or actor in general, there’s nothing more
important than that because otherwise
they’re just saying words. I think we have
a good rhythm.”S
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Favorite Thing About The
Chancellor Set? “That it’s his-
toric. The décor and the little
crystal chandelier things that are
in there are all from Day 1. I mean,
walking onto that set is history.
I remember Tyler Perry said to
Oprah, ‘I told my mother one day,
“I’m going to buy you a house like
Mrs. Chancellor,” ’ and he was
talking about that set and the his-
tory of the show. It’s a huge deal.”
Favorite Thing About Being A
Chancellor? “To me, it meant
I was part of the show’s history,
not just being brought in. Your
character is actually part of the
soap. You had Jess Walton as your
mom and Jeanne Cooper as your
grandmother. I mean, that’s roy-
alty. That’s soap opera royalty. But
Cane managed to have his own
family, which had their own name,
the Ashbys.”
Favorite Job For Cane? “There’s
been so many. I really enjoyed
when I worked my first job as a
bartender at Indigo, and then I
also worked at Jabot, Chancellor
and Brash & Sassy. I have to say it
was when I was working at Jabot
and we were doing the Fresh Face
of Jabot campaign. The whole
relationship with Lily and Cane
developed while they’re work-
ing together at this one place. It
allowed love, life and business to
all intersect. They weren’t sepa-
rate. And that’s also when they
brought in Liz Hendrickson as
Chloe. Great stuff.”
Favorite Thing About Being Part
Of Y&R? “The fans. Meeting fans
who tell me that I’ve contributed to
something in their lives. They love the
character and they sit around together
and they talk about it. That means a
lot to me. It really does. The last fan
event was great. I got to host it with
Melissa Ordway [Abby] and it was a lot
of fun. I really work well with Melissa.
We have a good rapport together. Just
to always see the fans and the joy they
get. The Y&R fan event is almost like
a pilgrimage. You see familiar faces
every two years and you catch up with
these amazing people. A lot of the fans
I saw this year were telling me they had
been sick, or they’ve had kids or even
grandkids. You see these lifelong fans
that are dedicated to the show and
you watch them and their lives change.
You feel like you’re part of that, which is
always wonderful.”JILL^ JOHNSON/JPIFan Base: Along
with Melissa
Ordway (Abby),
Goddard hap-
pily interacted
with Y&R fans
last June.Favorite Thing About Working With
Beth Maitland (Traci)? “She’s very emo-
tionally connected to the scenes. She has a
very strong emotional core. As an actress