Interview with Jensen Ackles at the 100th episode party

[agt_spooky]

From BuddyTV comes an interview with Jensen at the 100th episode party. You can listen to the interview at the site or here's part of it:

Jensen Ackles discussing the moment he knew Supernatural was something special:

"I would honestly say there was a moment when Jared [Padalecki] and myself and Eric Kripke and David Nutter were standing on a bridge shooting the pilot episode five years ago and we looked around and had this big giant night scene. It was a crane shot. It was a car on a bridge. The whole valley we were shooting in was filled with smoke. The rapids were rushing underneath us. And we were just like 'You know, if this goes, this is going to be something else' and I think we all kind of had that "Aha!" moment right there on the bridge. This could really be something if we get some legs. And fortunately enough we got some legs and here we are."

On what advice he would give himself if he could go back to the start of Supernatural and do it all again:

"Get more sleep. Get more rest. Figure out a way to pace yourself early on because those first several years were just exhausting. When we came back after the writers' strike I had realized that I'm gonna need to like find a way to pace myself a little better because I was just exhausting myself. And I have. I feel like I even got better because I really kind of sat down and thought about my work ethic, and how I was gonna approach certain things."

On how filming Supernatural is like playing baseball:

"I used to play a lot of baseball. It's not getting in a hitting slump, but I'm gonna switch up my swing a little bit to see how that serves me. And now I'm not getting the cramps in the legs, the elbows or anything like that. And I'm hitting the ball farther in my eyes."

On his favorite prank on the set and remembering the late Kim Manners:

"You know when Kim Manners was around there was definitely a heightened sense of awareness as far as the "prankness" goes. One of the last ones that he pulled before he passed away was we had some little motorbikes that we ride around the set on. Just kinda kids toys but they're fun and we'd get into trouble on them. It's something fun to pass the time sometimes. And we were cruising around starting to make tracks on the set and we were messing up the set and Kim was yelling at us and we were laughing back at him. The next thing we know, the next day, we walked on the stage and hanging in the rafters are these two motorbikes that we have. And I'm talking like 30 feet in the air. He had the riggers wrench them up and tie them off and just hang there and then have a lighting crew spotlight them in the ceiling. It just goes to show that this is the kind of guy he was and how much we miss him. That's the last one I remember."

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Jensen, you're awesome and Kim...I miss you all over again. :-)

Comments

[tracys-dream.livejournal.com]

Awww, such a lovely interview. I love you Jensen and God bless you Kim.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

 I just love Jensen's interviews. He's so articulate and he also tells the best stories, like this one with Kim. That's the first time he's ever shared that with all of us and I'm so glad he did. :-)

[sn-24lover.livejournal.com]

Jensen rocks. LOL And Kim, what a man. We miss you dearly.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

 I just love Jensen's interviews. He's so articulate and he also tells the best stories, like this one with Kim. That's the first time he's ever shared that with all of us and I'm so glad he did. :-)

[lausbub0402.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for this,sweetie!
Jensen is indeed awesome and Kim just exceptional ...

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

You're welcome, honey! I just love Jensen's interviews. He's so articulate and he also tells the best stories, like this one with Kim. That's the first time he's ever shared that with all of us and I'm so glad he did. :-)

[deanvica23.livejournal.com]

poor jensen so tired in the first years.i hope that it sleep more now.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

I know, poor guy! Being one of only two leads on a show is definitely tiring. It sounds like he's finally gotten a good balance going.

[aidanirl.livejournal.com]

oh, thank you so much for posting this!

gosh, jow can you NOT love this gorgeous green-eyed monster?))))

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!  Wasn't that a lovely interview with Jensen? He's always so articulate. :-)  And his memory of Kim made me teary-eyed.

re: bikes in the air

[mayphoenix.livejournal.com]

Shatner once did the exact same thing to Nimoy on the set of Star Trek. Kim was old school that way. LOL

Re: bikes in the air

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Ha! No way! I never knew that! Good on ya, Kim. :-)

[jellicle.livejournal.com]

Oh God, Jensen, you made me smile and then made me teary eyed all over again. I love how he mentions Kim with such fondness. A friend of mine passed away today and he was kinda like Kim, always full of energy, ready to give his best and always ready to help others. A real leader, a wonderful human being.

[agt-spooky.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, sweetie, my condolences on the loss of your friend. He sounds like he was a lovely person. Maybe he and Kim are riding scooters up in Heaven together. :-)