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by Alla and Beth
from Official Jensen Ackles Newsletter, February 2002
Hi everyone!
Well, here's what most of you have been waiting for, the exclusive interview. We hope you enjoy it. Remember, before you all sent in questions we mentioned that Jensen had every right not to answer a question if he didn't want to. So don't feel discouraged if you don't see your question posted. He may not have had an answer, so please don't take it personally.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Without further, happy reading! Before the questions begin, however, a message from Jensen exclusively to the subscribers of this newsletter :
First of all, let me start off by saying thank you to all of you. The amount
of continued support you have shown me throughout these past few years is so
greatly appreciated I can't even begin to tell you. It truly is affecting.
-Jensen Ackles
MSweetie86 - Mayuri of Florida wants to know:
Hey Jensen! First, thank you to the newsletter for giving us the opportunity to ask Jensen a question! My name is Mayuri and I truly admire your work. What advice do you have for aspiring actors? Any suggestions on where or how to get started? Thank you! Also, would you be willing to give fans an e-mail address or screen name where we can talk to you?
Jensen Ackles:
Mayuri, for aspiring actors I would have to say; start by taking an acting class generally in the field you want to pursue (ex. commercials, television, theater, motion picture). Then really give it thought and ask yourself if this is something you really want to pursue. I won't lie to you, it is a tough industry to get involved with and really be successful, and those without passion and drive can easily fall by the wayside. If you have the passion, then the next step is to get an agent. Someone to get you in the door to those people who need to see your talent and then…let the cards fall where they may. But keep a strong head, don't get discouraged and never stop honing your skills.
jericokat@yahoo.com - Tracey Stern of New York wants know :
Hey Jensen, This is Tracey, I met you April 99 in NJ and gave you the drawing of you and Ali Sweeney as a belated b-day gift. I have to say I LOVE you on Dark Angel. I only started watching once I heard you joined the cast
and I think your character is too funny. I love his wise cracking attitude.What I want to know is how it is working in Canada and which do you prefer better, doing a soap opera or a weekly show?
Jensen Ackles:
Hi Tracey, it's good to hear from you and thank you for the drawing. I actually had it hanging in my dressing room at "Days" until I left. It now hangs in my parent's house in Texas. You are very talented. To answer your question, I would have to say that there are things about both shows I prefer and things I don't. Working on "Days" there was more of a sense of family, and the hours were definitely less grueling. It was just less of a hectic work environment. Where as "Dark Angel's" hours are very different and it takes much longer to shoot things than did "Days". It takes us 10 full 12-17 hour days to shoot one episode. Whereas at "Days" it took about one 8-hour day. But on the other hand, "Dark Angel" only shoots part of the year giving us a nice hiatus, whereas "Days" shoots year round. (Kind of hard to make vacation plans). There are many differences, but at this stage in my life, I'm happy to be with "DA"…it's a step in the direction I want to go.
NikkiV23, RACOHEN10, Aqua0215 - Lori of NJ want to know:
Do you have a girlfriend?, Are you dating anyone at the moment?
Jensen Ackles:
No/….at the moment…yes.
DancingQT2003 - Laura of Toledo, Ohio wants to know:
Jensen, If you had not chosen acting as your career path, what might you be doing otherwise?
Jensen Ackles:
I have no clue…that was 5 ½ years ago when I made the decision to move to Los Angeles and do this…there's no telling. I'm sure I could come up with some pretty interesting scenarios.
Broklover6969 - Mary of St. Louis, KayKay31056 - Kayla of Ohio, Calibabe27 -
Jessi, angelwings728@yahoo.com - Melissa, DaysOfKayla, CUBOYS - Renee all
want to know:
Do you ever plan on returning to Days, or any other soap opera in the future? Do you think you might do a guest appearance on Days? Do you miss Days?
Jensen Ackles:
I would never rule out going back to "Days". I loved it there and the people are still family. I do miss the cast and crew and fans. When you're doing daytime, you actually get to meet the people who watch you. That's very important. A guest appearance would be fun. We'll have to see.
CaliGirl82 - Leslie Vent of San Diego, California wants to know:
Jensen, Now that you're on Dark Angel is there any possibility that you'll still be holding events to see your fans? I met you back in September of 1999 and it was incredible, so I was hoping there might be future opportunities to see you.
Jensen Ackles:
Doing prime-time television can be very consuming. And, living outside the country makes it a little difficult to do events like that. Not to mention that events like that aren't really held for night-time cast members like they are for the daytime cast members. It just doesn't seem to happen much. I wish it did though.
Faith31245 - Sarah of Maryland wants to know:
What do you feel is your greatest accomplishment so far in life? What do you hope to accomplish in the future?
Jensen Ackles:
Probably moving to L.A. at 18 and immediately becoming self-dependent. I have so many.
Kayfergie99 - Kim of IA wants to know:
Hey Jensen! I was just wondering if it was true that you were offered the lead role as "Guy" in Never Been Kissed (with Drew Barrymore), but could not take the role because of scheduling conflicts with Days? Thanks and keep up the great work!!
Jensen Ackles:
Yes, actually that is true, in fact, Jessica Alba (who was in "Never Been Kissed") and I have had a laugh about it.
silverdolphin84@yahoo.com - Nina of CA wants to know:
What do you miss about working on Days?
Jensen Ackles:
The cast-crew-schedule-fans.
Swish586 wants to know:
Hey Jensen! Do you ever miss going back to DAYS? Also, how do you feel about the september 11th terrorism attacks? Thank you for your time and God Bless!
Jensen Ackles:
9/11 was unreal. I happened to be in Canada at the time and really didn't get a sense of how awful it really was until a few days later when it hit me like a ton of bricks…that the place I call home, the country that is invincible, my country of pride and freedom, the place we all feel safe, had been completely violated. I immediately jumped on a plane and flew to be with my family. It really frightened me. I pray to God that this new evil in our world will be abolished quickly.
happyfaces2001@hotmail.com - Alice of Vancouver, BC wants to know:
Hey! Great job w/ the newsletter. This is my question for the Jensen interview.. do you see yourself in the character "Alec" in Dark Angel?
Jensen Ackles:
I hope not…he's that cocky little punk my mother tried so hard not to raise. And, I'm pretty sure she did her job.
Chrisf21 - Christine of Huntington, NY:
First I'd like to say, hello stranger!!!!!! Long time no chat. I hope you are doing well and enjoying Canada. I think the people at Fox are one of the nicest bunch of people to work with, in your case work for! I was wondering if you have read or seen past episodes of Dark Angel other than the episode you guest-starred on last season? I know you said when you first started on DAYS that Drake sat you down and gave you the history of the characters and storylines. Did anyone do that for you on Dark Angel, or did you do any research of your own? Personally, I just want to add, that you have definitely given the show the added zip it needed. I also think it is great that they have added the mutants. It reminds me of the series Beauty and the Beast, which I loved only DA has quite a kick to it:-) Hopefully our paths will cross soon. You know you always have a friend in NY :-) Keep up the good work! P.S. I hope you liked the Aromatherapy stuff :-)
Jensen Ackles:
Hello, Christine. It's great to hear from you. I hope all is well and life is treating you good. And, yes the people at Fox have been very good to me over the past year. I'm really happy to be there. To answer your question…I did do a little research on last season just to get a sense of what the existing characters were all about. The producers have been very helpful in answering any questions I have as well. It's not as much of a family atmosphere over at "DA" like it is at "Days"…Mainly due to the fact that cast is all young and there are only about 7 or 8 of us where "Days" has 30 cast
members of all ages. But I'm definitely having fun. Well, keep well over there on the East Coast and hopefully I'll see ya soon.
LilActingDiva wants to know:
Will you marry me? no j/k What is your acting technique?
Jensen Ackles:
Ya think we should meet first! I'm still trying to figure that out myself. I'm not sure I have done enough roles to claim a method to my madness.
stephens44@hotmail.com wants to know:
Saw that you smoked in Blonde. How much do you smoke and when did you start?
Jensen Ackles:
Actually, I just did it for the role. The director thought it would make the character more authentic and I agreed.
JennaNPac - Jenna of FL wants to know:
How's it goin', Jensen? What's the first thing or memory of your life that u can remember?
Jensen Ackles:
I'm not sure…in fact, I can't remember what I did last week.
nautica7mk@hotmail.com - Nadia wants to know:
Hello Jensen Ackles, I enjoy watching your character Alec on "Dark Angel" very much, so I was wonderin if you've been involved in a lot of projects since leaving DOOL, since crossing over to primetime TV is there any shows you'd like to be in or any other projects you'd like to be associated with in the future?
Jensen Ackles:
My business team and I are constantly looking for other projects to be involved in…it is an ongoing process and yes there are definitely shows and films I would love to be a part of if I was right for the role. But, that's all part of this game.
Krist785 - Kristi wants to know:
Hi! I was wondering do you still live in Los Angeles even though Dark Angel is filmed in Canada? Do you ever meet with fans personally?
Jensen Ackles:
I do still base myself out of L.A. but at the moment I spend most of my time at my apartment in Vancouver. I go back and forth quite a bit.
erickajen@hotmail.com wants to know:
Do you ever take trips to rural parts of the country just for fun, like, say.. northern Minnesota LOL
Jensen Ackles:
Not yet anyway.
MargieRat - Margie wants to know:
I'm wondering if you are superstitious?
Jensen Ackles:
A little here and there…the basic stuff.
rowlandj@girlsandboystown.org - Jennifer Rowland of Omaha, NE wants to know:
Thanks for your newsletter. I love receiving it. I was wondering if you could ask Jensen about his religious beliefs. I saw him once speaking about it, but I missed some of it. I believe he is a Christian, but what groups does he involve himself in? Thanks girls!!! I grew up in Plano, TX and love him so much and especially love that he is from Texas!
Jensen Ackles:
I consider myself a nondenominational Christian. I grew up in a Bible church and still hold those beliefs very close to me.
Vballangel7 wants to know:
Hi my name is Ashley Aul and I met you in New Philadelphia a while back at the Swartz Homes.....I'm 19 and attend the University of Akron majoring in Mass Media Communications (broadcasting mostly) and I was just wondering are you single and will you be back on "Days of Our Lives"? We miss you!!!
Jensen Ackles:
Hi Ashley. Ummm….yes, I'm single at the moment and "Days" is always a possibility.
EDog51VB - Erin Scott of Columbus, Ohio, BabyDKNY19, Smooch27 want to know:
Will you be touring or making any personal appearances in the near future?
Jensen Ackles:
Not that I know of.
BabyDKNY19 - Diana from NYC wants to know:
Have you met any singers? Like *NSYNC or Britney Spears, or any at all?
Jensen Ackles:
Actually yes, I have met both of them just briefly and yes, I've gotten to meet quite a lot of very interesting people.
JuliaAK47 - Jules wants to know:
Hey Jensen. You're an awesome actor, keep up the great work! I'd love to meet you in person someday, which brings me to my question.. what's the craziest thing a fan has ever tried to do to meet you? And what's the nicest thing a fan has ever done or given you? Thanks and best wishes.
Jensen Ackles:
I would have to say that the newsletter Beth and Alla put out is the coolest thing a fan or fans have ever done for me.
Aqua0215 - Lori of NJ wants to know:
What did you do with your new house in LA after you found out you had to move to Vancouver for Dark Angel? Does Dark Angel leave you with any free time to do other projects (like movies or tv movies), and if so, are you planning to pursue any? Also, what do you like most/least about working on dark angel? Aw, and where did you spend Christmas and New Year's? And finally (sorry for so many questions..), did you make any new year's resolutions? Have you
broken any yet?
Jensen Ackles:
I sold it. Yes, we get a 3-month hiatus in the summer and I'm hoping to maybe do a film of some sort. I spent Christmas with my family in Dallas, Texas and New Years this year I spent in Austin, Texas with friends. I try not to do that. I usually just set myself up.
Beth's Questions:
If you could go to dinner with anyone in the world, who would it be?
Jensen Ackles:
Too many to list
Beth:
What television shows did you watch when you were a kid?
Jensen Ackles:
Thundercats
Beth:
Who are some of your favorite actors and actresses that you look up to today?(besides your dad
Jensen Ackles:
Anthony Hopkins, Jim Caviezel, Ben Stiller, Brad Pitt, Ewan McGregor to list a few.
Beth:
If you were offered a role today to be the star in a hot new movie, and had the option of choosing your leading lady, who would you choose?
Jensen Ackles:
Jennifer Connelly
Beth:
What kind of role would you never consider to portray, no matter how much money was offered?
Jensen Ackles:
Really depends on the story
Beth:
How would you feel if you were offered a role to a sequel of one of your all-time fave movies? Would you take it, or just wait to get something completely new?
Jensen Ackles:
Thrilled. And depends on writer/director/sсriрt/studio.
Beth:
How do you feel about being on a talk show? Which would you like to appear on? (i.e. Rosie, Live..)
Jensen Ackles:
I like them…they're fun
Alla's Questions:
What is one of the simple pleasures of life that you truly enjoy?
Jensen Ackles:
Listening to my music while driving
Alla:
Do you have any hidden talents?
Jensen Ackles:
Play guitar
Alla:
How have you adjusted to Vancouver's climate?
Jensen Ackles:
Yes, it's really not all that bad.... in fact, I really like it. It can be a little rainy at times; but then again, I love Texas but can't stand the heat.
Alla:
What, besides the weather, is the biggest difference between living in Los Angeles, and living in Vancouver?
Jensen Ackles:
It really is a different country. Canadians are much more laid back and aren't so infatuated with success and materialistic things like Americans can be so guilty of.
Alla:
Do you have more time off now than when you were taping daily?
Jensen Ackles:
Actually I have less time due to the lengthy days and also because I'm a main character on a smaller cast.
Alla:
What do you do when you have time off?
Jensen Ackles:
Either go skiing with my Canadian buddies, or fly to L.A. to hangout or fly to Dallas.
Alla:
Where were you the morning of September 11th, and how did you first find out about what was going on?
Jensen Ackles:
In bed in Vancouver when I got a call from a friend in L.A. who told me to get up and turn on the TV. I didn't believe her at first but when she said we were under attack, I jumped and didn't leave the TV for hours.
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