RUBY MCCOLLISTER

 

RUBY MCCOLLISTER is wearing the Romy No. 004. She is a funny actress and performer living in New York City.

Where would you find your doppelgänger?
In the back of an acting class being uncomfortable & pissed off.
Or wandering through the headband section at Zitomer’s Pharmacy on the Upper East Side.

What are you wearing?
Hopefully lots of Cheetah Print in 2023.
And my hair as a wig (also aspirational for 2023)

What do you collect?
Shirley Temple Glass Memorabilia from the 30's
Snow White Memorabilia (preferably before 1980)
Both of these collections started literally sort of out of nowhere, as if God beamed down these ideas into my head- during the lockdown of 2020. My snow white obsession at one point was almost certifiably insane.
A friend of mine interviewed Paul McCarthy and talked about his Snow White obsession, which he too believed was a neurological disorder.
I can’t help but agree.

What do you still wish to learn?
How to make it.
How to do my taxes.
How to fix a car.

What is still a mystery?
How to make it.
How to do my taxes.
How to fix a car.

What takes you to cloud 9?
GETTING THE PART!
Walking around while talking on the phone.
Watching 90 Day Fiance in bed.
Performing my one woman show called TRAGEDY- coming to a theater near you!

Do you have a soundtrack to your life?
Thinking about this question too long nearly gave me a heart attack.
Then I realized- anyone with an ounce of sense in their head should answer:
THERE SHE GOES by the LA’s
Imagine, watching your life as a movie trailer and watching yourself to There She Goes?!
OBVIOUSLY?!!?!?!?!?

What is dear to your heart?
My favorite photo of my grandmother at girl school in Pasadena 1945.
My boyfriend’s forgiveness

Where do you want to go?
ALL THE WAY!

What should we be reading?
A Course in Miracles
And
The Marvel Universe by Bruce Wagner.

What is a rule that should never be broken?
Always ask about the other person first in a conversation…. This is a particularly forgotten rule in contemporary culture I think. So often the flow of conversation is outright DAMMED by the lack of questions going BOTH WAYS between two people chatting.

DARLINGS: IF ASKED A QUESTION ASK ONE IN RETURN: THUS IS THE TENNIS MATCH- IF YOU WILL- OF TALKING!

Regard:
Person A: How is your day?
Person B: Oh mine was fine! Now, where did you get that amazing sweater?
Person A: Oh This?! I got it from this fab company Leorosa, I believe they are based in Cologne! Have you ever been to Cologne?
Person B: Indeed I just went! To see an opera! Have you ever seen an opera?

ETC…

See how the conversation that started simply was well on its way to a conversation about opera and travel?! IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. ASK! ABOUT! THE! OTHER! PERSON!

What do you find most exciting in contemporary culture?
How we are moving into an era of body suits and hosiery forward fashion.

What thoughts currently occupy you?
Currently about how there's all these private type soho house type clubs opening in New York.
The beloved Jane Hotel of New York which houses a gorgeous event space and ballroom is closing next month to go private. All the beautiful events! GONE! For a PRIVATE CLUB?! They must be stopped.
Private clubs ARE SO GAUCHE.
WE NEED more beautiful venues!

What is your favorite animal?
The Donkey! Regal yet cute yet funny & loud: Comme Moi!

What was the first piece of cultural work that really mattered to you?
PEE WEE'S PLAYHOUSE- a box set VHS gift from my mother as a child

Where is happiness found?
At the Movies and in friends <3

What do you see outside your window?
A big Italian restaurant…

What are you bored by?
Bad conversation

What do you look forward to?
Good conversation
Coffee
Work
Cleaning my house

What is a distraction?
Bad thoughts
Paranoia

What should we listen to?
Something you haven't heard before!
or
My friend- Emily Allan's new single- Perfect Brain (Clanging)

Who are your ideal guests?
Marlon Brando, the actor
Sam Kinnisson, the Comedian
Linda Goodman, The astrologer
And then you always need some random people (2 or 3) you barely know at a party to spice things up
My Libra Boyfriend, truly the best date one can ask for- He charms everyone!
It’s wild!

What was your last download?
An application to find a psychoanalyst

Who are your heroes or heroines in history?
Vampira and Mae West

What is your favorite mistake?
My High school yearbook quote… It was absolutely terrible and will haunt me for the rest of my life.

What is the best cult classic?
Waiting For Guffman

Any last words?
I LOVE YOU! ALL OF YOU!