“I have no idea, and if I did, I would probably overdo it and therefore screw it up, so it’s probably just as well.”
-- Matthew Ashford on what women find sexy about him. Soap Opera Digest vol. 17 no. 8, 1992 April 14 - "Days Of Our Lives - Day's Sexiest Men!"
“ ‘… we’d have a really big story for you,’ ” Reeves continues. “I was practically told to get pregnant, and then they couldn’t come up with a story, so they sort of blamed me.”
-- Melissa Reeves on Jack and Jennifer's sidelining in 1992. Soap Opera Digest vol. 17 no. 23, 1992 November 10 - "What's Next in the Nursery"
“That’s the part of our relationship that’s completely gone, and I think that’s what people liked about us,” she says. “The writers have picked up on this funny stuff and said, ‘Well, let’s just make them the funny couple.’ That’s not what we want to do. Having a baby is a very emotional time, and it’s very hard.”
-- Melissa Reeves on passion and comedic typecasting. Soap Opera Digest vol. 17 no. 23, 1992 November 10 - "What's Next in the Nursery"
“In the beginning, they never wrote funny stuff at all for us,” says Reeves. “Matt was just being the character of Jack on screen, and I would think his actions were funny. It sort of came naturally. Then the writers picked up on that, and started writing [funny lines] for us, and that’s where the mistake was.”
-- Melissa Reeves on Jack and Jennifer's comic typecasting. Soap Opera Digest vol. 17 no. 23, 1992 November 10 - "What's Next in the Nursery"
“There has to be a balance between the comic touch and the emotional. Matt and Missy are so good at comedy, it’s easy to write that. But we have to be careful that Jennifer doesn’t just become a straight man [for Jack’s antics]. Otherwise, it’s fluff.”
-- Sheri Anderson on Jack and Jennifer's comic typecasting. Soap Opera Digest vol. 17 no. 23, 1992 November 10 - "What's Next in the Nursery"
“We hope the birth of little Abigail means the rebirth of Jack and Jenn,” he insists. “We are trying to be aggressively supportive [of the show]. We want people to be entertained.”
-- Matthew Ashford on Jack and Jennifer's sidelining in 1992. Soap Opera Digest vol. 17 no. 23, 1992 November 10 - "What's Next in the Nursery"
“Will the audience accept Jenn with another man?” Reeves wonders. “Ultimately, I think so. It was really hard in the beginning, and there are still those few people who are just not going to accept it. But I’ve come to the point where [I believe] you can only please some of the people some of the time. A lot of people love Jason and me together; some people are still like, How could you?’ ”
-- Melissa Reeves on the Peter/Jennifer relationship. Soap Opera Digest vol. 19 no. 16, 1994 August 2 - "Danger Signals"
“We’re going to see Jack change on-camera. There will be a very interesting twist” and a “big surprise” connected with Jack’s return. Look for explosive complications as the Jack/Jenn/Peter triangle unfolds this fall. “Jack and Jenn will be thrown into something Jennifer has never experienced,” Reilly guarantees. He also hints that the new, improved Mr. D. will be a real match for Peter. The character “will be hot, fabulous and intriguing.”
-- James Reilly on Jack's return in 1994 (with Mark Valley in the role). Soap Opera Digest vol. 19 no. 16, 1994 August 2 - "Danger Signals"
“Our purpose was always to bring back Jack a year later,” says James Reilly. “We just needed something to shake up their relationship. When I came on the show, I could never understand why Jennifer was in love with Jack. Where was the sexuality? I mean, he was carrying around a plant [as a symbol of their love]. It got to be cartoonish, but he and Jennifer are very rich characters. They deserve more than that. It wasn’t the fault of the actors. It was a question of [story]. The characters needed something explosive to happen.”
-- James Reilly on Jack's return in 1994 (with Mark Valley in the role). Soap Opera Digest vol. 19 no. 16, 1994 August 2 - "Danger Signals"
“I’ve always liked storylines where all of us work together, like the Cruise of Deception or Maison Blanche. We have a great time.”
-- Melissa Reeves on her most cherished memories. Soap Opera Digest vol. 20 no. 23, 1996 November 7 - "Amazing Days - 30th Anniversary"
“They will get married. As far as their talk show, some of the guests will be from Salem, some of them will be from the real world and we’re sort of going to blur the line between fact and fantasy, play with reality and break down the fourth wall a little bit. Because I’ve been in the business for so long, I want to try new things.”
-- Dena Higley on Jack and Jennifer's future in 2003. Soap Opera Digest vol. 28 no. 15, 2003 April 15 - "Write Stuff (Dena Higley's plans for Salem)"
-- Matthew Ashford on what women find sexy about him. Soap Opera Digest vol. 17 no. 8, 1992 April 14 - "Days Of Our Lives - Day's Sexiest Men!"
“ ‘… we’d have a really big story for you,’ ” Reeves continues. “I was practically told to get pregnant, and then they couldn’t come up with a story, so they sort of blamed me.”
-- Melissa Reeves on Jack and Jennifer's sidelining in 1992. Soap Opera Digest vol. 17 no. 23, 1992 November 10 - "What's Next in the Nursery"
“That’s the part of our relationship that’s completely gone, and I think that’s what people liked about us,” she says. “The writers have picked up on this funny stuff and said, ‘Well, let’s just make them the funny couple.’ That’s not what we want to do. Having a baby is a very emotional time, and it’s very hard.”
-- Melissa Reeves on passion and comedic typecasting. Soap Opera Digest vol. 17 no. 23, 1992 November 10 - "What's Next in the Nursery"
“In the beginning, they never wrote funny stuff at all for us,” says Reeves. “Matt was just being the character of Jack on screen, and I would think his actions were funny. It sort of came naturally. Then the writers picked up on that, and started writing [funny lines] for us, and that’s where the mistake was.”
-- Melissa Reeves on Jack and Jennifer's comic typecasting. Soap Opera Digest vol. 17 no. 23, 1992 November 10 - "What's Next in the Nursery"
“There has to be a balance between the comic touch and the emotional. Matt and Missy are so good at comedy, it’s easy to write that. But we have to be careful that Jennifer doesn’t just become a straight man [for Jack’s antics]. Otherwise, it’s fluff.”
-- Sheri Anderson on Jack and Jennifer's comic typecasting. Soap Opera Digest vol. 17 no. 23, 1992 November 10 - "What's Next in the Nursery"
“We hope the birth of little Abigail means the rebirth of Jack and Jenn,” he insists. “We are trying to be aggressively supportive [of the show]. We want people to be entertained.”
-- Matthew Ashford on Jack and Jennifer's sidelining in 1992. Soap Opera Digest vol. 17 no. 23, 1992 November 10 - "What's Next in the Nursery"
“Will the audience accept Jenn with another man?” Reeves wonders. “Ultimately, I think so. It was really hard in the beginning, and there are still those few people who are just not going to accept it. But I’ve come to the point where [I believe] you can only please some of the people some of the time. A lot of people love Jason and me together; some people are still like, How could you?’ ”
-- Melissa Reeves on the Peter/Jennifer relationship. Soap Opera Digest vol. 19 no. 16, 1994 August 2 - "Danger Signals"
“We’re going to see Jack change on-camera. There will be a very interesting twist” and a “big surprise” connected with Jack’s return. Look for explosive complications as the Jack/Jenn/Peter triangle unfolds this fall. “Jack and Jenn will be thrown into something Jennifer has never experienced,” Reilly guarantees. He also hints that the new, improved Mr. D. will be a real match for Peter. The character “will be hot, fabulous and intriguing.”
-- James Reilly on Jack's return in 1994 (with Mark Valley in the role). Soap Opera Digest vol. 19 no. 16, 1994 August 2 - "Danger Signals"
“Our purpose was always to bring back Jack a year later,” says James Reilly. “We just needed something to shake up their relationship. When I came on the show, I could never understand why Jennifer was in love with Jack. Where was the sexuality? I mean, he was carrying around a plant [as a symbol of their love]. It got to be cartoonish, but he and Jennifer are very rich characters. They deserve more than that. It wasn’t the fault of the actors. It was a question of [story]. The characters needed something explosive to happen.”
-- James Reilly on Jack's return in 1994 (with Mark Valley in the role). Soap Opera Digest vol. 19 no. 16, 1994 August 2 - "Danger Signals"
“I’ve always liked storylines where all of us work together, like the Cruise of Deception or Maison Blanche. We have a great time.”
-- Melissa Reeves on her most cherished memories. Soap Opera Digest vol. 20 no. 23, 1996 November 7 - "Amazing Days - 30th Anniversary"
“They will get married. As far as their talk show, some of the guests will be from Salem, some of them will be from the real world and we’re sort of going to blur the line between fact and fantasy, play with reality and break down the fourth wall a little bit. Because I’ve been in the business for so long, I want to try new things.”
-- Dena Higley on Jack and Jennifer's future in 2003. Soap Opera Digest vol. 28 no. 15, 2003 April 15 - "Write Stuff (Dena Higley's plans for Salem)"