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QUOTES ABOUT JESSICA

From Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio)

"Jessica is someone who has all the ideals that a person could look for in a woman. She's honest, she's a family girl, at times she can be outgoing. She's loving and faithful. She's pretty close to the perfect woman!" -- Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio), SID 11/21/06

(regarding Jessica having office sex with Nash) "You know what killed me? The one that killed me was the other day when they were having sex at The Sun, and she turned around and wiped everything off the damn desk. ... I said, 'She never did that with me!'" -- Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio), Brokerage Event 4/28/07

From Melissa Archer (Natalie)

"For Jessica and Natalie, I think there will always be an underlying jealousy issue, whether it's about Cristian or the typical sibling rivalry between two sisters." -- Melissa Archer (Natalie), SID 7/8/03

(on the Natalie and Jessica relationship) "I do like the dynamic of the two of them counting on each other and being each other's friend, because sometimes I don't see Natalie having a lot of them." -- Melissa Archer (Natalie), SID E-mail Update 8/23/07

(on Natalie's relationship with Jessica after the secret room storyline) "I think that she wants to look at her like she's Jess, but I think she still sees Tess. ... I think it's going to be a while before [she can feel comfortable around her], but she does love her sister. But I also think that she knows that her sister is still angry with her [for everything that happened with Nash], so there's a lot of guilt; it's very complicated!" -- Melissa Archer (Natalie), SID 12/15/08

From Others

(on the Jessica and Antonio relationship) "Jessica has always accused Antonio of being overly protective and macho with her, and he's always accused her of being the princess that everybody wants to protect." -- Dena Higley (headwriter of OLTL), SID 2/15/05

(about post-integration Jessica) "She's a completely new person. This isn't the Jessica of old. If I could have, I would have given her a new name, but that's not realistic." -- Dena Higley (OLTL headwriter), SOW 1/9/07

"She was Cristian's first love. He was willing to cover for her; they just didn't write it [and explain why]. That would have been a good little story there. They could have made something out of that for weeks." -- David Fumero (Cristian), SOW 4/17/07

"I always had the most fun playing Claudia when she was having fun with her crazy schemes. And any time she got to push Jessica or Natalie's buttons, that was a blast." -- Kerry Butler (Claudia), SID 4/10/07

(on David being a liver match for Jessica) "As everyone in Llanview can attest, David is a very giving and selfless individual. He is only too happy to donate his liver to Jessica. He figures he can give her one, and keep the other one for himself." -- Tuc Watkins (David), SOW 7/17/07

(on which OLTL storyline she keeps up with) "Of course, I'm always checking up on Jessica Buchanan [Bree Williamson]. I'm really enjoying what I'm reading between Jessica and Jared." -- BethAnn Bonner (Talia), SOD 1/15/08

(on Jared having Jessica committed to St. Ann's) "He did it completely on her terms. You could say he was playing dirty, but really, in the end, she wanted to act like she's Tess, so he just acted like she was Tess!" -- John Brotherton (Jared), SID 2/11/08

(on OLTL's production of Jessica's pregnancy storyline in the late 1990s) "She was sad about something and she and Will were underage drinking. It was irresponsible and she wound up pregnant. [We explored] the cimplications for Jessica and for her family and how her parents felt they had let her down by not being there for her." -- Frank Valentini (exectuive producer of OLTL), SOD 6/10/08

(on the writing for Jessica after Nash's death) "I was watching episodes where Bree and Melissa [Archer, Natalie] were having scenes when she first shows up at Jessica's bedroom and is like, 'But I love him!' and Jessica slaps the crap out of her. The writing was sublime. I would say that [the] scenes right now are my favorite as far as what's being written dialogue-wise. It's exactly what I think everyone wishes Jessica would say. It's just so friggin' flawless." -- BethAnn Bonner (Talia), SOD Insider July 2008

(on Brody's first meeting with Jessica) "I think his first impression of everybody at St. Ann's is, 'Oh, these people are sick and I am as crazy as these people.' Seeing a girl [Jessica] who seems so normal yet who's so damaged really makes him feel like they're kindred spirits." -- Mark Lawson (Brody), SOD 12/2/08