By Tracy Au
I gasped. I can’t believe he emailed me back- and on the same night that I emailed him! I sent it doubting he would reply back very soon, if at all.
On Nov.13, 2005, I emailed the actor/ former Tommy Hilfiger model Matthew Gray Gubler. I’ve watched a few episodes of the TV show Criminal Minds (CBS), which is about a team of FBI agents who track down serial killers. Gubler plays Dr. Spencer Reid who is an FBI profiler. His character is an extremely intelligent prodigy who entered high school at twelve years old and obtained three degrees in his twenties. Prior to Gubler becoming an actor/ model, he attended NYU to learn filmmaking and he completed a film called, “The Cactus That Looked Just Like a Man.” It’s a short horror movie which he written, directed, produced, edited and photographed. On the Internet Movie Database, the movie is described as, “A socially retarded city slicker crosses paths with a psychopathic pig farmer (Screen 1),” as a testament to Gubler’s creativity and wild imagination in filmmaking.
I discovered his website called simply matthewgraygubler.com, which consisted of a single page filled with scanned unlined notebook pages of his handwriting about his work Criminal Minds and colorful sketches of himself, his co-stars and of his “Cactus” film. He lists things that he enjoys such as, “movies, ghost stories, magic tricks, cashews, Disneyland, Nevada (and) taking baths.” He once presented a trick on an episode. He
had written on his site that he would be selling his “Cactus” DVD for $5 to anyone who would want it, and was met with overwhelming response, having over 950 people email with requests for the movie. He informed his fans that he would give a free DVD to the first 150 people who asked for it.
He provided his email address on the site and I decided to contact him. My message is this:“Hi, Matthew. My name is Tracy and I love your show Criminal Minds. You play my favorite character and you’re my favorite actor on the show. I didn't know you were a model until I looked you up on the internet. Since your character Reid is a nerd, you being a model in real life is like the opposite of your character.I just checked out your website and you have some pretty crazy drawings. That is so nice and generous of you to give away 150 DVDs of your movie to your fans. You should start an online petition so people could sign it so that your ‘Cactus’ movie will be released in stores. You're doing a great job on Criminal Minds. Keep it up!Tracy”
Here is his message:“hathats a great idea tracythanks for the very nice emailit made my nighthope all is well with youlovematthew” (Gubler)That email made my day and the rest of my life. The saying is true, “The best things in life are free.” Bibliography“To cite email, give the name of the writer; the title of the message (if any), taken from the subject line and enclosed in quotation marks; a description of the message that includes the recipient (ex. Email to the author) and the date of the message.”Ex. Boyle, Anthony T. “Re: Utopia.” Email to Daniel J. Cahilla. 21 June 1997.Harner, James L. Email to the author. 20 Aug. 2002.Email: Gubler, Matthew G. “Re: Criminal Minds.” Email to Tracy Au, 13 Nov. 2005.
Television Program
“Title of Episode or Segment.” Title of the Program. Title of Series, if any. [Other pertinent information such as
writer, director, narrator, performers may be included.] Name of Network. Broadcast Date.
“Frankenstein: The Making of the Monster.” Great Books. Narr. David Sutherland. Writ. Eugenie Vink.
Dir. Jonathan Ward. Learning Channel. 8 Sept. 1993. TV program: “Criminal Minds.” CBS. 13 Nov. 2005
Entire Internet Site
Title of Site. Editor’s name (if given). Publication Date or Latest Update. Date of Access
OneWorld.net. 16 July 2003. 17 July 2003
Works Cited“Criminal Minds.” CBS. Start date Sept. 2005.Gubler, Matthew G. “Re: Criminal Minds.” Email to Tracy Au, 13 Nov. 2005.
Internet Movie Database. 13 Nov. 2005
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