Q 13

PLAYBOY: First, you'd be surprised who reads this magazine. But, tell us, what's wrong with one-night stands?

Rosanna Arquette: There's nothing wrong with them--if that's your decision. That's just not my choice. You're taking on a lot when you make love with someone--not just his body and his sperm but his whole vibration. I couldn't do that with someone I didn't know real well. It would be real empty. I have a lot of friends who get laid a lot and I find that fascinating. I talk to them about it and it's, like wow--a trip.

Q 14

PLAYBOY: You grew up in one of the hippest families of all time. For those of us who were plagued with hopelessly square parents, tell us what we were missing.

Rosanna Arquette: My mother, Mardi, is a poet and was active in the peace movement. My father, Lewis, is a terrific improvisational actor. They believed very strongly in raising kids to be free and happy and creative. In lots of ways, I'm a child of the Sixties. I've always known about sex, and it was never a shocking thing to me. We lived in a nudist colony for one summer when I was a kid. We also lived in a commune in Virginia for a while. I knew what an orgasm was at a young age. I was very uninhibited and my parents always said, "The body is a beautiful thing and it's important to know about your body parts." My mother told me where to get birth control when I made the decision I wanted it. On the other hand, my parents never had the attitude that it was OK to screw anyone you wanted. Their attitude definitely was not "Go fuck your brains out." It's ironic that even though I grew up around such relaxed sexual attitudes, sex wasn't all that easy at first for me. My first sexual experience, for instance, was terrible. I was 15 and it was with someone I'd known all my life and it was kind of a forced situation. On a cot. In a basement. I remember saying, "I hate this." Well, most people I talk with say their first experience is weird. And also, in those days, I experimented with a lot of drugs. Acid, whatever. I did that kind of thing until I was about 19. When I got real serious about my career. I stopped doing drugs altogether. I don't do anything now.

Q 15

PLAYBOY: Did you leave home around then--when you were 15?

Rosanna Arquette: Yes. I grew up fast. In my head, I was ready to leave the nest--though when I look at pictures of myself then, I seem like such a baby. I hitchhiked from Chicago to California with some friends. It was great--though I wouldn't suggest it to anyone these days. I worked for a while at Renaissance fairs. For a while, I lived with my aunt and uncle--and then I had my first serious relationship with a man. It was also my first experience with the Svengalilike man I'd be involved with a lot after that. He was 33. It was pretty sickening.

Q 16

PLAYBOY: Why did you recently go through a drug-rehabilitation program?

Rosanna Arquette: It wasn't really for me--it was for a friend. This was 16 months ago. My friend had a cocaine problem, so I went through the program with him. He got completely straight from it and I learned an awful lot. I was raised around people who had drug problems, so that sort of atmosphere affected me and the relationships that I chose. I was never addicted, but I got involved with people who were. One thing I decided, because of the program, was never to use anything--no matter how "recreational"--again. And, as a result, I haven't smoked, drunk or done anything else since--one day at a time.

Q 17

PLAYBOY: Were your parents into drugs?

Rosanna Arquette: My mother wasn't. If I came home stoned, she's get unbelievably mad. But I would get high with my father. Like when I was 15. [Laughs] We would smoke joints together.

Q 18

PLAYBOY: Speaking of paternal figures, tell us about having Charley Weaver for your real-life granddad.

Rosanna Arquette: I didn't really know him. He lived on the West Coast. We lived in Chicago or Virginia. We saw him once a year. He brought neat presents.

Q 19

PLAYBOY: Is your father proud that you've gone into the family business?

Rosanna Arquette: Well, I don't know why, but my father hasn't spoken to me in a year. He's never called to congratulate me or anything. I don't understand it and I probably never will. But it's good in one way: It's made me grow up. I have a really incredible therapist and I've learned a lot from him, such as why I've chosen to be with a lot of men who are exactly like my father. I've chosen people who are not at all accepting of me and what I do. It's strange, because my father was so supportive of me when I was a kid. I can't believe I'm talking about this.

Q 20

PLAYBOY: Why therapy?

Rosanna Arquette: It's good to talk about your life with someone who's objective. I recommended it to anyone who's working stuff through. I'd rather not give out the details, but it saved my life. I go. James and I go together, too. We go to this guy. His name is Don. He's helped me let go of things and go on with my life.