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Colin O’Donoghue--OUAT Chicago 6/11/17

Colin O’Donoghue Q&A Panel

Note:  I had some issues with my recordings of this particular panel.  I had to record the panel in 4 separate parts, because my voice recorder couldn’t handle any more than 17 minutes at a time.  A couple of the parts went missing.  I was able to fill in most of the missing segments after hunting through YouTube for videos to supplement what I had, but there are, I think, a couple of minutes I’m still missing.

Announcer:  Welcome Captain Hook himself, Mr. Colin O’Donoghue!

Colin:  Awesome!  A bit of Led Zepplin.  You can’t beat it.  Hello everyone!

Fan (from audience):  Hello, gorgeous.

Colin:  (looks around behind him)  Who you talking to?

Fan (from audience): You!

Colin:  Oh, thank you.  It’s a lot…it’s a lot of people.  Hello.  I guess I’m gonna start with the questions.

Fan: Hi, sorry. (giggles and cries)

Colin:  This is a good start.

Fan:  I’ve been waiting for this for a very long time.

Colin:  Hold on.  I’m going to come right over here.  (gives fan a hug)  Okay, you see she got to smell how bad I smell so then she can ask her question.

Fan:  So what was your most awkward scene to film with Jen?

Colin:  I just gave you a hug!  Um….probably the scene…oh, no!  Actually I know this!

Fan (from audience): Pancakes!

Colin:  I was gonna say that scene, but I’m not gonna say that scene now.  There’s a couple of awkward scenes, for definite, but I think the one where I knock myself out was pretty awkward because, well basically my stunt double had to do an awful lot of the stuff and he had to act it out, and then it was sort of like...  It wasn’t awkward for me; it was funny for me, because they had to sort of…cause I had to kiss her, he had to kiss her and it was just kind of a funny, awkward thing. Anyway.  All the scenes are great. But thank you for that question.

Fan:  If Hook hadn’t found Emma, what do you think his happy ending would have been?

Colin:  Oh!  I mean…you do know there’s another season coming up, so?  I don’t know.  I think probably if he hadn’t found Emma and hadn’t figured out a way of redeeming himself, then probably, I think probably killing Rumplestiltskin would have been his Happy Ending.  That’s what…he spent 200 years trying to figure out a way to kill him, so I think that’s probably it, I would think.

Fan:  Hi, what’s up?

Colin:  Not much.  You?

Fan:  I’m very excited right now.

Colin: Good.

Fan:  So, earlier you kind of peeked out of the back room with a ukulele.

Colin:  Yes I did.

Fan:  And I was kind of wondering if you could, like, play for us or sing us something.

Colin:  I don’t have a ukulele here.

Fan:  Would you sing us something?  You had to know this question would be asked, so…

Colin:  What do you want?

Crowd: (makes several suggestions)

Fan:  Your favorite song.

Colin:  Sing what?

Fan:  You’re favorite song.  Go with your favorite song?

Colin:  Revenge!  (He sings the first stanza while the crowd cheers wildly.)  Thank you. Thank you for letting me embarrass myself singing that on the Internet.

Fan:  Did you do musicals when you were in high school? If you did, what musical would you do now if given the chance?

Colin:  I clearly didn’t do musicals in high school, as I’m sure that you could tell.  Um…Les Miserables.

Fan:  Hi Colin.  How are you?

Colin:  I’m good, thanks.  How are you?

Fan:  Good.  So, with Jennifer leaving the show, what do you think the storyline for Hook will look like?

Colin:  Well, it will look a lot like me.

Fan:  Well that’s good, but what do you think you’ll end up as?

Colin:  Well I can’t…I can’t really give away anything, so… Did they tell me?  I might know a few bits and pieces, but I’m not gonna tell ya.  I’ll tell you one thing I would like to see.  I’d like to see what the relationship between Henry and Hook will be, because obviously he’s Henry’s step-father, and also kind of weirdly his step grandfather, as well.  Am I right?  That’s right, isn’t it?  Well that’s just plain weird.  Yeah, so I’m excited to see…to explore some of that I think.

Fan:  Hi Colin.  My question is given how many times Rumples’s fallen off the wagon; do you think Killian will make a point of looking out for Belle and Gideon going forward?

Colin:  Oh, that’s a good one.  I think so.  Hook and Belle have a new, sort of, friendship, which I think is really, really good, so I think he would look after Belle.  Gideon?  He tried to kill my wife!

Fan:  He’s a baby now; he doesn’t remember that.

Colin:  Oh yeah, he’s a baby now; I guess he would look out for him. Yeah, why not?

Fan:  I just ask because the scene at Granny’s in the finale, when Belle comes in with the baby, he’s all excited, yay, the baby’s here with Belle, and then Rumple comes in and his face sort of falls.  He’s still with Belle and the baby, I forgot.  

Colin:  Um, yes.  Look, Hook and Rumple…it’s complicated, you know what I mean?  Even though they’ve sort of…Hook just plain doesn’t like him, and that’s it.  So I think that that’s sort of, where that is, you know?

Fan:  Hi Colin.  First of all thanks for all the time you spent saying hi to everyone and signing everything, so thank you for that.  My question is, of all the things you signed today what was the most interesting, unusual?

Colin:  Oh, I signed the underparts of a dinosaur.  Whose dinosaur was that?  Whose T Rex was that?  Down there? (Girl holds her hand up.) They had me sign a very uh…very uh interesting place.  I don’t know if that’s because they don’t really like me that much.  I don’t know how often they’re gonna look there. Anyway, that was it.  Thank you.

Fan:  I had a photo-op with you earlier, and I was so nervous I couldn’t look at you, but I forgot.  I did mean to tell you I think you’re an amazing actor and I love you. My question, well earlier, at Karen David’s panel, she told us that someone should tell you that you’re a fancy pants, and she shared some stories about you, so I was wondering if you had any funny stories about her.

Colin:  I don’t have anything to say.

Fan [in crowd]  Panty dropper! [Note:  In Karen’s panel, she told us that she kids Colin about some of the hashtags about him on Twitter.  Her favorite to tease him with are Fancy pants and Panty dropper.  She told the crowd we should say those things to him and watch him turn red.]

Colin:  [blushes and gets tongue tied]  I don’t have anything to say about Karen David.  I can tell you that she’s very, very giggly and very easy to make laugh. I…I…I…uh…thank you.

Fan:  Hi, so first, thank you for wearing my pin still.  It means a lot.

Colin:  It’s awesome.  It’s a mini me.

Fan:  My question is if Captain Hook made a Starbucks drink, what would its name be?

Colin:  Um…Pirate’s Booty?  Thanks.  This is great, I feel like I’m a comedian today.

Fan:  Hello again.

Colin:  Hi, how are you?

Fan:  My question is a costume one, and it has to do with your rings. I know that Hook’s costume changes are subtle, but they’re always important, because he doesn’t do it often. I was wanting to know with the rings. I know he had to give up one for the wedding ring when he married Emma, but the other two…I kind of felt like maybe he was doing it because he wanted to move forward, those rings were like a symbol of his past and helped him to remember the man he used to be.  When you changed all the rings I thought maybe it was ‘cause…

Colin:  You mean for the wedding costume?

Fan:  Right.  

Colin:  Yeah, I think a lot of that was sort of, accessorizing.

Fan:  Yeah, but like, in Hook’s mind…

Colin:  In Hook’s mind, I think it was more just to have something in keeping with the sort of sincerity of the moment, and the rings, if you see them are quite...  You’re right; his rings are important to him.  They’re very subtle, even though they’re big pirate rings, they’re subtle for him, and I think that was sort of the thing was to have that.  It was also, for me as an actor, I only have one hand to play with, and I have to keep this [the ring finger] free, but part of Hook is that he has his, sort of pirate regalia on, and that was kind of in keeping with that, if that makes any sense.

Fan:  Hi.  First off, I’d like to say I love you.

Colin:  I love you too.

Fan:  Secondly, do you think your character would be more of a dog person or a cat person?

Colin:  Dog.  I have a dog, and his name is Buckley, and he is named after Jeff Buckley, yes he is, and he is awesome and I love him.  Technically, he kind of is Captain Hook’s.  He comes to set with me, and I know Lana brings Lola and stuff, but. Yeah.  He’s a dog person.

Fan:  Hello.  I was wondering, are there any pranksters on set, or like have you pulled any pranks on your fellow cast mates?

Colin:  Have I pulled any pranks?  No, I’m a consummate professional; I wouldn’t do that.  Josh Dallas…I said this earlier on, but he had a fart machine once in Neverland, so every time you’d walk past a certain plant, of he’d change it every time, you’d just hear [fart noise].  So that was sort of it and…other pranks…I think that’s probably the only prank I can tell you about.  So, yeah. Josh Dallas is a prankster.

Fan:  First I wanted to say you’re my favorite actor and I love you so much and I’m so glad I got to meet you.  So my question is, everyone really loves Hook and his outfit, but what do you like more about the outfit, the guyliner or the leather pants?

Colin:  What do you like more?

Fan:  I like them both equally.

Colin:  I like the eyeliner.  I do like the leather pants too, though.  [Crowd talks.]  Okay, I’m being told that I like the leather pants most, so I like the leather pants most.

Fan:  What was your favorite scene that you shot with Josh?

Colin:  With Josh?  My favorite scene with Josh was the scene… I’m gonna take it that everybody’s caught up with the end of last season.  It’s the scene in the jail where he attacks King George, and I just thought it was a really incredible performance on Josh’s part.  And we got to, sort of, play, it’s rare enough on the show that we have just two person scenes, and you’ve gotta just let go and trust each other, and I think that was one of those scenes where we were able to do that, where we’re not being interrupted by monsters coming into Storybrooke, so I think that was probably my favorite scene.

Fan:  Hi!  Okay, so my question is, how does the hook, like. go over your hand, because obviously you have both hands.  So I’m very confused on how you, like…

Colin: I take this one off [gestures to left hand].  I have…let me see your hook [the girl asking the question was dressed as Hook] It’s probably pretty similar to this.  Yeah, they're pretty much the same.  I just have…are you okay?  Are you nervous? (Gives her a hug)  It’s pretty much the same.  These two fingers (pointer and middle fingers) have a little, there’s like a little T-bar that I hold onto, and that’s kind of what I do, so.

Fan:  Thank you.

Colin:  You’re welcome.  I’m sorry if I really embarrassed you.  I feel bad now.

Fan:  Can you sing your favorite line from A Happy Beginning?

Colin:  (singing) But one thing is for sure, love. With you, I have everything.  (end singing) Thank you.  That’s…gonna be on the Internet as well.

Fan:  I just wanna say I love you so much.  

Colin: I’m gonna have to give you a hug too.  I’m probably gonna get in trouble for hugging all these people.  (Hugs girl)  Don’t cry.  Okay, let me just say, I’m giving everybody a hug in my head now, okay.  

Fan:  What was your reaction when you found out you were playing Hook?

Colin:  I was amazed that they cast me, to be honest.  I really didn’t think that I would be playing Captain Hook, because I’d only ever…in my head, I still saw…and I still kind of do…see Captain Hook as the Peter Pan, sort of Disney buffoon that he is. I mean, that’s not to say that I’m not an absolute buffoon, which I am, but I just didn’t think that they’d go for it, and I’m very, very grateful and thankful to have been a part of this show for five seasons now, nearly going into, I think it’s my sixth season on the show now.  I never thought that that would be the case, because I just came on as a guest star. It’s kind of wild to be here in front of all you guys and see the reaction that you guys have to the show, and I said in the panel in the meet and greet earlier on that you kind of forget that the show takes a life of its own after we’re finished acting and stuff like that.  And you kind of forget that there’s a community of people who sort of have friendships and all that kind of stuff based on the show, and that’s pretty spectacular to be a part of.

Fan:  And my friend, Sarah, she couldn’t make it today, but she wanted me to tell you hi for her.

Colin:  Well tell her I said hello back.  And I would like to say before I answer another question.  I would like to say a massive thank you to all of you guys for supporting the show and for being such incredible fans. You know, like, we really wouldn’t have a show without you guys.  And it’s a testament to all of you that we’re still on the air, season 7.  I mean it’s a pretty spectacular thing, so thank you

Fan:  So this season your character goes on this realm jumping adventure with lots of different characters.  What was your favorite part of that storyline?

Colin:  Um…the wedding.  The musical episode, the wedding.  I just think for the two, because of where the characters started, to where they ended up, was such a monumental thing that they actually managed to get married.  You know, because they worked hard at it over the seasons.  Honestly Hook has a pretty awful past.  He’s done some really terrible things, which most of them have, to be honest, and I just that was such a huge thing that they were able to overcome all of those and finally just sort of cement their love for each other, which I thought was a pretty special thing, you know.  So yeah, that’s probably it.  And you know, we got to do a musical, which was fun.

Fan:  What was your favorite day on set?

Colin: It was my first day on the show.  My very first day on set was on an actual pirate ship.  I acted with Robert Carlyle, who’s one of my favorite actors of all time, and then I was wearing eyeliner.  I was dressed in all black leather, and it doesn’t get much better than that.  Yeah, probably that time.

Fan:  So, my question is, what was your reaction to the day you found out Hook killed Charming’s dad?

Colin:  I was a bit shocked, to be honest, but I liked it.  I don’t say that like I’m condoning it.  I’m not condoning it, but I like it for…because what it did was show how much he changed, as a character, you know what I mean? I personally wouldn’t want Captain Hook marrying my daughter, but I thought that was sort of, because just to give people a reminder of what exactly he was like.  So you could see how far he’d come.  I think that was sort of the point of, you know, and he felt bad about it, I think.  Yeah, probably that.

Fan:  Hi!  I’m giving you a hug in my head too.  Who was your favorite Hook to play?  Lieutenant Hook, evil pirate Hook, the old Hook in the Wish Realm, the Dark Hook, father figure to Henry, or Emma’s Hook.

Colin:  Old, fat Hook.  I absolutely loved that.  I was really, really disappointed that I didn’t get to keep playing him for more than just one scene.

Fan [in crowd]:  Season 7!

Colin:  Season 7, maybe!  The whole season.  The whole season, will be old Hook stumbling around. What I liked about Old Hook was that in his head, he thought that he was the man, you know what I mean?  And that was sort of the best thing about him, that he was completely oblivious to the fact he had food stains on his clothes. Anyway, he was my favorite.  Second, well , it’s a difficult thing because, I love pirate Hook, swashbuckling and kind of, I really, really enjoyed doing the Dark One as well when I was Dark Hook.  I think it was fun.  But I’m lucky.  I’ve been lucky with Hook.  I get to play lots of different versions of him and so many different ways to play it.

Fan:  My question is, outside of acting, what do you want to be remembered for?

Colin:  Being a good father and husband, I think.  Yeah, that’s pretty much it, I think.

Fan:  Is there a specific event or person from your childhood that has greatly influenced your acting?

Colin:  My grandmother.  My grandmother went to London and went to the Guildhall school to learn speech and drama at a time when it wasn’t really common for women to go to London if they’re from Ireland, you know what I mean, for education.  And she was a speech and drama teacher.  Her love of theater, love of words, I guess, probably influenced me most.

Fan:  Hi Colin, I have to start out by saying I love you too.  I know you’re fabulously musically talented, you used to be part of a band.  Everyone also knows how fabulous your vocals are here.  What other musical instruments do you play or would want to play?

Colin: I can play the mandolin and the ukulele.  I can kind of fiddle a banjo.  I’ll give a bash to most stringed instruments, and make a bit of a balls of whatever, but I’ll try most.  Yeah. Mandolin, I can play pretty well and ukulele.

Fan: Hi.

Colin:  Hi.  It’s so weird, I turn around, and I don’t see people walking up to the microphones, I just turn and the people are like this.

Fan:  What is one of the funniest thing that has happened to you on set.

Colin:  I got asked this at the meet and greet earlier on and I have to phrase it properly.  I mean you’ve all seen it in the bloopers, but probably when Bobby landed in a very…precious area.  That was pretty funny.  Even I thought it was funny.  It was painful; it was very painful, but it was funny, because he was completely oblivious that he was there for longer than, like, twenty seconds.  Yeah.  Probably that.  I guess that says a lot about me if I think that was funny.  That’s weird.

Fan:  We were wondering how long it took you to learn to speak like a pirate.

Colin:  Speaking like a pirate?  I actually, it is something that I did when I got cast as Hook. Originally I had spoken to Eddy and Adam about him being Irish, so I’d sound like this, which, I don’t know if people would have gone for or not.  I think traditionally Hook was English, so they were like, well we want him to be, sort of, British.  I said how about we don’t tie down his accent, so I started working on what he sounds like, so, I mean, his voice is deeper than mine.  So, when I sound like Hook, I sound like this [uses Hook voice].  So it’s kind of posh, but kind of not at the same time, because sometimes I drift into this and sound totally different, and whatever.   And that’s sort of it, so, I mean people think a pirate accent, they sort of think of an Irish accent, you know what I mean?  So, I guess I speak like a pirate naturally, probably.

Fan:  Who’s your favorite actor or actress to do scenes with?

Colin:  Um…you’re gonna get me in trouble.  Uh…to be honest with you, I’ve been lucky, because I get to work with everybody on the show.  You know, sometimes people are tied in more so to the character than others. Of late, you know, sort of obviously, Jen and I have been, we get a lot together, and so, and we have a great time working together.  I’m very comfortable with Bobby.  I’m very comfortable with Lana.  We’re lucky as a cast that we all sort of bounce off each other, so I wouldn’t be able to, and everybody’s going to go “oh he’s not…he’s doing this just to be diplomatic”, but I’m really not trying to be diplomatic, but I wouldn’t be able to single out one single person, because everybody brings something else. You know I used to love working with Sean, when I had the chance to do it.  We just have such a laugh.  Liam, he played King Arthur, great time on set, and so, you know, I’ve just been lucky to work with everybody.  It’s great.

Fan:   We were wondering what your favorite costume was that you wore on the show.

Colin:  I like my pirate costume.  I like my big pirate leather jacket.  That’s probably my favorite, I think.  I just think it’s such a great pirate costume, it really is we didn’t know if it was going to work or not, because people had such preconceived notions of what Captain Hook should look like.  I remember the first day I went in to do the hair and makeup test, they actually had a mustache that twirled, and I…I just said no.  And they were like, well, we just had it just in case.  It’s just…then it becomes…then I have to play Hook as the Hook that people know and I don’t get to put my own, sort of, stamp on it, you know, but yeah, the old pirate costume.  I stand a different way as well, because the jacket’s so bloody heavy. That’s why, honestly, you’ll see me, every time I’m standing, I’m standing like this [leans to one side].  And that’s because the jacket’s so bloody heavy I can’t stand up for more than like three minutes.

Fan:  Hi!  Did you need to take lessons to learn how to sword fight, or did it come naturally to you?

Colin:  Came naturally.  I’m just sort of gifted.  Gifted with a sword.  I trained as an actor in a drama school.  We used to do, we did some sword fighting, as part of our stage combat, and basically what happens is that a sword fight on TV and stuff is basically a dance, it’s a choreographed thing, so you have to learn what to do (he does some flourishes with his hand).

Fan:  Hi Colin.  Since you like your guyliner so much, do you ever wear it outside of the set?

Colin:  I wear it all the time.  Actually, I’m kind of not joking, because I wear so much bloody eyeliner I can’t get it off.  And I have genuinely forgotten…there’ll be times when I have to leave set, let’s say to go get the groceries on the way home, and I have to get to the shop before it closes and I don’t have time to take my makeup off and I forget.  I forget that I’m standing there, in a queue with full eye makeup on.  So I guess yes is the answer.

Fan:  If you weren’t an actor, what job would you like to have?

Colin:  I think I’d like to be a musician or an artist. Maybe some kind of painter, or something, I think.

Fan [from crowd]:  Paint me something!

Colin: Paint you something? Like right now?  Uh…I don’t have a canvas.  Sorry.

Fan:  So Hook’s character has really grown and changed since the beginning of the show.  How difficult has that been to portray, and do you think he’s finally changed into the man he’s meant to be, or will he  revert backwards?

Colin:  Playing Hook, I’ve been lucky, playing Hook has just been a laugh the whole time, you know what I mean?  I’ve just been so lucky to get to play this, I mean, hugely layered character.  When I came onto the show, I never expected that he would be as layered as he is. So, I’ve been blessed to be able to do that, and hopefully I’ll get to continue doing it for a little bit longer, and it’s fun. It’s fun to get to play so many different  versions of one character, because sometimes on TV shows, you can be tied into a specific way the character has to be and sort of exist in the world, whereas Hook…all bets are off.  We’ve seen so many different versions of him.  I’ve been blessed.  Maybe you guys have been tortured having to watch all those different version, but I hope not.

Crowd: No!

Colin:  That was me just trying to get you to say that.

Fan:  Hi.  What things do you have in common with Hook?

Colin:  I look like him, and that’s probably about it, I would think.  He’s a very complicated man.  I guess I probably have more in common with Emma’s Hook, as somebody called him last week, than with pirate Hook.  You know, someone who’s sort of devoted to their relationship and making things work and stuff like that.  Yeah, I don’t really have a huge amount in common with him other than looking like him.

Fan:  What do you think your character will face in season 7?

Colin: [chuckles]  I know what you’re doing.  I know what you’re doing.  Uh….things. Things and stuff.

Fan:  Before I get to my question, my best friend said to give you a hug, because if it hadn’t been for Once and you, we wouldn’t have anything  to talk about when we first met.  

Colin:  Alright, this is the last hug.  Come on.  [Hugs fan]

Fan: And my question is, if you were to talk to your kids when they’re older, or a niece and nephew or someone younger in your life and give them life advice, what life advice would you give them?

Colin:  Oh god.  Be honest, always be honest, because if you’re honest about who you are, I think that even if you make mistakes and stuff, you’ll be true to yourself, and you’ll be a better person for it.  And believe in yourself.  I don’t think enough people believe in themselves no matter what, you know what I mean, I think.  As somebody who was very shy, and that, a lot of times didn’t believe in theirselves, somebody else sort of, tells you to keep going, you know, which was the case with me as an actor even.  I think believe in yourself is sort of a big goal that people should have, because, you know, everybody has something to offer.  You know, it doesn’t matter who you are, how small or how big, everybody has something to offer, contribute to society, so I think that’s the most important thing.  Thank you. Life coaching, with Colin O’Donoghue.

Fan:  If there was a fight between Jack Sparrow and…

Colin:  Don’t ask.  Don’t even ask.  I mean, Captain Hook.  That is a silly question.  That is a silly question, and I know you know the answer.

Fan:  I’d say Hook.

Colin:  You’d say Hook?

Fan:  Yeah

Colin:  You know it’s Hook.

Fan:  Hi Colin!  So I just wanna say that you’re basically my favorite human being on earth.  I mean it’s a high honor.

Colin:  That’s a lot of pressure too.

Fan:  You do a great job at it.

Colin:  Thanks.

Fan:  I just want to ask, Killian’s been on such a great journey from a villain to a hero.  What do you think is the defining moment of that journey?

Colin: The defining moment of that journey was him, I think, him sacrificing himself to save everybody when he got Emma to kill him as the Dark One, even though, look, I know he was about to kill everybody. That’s beside the point.  I know it’s his fault, but I think the fact that he eventually sacrificed himself for that was the ultimate moment, the moment where you saw probably the most selfish man on the planet who’d lived solely to get, you know, sort of revenge on Rumplestiltskin, and was so incredibly selfish in everything he did.  You saw that moment where he let all of that go and decided that he wanted to be a hero, and I think that was a defining moment.  

He changed for her because he loves her, and he didn’t want to lose her, and he wanted to do whatever he can to be a better person so that he can be a good partner and husband for her. And, yeah, so, I mean Emma was instrumental  in it. She was the driving force behind it all, I think.

Fan:  Thanks.  You’re adorable.

Colin:  Thank you.

Fan:  Hi Colin.  I just wanted to say, I’m so happy to meet you, and I have a passion for acting, so I was wondering what inspired you to be an actor, and if you could choose any TV show to be in, what would it be?

Colin:  Once Upon a Time.  If I couldn’t, if it wasn’t Once Upon a Time, is what you’re asking?

Fan:  Yes

Colin:  I would have liked to have been on Hannibal.  Ray Donovan’s really good, as well.  Yeah, probably those.  What inspired me to be an actor is I fell into, I did youth theater when I was a teenager.  I had friends, and I kind of drifted into it.  It gave me an opportunity to realize that I could pretend to be somebody I’m not and sort of come out of my shell a little bit by doing that.  And then I realized that I loved it most of all, and people didn’t mind watching me doing it, so, you know, I sort of wanted to study it then.  After that I realized the craft and what you have to do in, you know, creating a character. I like being able to create a character. I like making people cry.  So thanks very much.  People are crying just listening to my answers here.  I like…I’ll tell you what it is, when I did my first play, I liked the fact that people in the same room as you can be transported to a completely different world and believe that it’s real for the two hours that they’re watching something.  And I always think if you can do that as an actor, I know we’re not writing, unless you’ve written the play or the film or whatever,  you’re not writing or creating the words that come out, but if you can do that with a performance and transport people out of their own lives, and let them forget about things, which is what I think our job is, is to sort of take people out of the real world for whatever length of time and let them just exist in a completely different place.  I think that’s a pretty powerful thing.  It’s the same with music, I think, when you go see a live band.  You get transported by the music.  I think that’s the whole point of going to see things live and stuff like that, is just to be a part of something that’s a one off, special event, where you can just forget about, leave everything at the door, and sort of go off and have a good time.

--A fan asked Colin if he can speak any other languages.  He said he used to be able to kind of speak French.  He said: Je m’appelle Colin O’Donoghue (My name is Colin O’Donoghue).  A fan from the crowd said je t’aime (I love you).  Colin said they’re taught Irish in school, but he never really took to it. His wife is fluent, but he’s only retained bits and pieces.  He said “My name is Colin O’Donoghue” in Irish (which I’m not even going to try to track down!)

Notes:  That’s as far as I got with my recordings.  I think that covers nearly everything, but if anyone has any further videos to cover things I’ve missed, feel free to send them my way.