Q&A: Chicago native Nadine Velazquez of 'Flight'

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If she’s a good flyer: “I am a very good flyer I think. I don’t worry so much about the plane going down ever. I just don’t feel like that’s the way I’m going to go down. I just have the belief that the end of my life won’t be in a plane crash, so I rest assured in that. Once in a while if I’m sleeping and we land kind of hard it will jerk me and I’ll be like, ‘Where am I? Where are we?’ [Laughs.] And it will freak me out for a second. This movie, I think if you’re already queasy about flying I’m curious to see how people will react after. But being that most people survive the plane crash, it might be comforting for most people.”
Favorite Chicago restaurant: “I love going to Sunda. I like ordering their sushi. They have a crispy rice thing that I love. And I love the ambience.”
Romantic recommendations in Chicago: “You could take a horse carriage ride. A horse carriage ride is romantic. It’s really cold to do that now. Sunda’s a great restaurant but it’s not necessarily romantic. Publican’s also a great restaurant but it’s not necessarily romantic. You know what I love? I love Chicago on the weekends and at night. I think it’s the most beautiful place ever. I think Chicago’s a great place to fall in love and to be with your significant other. It’s just magical there. I love it … I always said that if my husband or boyfriend or whatever I have wants to move to Chicago and I’m in love, I don’t care, I’d move over there. I wouldn’t base it on weather.”
When the Chicago-set, L.A.-filmed “The League” doesn’t feel like Chicago: “[During] some of the scenes outside … because there are palm streets in the back. [Laughs.]”
Guilty pleasure movies: “I like watching cartoons. I like Disney movies. I have a whole collection. I have 100 years of Disney. I have everything in there. I have ‘Tarzan.’ It has everything. It’s like a Pandora’s box. I love ‘em all. There’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ is in there, ‘Beauty and the Beast.’  I’ve got not ‘Toy Story,’ that’s not Disney. I have ‘Cinderella’ but I have an older ‘Cinderella’ as well. I just like putting ‘em on. ‘Pinocchio.’”
On her iPod: “I’m not really into bands. I’m really weird. I just have a whole bunch of music. It’s just music that I like to hear. I don’t have favorites. I have Paul Simon but then I have R. Kelly. And then under R. Kelly I have Ricky Martin. And then with Ricky Martin I have Rihanna and after Rihanna I have Roberta Flack.”