Interview with Paul Buckby Part 1

Monday 19 May 2008

Paul Buckby, the hunky Dr. Adam Fischer from Egoli fame is a versatile artist and qualified auctioneer.

Get to know the man better in the first part of my interview with Paul Buckby.

Paul, how did you get into the entertainment industry?

It all started from a very young age. I had an inherent ability to entertain an audience, albeit it friends or family. It went onto the school stage and after that almost straight onto the professional stage at The
Baxter Theatre in 1983. I played JOHN n Peter Krummeck's play THE PASSION.

Children's theatre then took most of my time which is an excellent training school for actors. Capab made use of me for a few years and before long, i was working for Pieter Toerien in Johannesburg 1985. I enjoyed leads in musicals around the
country for ten years. TV eventually became my focus, starring in soapies or
drama series for most of the networks. This last Xmas, I played the KING in THE KING AND I at The Civic in JHB and
relished my return to the musical stage. I'm now in a bit of a wasteland.
God is in charge of my next move.

You are so versatile: stage, music, television... do you have a preference?
Musical Theatre is my favourite form of showbiz.

You're a qualified auctioneer. Any funny / embarrassing moments to share?

The hardest thing for me to auction is aspects of myself. E.g. I get called upon to auction off one of my CDS 'A MOMENT'S BORN' to raise funds.
Well, I usually blush the whole time, especially when there is a muted response!!

You were very convincing as Dr. Adam in Egoli. Are you as weird as him in real life?

I am not like Adam in his extreme, no. I do, like everyone else, have quirks and idiosyncrasies.
When I eat and go for seconds, I like to clean my plate first. Every serving deserves an opening night! I don't like sharing my ice-cream, or eating off someone else's fork.
I don't like someone
helping himself to my food from my plate, or sucking chicken bones. I'll stop there!

What is home like?
'Home' will always be in Cape Town, not only because of my parents, but all my childhood memories are there. This sounds crazy, but I feel a strange sense of security when I'm staying at my folks' place. I slip into 'son' mode and my dad switches on the alarm and makes sure all the doors are
locked, feeds the cat etc. I take a breather from my responsibilities in
JHB.

I believe that like my hubby, you like the young ladies. Tell us about the love of your life?

My wife is 17 years my junior. I didn't plan it this way. I met Sass when I was 37, she was 20.
She was/is very mature for her age. She's a very bright lady. She was studying at RAU when we
met. I am young at heart and this is what works. I am now 45, but you wouldn't say so. I
collect model cars for goodness' sake! Our age gap is our platform. We bring
different ideas to the
table. She'd never heard of BUCK ROGERS and I didn't know who MATCHBOX 20
were!
I'm sure you can relate Lizette. [oi - yes... can't I just!]

I look forward to Part 2 of my interview with Paul.