Clanking pots & running water may ruin an interview.

I happened to record my interview before our speaker came in last week...so of course I missed the memo on recording environmental sounds on an individual basis. I have to say though, although I knew I shouldn't say "yes" or laugh outloud while my subject was speaking, it seemed nearly impossible to do. I tried to sit still & smile, but sometimes I had to laugh, and sometimes I had to interrupt. I think I got some good sound (hopefully), but also had trouble with the environmental noise. I recorded my subject's voice in her apartment, and during the interview her roommate decided to cook pasta. I lost some good clips to the sound of running water and clanking pots, but didn't feel it was my place to tell her to stop making a racket while I was intruding in their apartment to record an interview. I can remember holding my breath everytime the roommate made noise, hoping my subject wouldn't happen to say anything I wanted to use. I plan to re-interview her, after seeing where this project is going, because with her eccentric and comedic ways I think I could get even better sound bytes to enhance with photos of her dancing and doing acrobatics. She's quite the dancer/singer/actress, and being able to record her singing over photos of her acting seems key. I guess I'll have to see where this project takes me...