Ashley Judd is an incredibly impressive woman

[Stinky The Clown]

She's being interviewed on MSNBC by some moron. She has a lot to say and she looks so ordinary (albeit a natural beauty), and so "un-Hollywood." Just smart and engaged.

[benld74]

1. Andrea Mitchell is the moran, and Judd didn't fall for ANY of her snidy questions

[Surya Gayatri]

2. Articulate and beautiful--what else could she be but a "life-long" Dem?

[Stinky The Clown]

3. The moron interviewing her congratulated her on her Emmy nomination and she . . . . .

. . . . said a perfunctory "thank you" and then said what else she was doing that weekend, which involved a conference about women entrepreneurs in high poverty areas (or something like that . . . . they kinda cut her off).

[Lint Head]

4. I've had a crush on her like......forever!

[Ichingcarpenter]

7. Me Too! But she never asks me out

even though she has a husband.

[Skinner]

10. She invited me to go gambling with her in Las Vegas once. True story.

Summer 1993. I didn't know she was famous at the time.

[bluesbassman]

11. Well, did you go?

I would have.

[Skinner]

13. I actually didn't. (Facepalm.)

We were at the Grand Canyon. My friend and I wanted to hike into the canyon, so we said maybe we would meet her later. Se said she would be at the Mirage in Vegas. The hike in the canyon took much longer than we expected, and we didn't make it to Vegas that night.

She gave us her mailing address (Malibu) because she wanted us to send her a postcard from China. (After we drove across the country we were going on a big backpacking trip in Asia.) We sent her a postcard but never heard from her again.

We found out she was famous shortly after we met her, when she was on the cover of Parade magazine. Might have even been that same week we met her. D'oh!

Somewhere I have a photo of me, my friend, Ashely Judd, and her friend. Ashley is holding a keychain from Loretta Lynn's house.

[bluesbassman]

17. You're dead to me Skinner!

That's a great story, thanks for sharing it. Funny how near misses happen. Back in the '80s, my buddy invited me to go to Maui with him, but I couldn't get out of work so I didn't go. He ended up meeting Christopher Walken in some bar and partied with him all night and had a blast. Damn job!

[Skinner]

18. Christopher Walken.

Awesome.

[Ichingcarpenter]

12. She was in Star Trek the Next Generation

Called the Game 1991 .... had a major role in that episode.





Gambling with Ashley? .... My imagination just went wild...LOL

[Skinner]

14. I have seen her on Star Trek.

But I hadn't seen her at the time.

[Stinky The Clown]

9. I assume you saw "De Lovely"

I think that may have been her best role.

[DURHAM D]

5. I hope someone finds and posts the video.

She is really amazing.

[librechik]

6. hell, I'd vote for her! Bring it ON

[standingtall]

8. I got excited

When she said she was open to running for political office. I know she lives in TN, but she is from Ky. I wonder if she does run will it be in Ky or Tn? I am partial sense I am from Ky. Would love to see her challenge McConnell in 2014. I hope she still has an address here. The coal mining companies would spend a fortune to defeat her.

[cascadiance]

16. Maybe it's just as well that her recent series "Missing" was canceled, if she can get in to politics

... as a result of being "freed up" then. Had earlier hoped that they would renew that series, but I'd enjoy more seeing her becoming a great politician someplace!

[ananda]

15. I really admire and respect Ashley Judd.

And she's a huge Steinbeck fan!