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In terms of reincarnation, do you have a sense of who you'd like to come back as, if you could pick?

No, I don't get into that. I don't know about once I leave. I haven't really completed what I came here to do yet. I think I will do it with this Web site. I want to build a huge Web site that makes all the subjects that I've mentioned accessible. So they don't have to search around the Web and look.



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You know, we already know that the most popular sites on the Web -- after pornography, of course -- are about astrology, UFOs and reincarnation.

Do you think that, like pornography, those are things people are embarrassed to talk about?

I think they find privacy in the Web, and they don't know where else to go to discuss it. And you know, on my site I have this reincarnation chat board, which is really busy all the time. People talking about who they think they were or why did they love this person at first sight or why did they dislike this person the moment they got in contact with the energy of that person -- all these esoteric things that are not so provable by science but are definitely feelings that are very strong.

What sort of feedback have you had about the Web site?

Oh my lord, I've had over 5 million hits.

Do you get a lot of e-mail too?

Oh yeah. I get like 500,000 e-mails a week.

Do you read them?

Oh sure. And answer them. I've got people -- a big organization -- working for me. That's one of the reasons I want to go out and do these seminars around the country. That's how I'm going to finance the Web site, because it takes a lot of money to do this. And I want to put up some salable things to help them, like aromatherapy and the right kind of vitamins to take.

So there'll be an e-commerce aspect?

Well, mostly it'll be a portal where you can log on to learn about these subjects. I have a whole page on pet spirituality -- you know, how you feel about your pet, it's just an amazing intimate relationship of love. So what is all that about? Where did you know the pet before?

I want people to share with each other their own letters on how they found love with the pet. [Laughs]

Does the site change to reflect visitors' interests?

Absolutely. Every week I'm adding something new to it. I've got the best UFO footage in the world. And I have a lot of people contacting me about their experiences with UFOs, a lot of whom have been reluctant to talk about their contacts.

So this is what I'm going to do now. I will still act and all that, I'm doing a picture in September, but this is my life now. I really enjoy this. I think it's my destiny. So they'll make more jokes. So what? [Laughs]

Why even keep doing the acting, if this is what really jazzes you?

Well, I might not. Because this is what I really enjoy now. It's true.

But, when I do the movie, for example, I'm gonna put a Shirleycam on the set and feed it to my site so people can see how a movie's being made, because making a movie, quite frankly, is really a metaphysical experience, too.

What movie will they see being made?

It's called "These Old Broads." It's a comedy written by Carrie Fisher, and starring me, Joan Collins, Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor.

That's quite a lineup.

Yeah. And it's a story of four actresses who worked together a long time ago, and they've come together to do another project but they can't stand each other and it's hysterical because it's a bunch of divas together and how they interrelate. It's very fun.

How did the other actresses feel about having a camera on the set?

Everyone was fine with it. No objections. Well, not yet.


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