and it was while on the road that Miller got his first taste of fame. “On one of my cross-country trips back to LA I was going at around 75mph and was pulled over by a traffic cop. I put my hands up straight away and didn’t try to work the Hollywood angle but he knew me, said his wife was a huge fan and sent me on my way with a warning. “That was in direct contrast to my trip from LA to Chicago before the series was shown: I was pulled over for doing 80mph and got a ticket. There was no card to play.” At the time, he was driving an old Mercedes 300 CD. Today he drives a Toyota Highlander hybrid, although he isn’t sold on the green agenda. “A friend of mine says the whole eco thing is just a cover story – it’s not about saving the planet; it’s about saving our asses: the Earth will be fine.” Despite his all-American looks, Miller has a British passport and was born in Chipping Norton while his father was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford. Neither his mother, a teacher, nor his father, a lawyer, was particularly happy with his decision to pursue a career in acting. “All the emphasis was on a good education, and then I went to Princeton, which was an excellent university but a very conservative one. It was thought that acting was more of a hobby, not a career, and I should put that sort of thing aside on graduating and go to med school or law school or Wall Street.” Instead, after graduating with a degree in English literature, he got in an old Toyota Cressida and struck out for LA. “That initial trip was five or six days. I hadn’t driven that much before so there I was with a change of clothes and a tennis racket and a bottle of water in the spare seat to spritz myself down with because the air-con was broken. I felt like I was leaving and shutting the door behind me and not sure what was beyond the next bend.” Now, as filming of the fourth series of his show gets under way, Miller is plotting to break out of TV and into movies. “The danger is that you get trapped in a box, season after season. You need to start working yourself out of that box and reinventing yourself. I am looking forward to that – [but] at least I am not worrying about my rent.” Notwithstanding the French teens guarding the hotel doors, it may be his toughest escape yet. “The movie offers I get involve a government conspiracy or a character who is in prison,” he says wearily. “Or someone who is going to prison or has just got out of prison.” My stuff... On my CD changer This Is Spinal Tap, the soundtrack to the “rockumentary” On my DVD player The Shining, with Jack Nicholson In my parking space A Toyota Highlander hybrid I would never throw away My iPhone ///////////////////// Poor guy... a cold and not feeling well... still had to do lots of interviews... :( / Angela
According to Female First.co.uk
Wentworth Miller is afraid of the kitchen. The 'Prison Break' actor may play a macho escape artist in the hit US TV show, but in real life the 35-year-old star is scared of cooking, and would even have trouble even whipping up a simple Italian dish. He said: "I don't cook. I'm afraid of the kitchen - when the stove's on it makes me nervous. If I actually leap over that hurdle and cook something simple, like Spaghetti Bolognaise, that would really show someone I'm into them." Miller is due to start filming the fourth series of 'Prison Break' this month, and although he remains tight lipped about the plot, he has hinted this could be the final season. He added to Britain's Glamour magazine: "I really feel there's a beginning, middle and an end to this story and my gut feeling is that we're on the last leg of the journey."
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Well after a few days of getting it all accumulated, I was able to create a new section of the site called "WHERE IN THE WORLD IS WENTWORTH MILLER?". I want to thank "honey" (one of the Wentworthies) for helping in all she did to get me dates and such for the events and locals Wentworth has been in his several years of touring different locations. This section is EXCLUSIVE to Wentworth Miller 101 and so I am proud to bring you something original and something you'll not find anywhere else!  Also, I have added new images to the WM101 Shop which I hope you will check out and shop for.   New Images of Wentworth in Munich and Nurnberg, Germany are up as well in the newly remodeled MEDIA LIBRARY so please go and see them as well!! Other than that... I just created a new layout and have been remodeling the site for bigger and better things!! ENJOY!! // angela
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new layout! :) What do you think? Post your comments! angela
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There are new candids available via other sites which were posted from Just Jared of Wentworth out and about getting coffee... You will not see them on this site given our NO STALKER ZONE rules. We have used discretion and will not post them on this site. Why? Yes, Wentworth appears to have a smile on his face, however, it looks very much like one of those smiles you put on your face to get through the dental session just to get done with it, but you're not really "happy" per se with the session. Thank you for your understanding. For more information about our rules: READ THEM HERE Thank you! - Angela
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Quick update: Thank you so much to Christy for writing up the Biography!! YES>>> i know the site has never had a biography written yet, and finally Christy was kind enough to write one up!! THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!! *XOXO* Updated: Bio, Personal Quotes, & 101 About Wentworth.
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Thank you to Hoda for adding these to the pile of interviews and publications which Wentworth had while on his trip in Milan. I've added the 2 newspaper scans and 1 magazine scan to the Media Library, so please look for it here: MEDIA LIBRARY / Magazines & Newspapers. Look for the newspapers Metro and Spettacoli and the magazine Sorrisi & Canzoni TV. Also, news of Wentworth making another trip overseas in May are in the air. Bravo confirmed that Went is coming to Germany on 3rd May to the Bravo Supershow 2008 in Nürnberg. It's in the newest Bravo Magazine from today. >> MEDIA LIBRARY / Miscellaneous Publications Be well angela
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Well, my new layout is up for the site- what do you think?? Also new photos from Milan are up as well; I need to add more which Hoda put in the forums, so look for many more in the Gallery as well>> here. Also, a new section of the site -- all sections actually were updated tonight -- is added called 101 About Wentworth, a place where we have a list of everything about Wentworth- 101 things!! :) We're getting there, so if you wish to contribute, feel free to email me! All the best, Angela
 Wentworth Miller Fans for Charity would like to invite all of Wentworth's fans to join them in raising money in Wentworth's name for the children's charity, UNICEF. The project was conceived as a way for Wentworth's fans to show their appreciation and support for their favorite actor by donating to a favored charity nominated by him. While expressing his deep appreciation for the offer, in response to the suggestion, Wentworth advised that rather than him nominating a charity of his choice, he would like the fans to select the charity, and he would make a generous donation to that cause along with them. The charity which was chosen is one which is not only an eminently worthwhile cause, but also, due to its vast international reach, is one which hopefully will appeal to the greatest majority of Wentworth's fans around the world. UNICEF's goals for children are broad and all-encompassing. Their mission is to advocate for the protection of children's rights, to help meet their basic needs and to expand their opportunities to reach their full potential. UNICEF is guided by the Convention on the Rights of the Child and strives to establish children's rights as enduring ethical principles and international standards of behavior towards children. More information on the organization can be found Here. This project will run from 1st April, 2008 until the 30th June, 2008, so that anyone who wishes to make a donation to this cause in lieu of a birthday gift to Wentworth may do so. At the project close, donations from around the world will be tallied, and the amount raised will be published on the various supporting websites and be communicated to Wentworth with our best wishes. To make a donation, please click on the link for your country, or, if your country is not listed, please click Here.
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I've added (thank you Hoda!!) several photos of Wentworth this past week in Sweden and added additional ones in which he visited Jerusalem in Israel. Also, here are several videos of Wentworth: presenting an award, introducing a film, and some interviews as well! Enjoy!! Thank you to HODA for bringing this to us! Love ya girl! - angela
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I want to thank Dotty for sending the links to the pictures and videos of Wentworth in Israel! Thank you Hoda for posting on the forums pics from Paris as well! I've added the 15 photos to the Media Library - some where he is seen with the Israelian Prime Minister. You can find the following interviews and articles here: >> Israel Interview >> Article in Israelian Thank you Dotty for sending them to me! :) It sure looks like he had a great time and I'm so glad he got there safe and came back alright as well. In addition the Israel and Paris pictures, I've also changed the Media Library layout and put up some radio and tv interviews from a couple of years ago- enjoy! :) - Angela
A new interview for Wentworth Miller with TV.Guide he is taking about Prison Break season 3
TV Guide: Is it hard being on a show that reinvents itself each season? Miller: That's the good news. I love shows like Law & Order and The Closer, procedural dramas where the only thing that changes week to week is how the victim dies. They're self-contained and there is justice meted out in the end. But if I were on one, I might get burned out after a few seasons. We pride ourselves on taking risks, but they are risks — you might turn your show into something no one wants to watch. TV Guide: How does this instability affect Michael? Miller: Michael has come a long way. He's lost a lot of his bravado, his arrogance. He's more suspicious, less trusting. He's twisting in the wind, but up to more tricks and likely to make more enemies. TV Guide: And that gives you a lot of fun bad guys to play against, right? Miller: That's the danger of working with these veteran character actors — they really know what they're doing. It's a battle not to get blown off the screen. Our show does villains really well, and I get stuck with the exposition. To be the one who's always earnest, always sincere, is not glamorous, but it is absolutely necessary. TV Guide: There's an adage that you can never step in the same river twice. Does Michael's life seem that way — like he'll never be able to undo what he's done? Miller: His journey is very much about how many times a good guy can cross the line before he can no longer call himself good. He's taken responsibility for letting people like T-Bag free, and being in prison again is helping him atone for his sins. He isn't about self-preservation so much as self-sacrifice. He is self-destructive. As much as he planned all this, he's never been very good at it. He did it to save his brother. It's always about love and loyalty. At its core, this is a show about brothers. TV Guide: Do you think there's a happy ending for the brothers? Miller: I'm not sure. Prison Break is inherently a tragic story. Every murder T-Bag committed in the second season is on Michael's conscience. I think if both brothers get out of this alive, we'd call it a happy ending. But living happily ever after? I don't know. I can see them opening a scuba shop on the beach or embracing and then parting ways. It's a toss-up.
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