What was it like working with Jennifer Beals?
Shepherd: She’s incredibly professional, and she has a baby girl, so between scenes she is always in her trailer with the baby. I can relate to that. I always had Clementine on sets. TV Guide: Phyllis falls in love with Alice, a radio DJ who is much younger, right? Shepherd: It is like that first great love affair when you are 16. I am obsessed with her, and then she dumps me. And I become like a stalker. TV Guide: What was it like doing the love scenes? Shepherd: I was excited because I have never done a love scene with a woman. We did one scene where a lot of unexpected things happened. I pushed her down the hall and threw her on the bed. And during the scene she hauled off and slapped my butt so hard. Suddenly I screamed out, “What are you doing to me?” And then I screamed a bunch of expletives. TV Guide: Did you ever think you were a lesbian? Shepherd: I have wondered about it. To me, sexy is sexy. At various times in my life I wanted to be open to the possibility of having a woman
