Focus on: Josette

Meet our fearless behind-the-scenes leader.

April 12, 2001

Name: Josette Persson

Job Title: Line Producer

Homepage: Three Broads Abroad

Hometown: San Diego, California

College/University: St. Mary's College

Former Life: International Woman of Mystery

Favorite website: Hotmail ...some of my best work is published there.

First computer: My First Computer by Fisher-Price

Favorite piece of technology: The yellow line on football fields that tells you when it's a first down.

Favorite author and book: "I Watched a Wild Hog Eat My Baby! A Colorful History of Tabloids and Their Cultural Impact" by Bill Sloan

Favorite movie or TV show: Movie: "There's Something About Mary," TV show: A tie -- "The Simpsons" and VH1's "Behind the Music"

Favorite quotes: "I am so smart! S-M-R-T! S-M-R-T! I mean, S-M-A-R-T!" -- Homer Simpson, and "Work like you don't need money, love like you've never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching." I forget sometimes, but I try and live by it.

The Proust Questions

What is your most marked characteristic? I toss my hair like in the "Charlie's Angels" movie.

What do you consider your greatest achievement? Optimism

When and where were you happiest? Taking time off and traveling to 12 different countries.

What is your greatest regret? I aim to live my life with no regrets.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Inner peace

What is your most treasured possession? I was going to say my family and friends, but I guess I shouldn't posses them. So it would be my dogs, Bjorn and Dakota.

Where would you like to live? Windsor Castle, but I guess a great house in Southern California will do.

What is your greatest fear? Being set up on a blind date with American Psycho.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Bad hair days.

What is the trait you most deplore in others? People who deplore themselves.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Looks

What is your greatest extravagance? An apartment in San Francisco.

What is your favorite journey? Life

What is it that you most dislike? I try not to dwell on the negative, but I just have to say green peas.

What is the quality you most like in a man? Did I get this questionnaire mixed up with my Matchmaker.com application?

What is the quality you most like in a woman? Sense of humor

What do you most value in your friends? Honesty and a sense of fun.

If you were to come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be? Good question

If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be? God

How would you like to die? In a fudge factory at the age of 102.