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AOL Live - Thursday, May 21, 1998 at 8 pm EST

TPChatter: Welcome to Teen People Online's Live Event! TPChatter: Tonight we are very lucky to have... TPChatter: The teen-star of Days of Our Lives... TPChatter: Jensen Ackles with us this evening!! TPChatter: Jensen was recently nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his. . . TPChatter: role of Eric Brady on Days of Our Lives. TPChatter: Let's give a warm welcome to our special guest Jensen Ackles! Its Jensen: How's everybody doing? Let the questions begin! TPChatter: JENSENBABE asks. . . Question: do u remember me?? I was the girl who screamed your name at the EMMYS with my friend.. u said we made u feel very special. Its Jensen: Yeah, aren't you from New Jersey? TPChatter: SamIAm281 asks. . . Question: Do you have a girlfriend? Its Jensen: Yes I do. TPChatter: Skankgal asks. . . Question: Jenson, what is it like working on the set and with the cast of Days of Our Lives? Its Jensen: It's a lot of fun. I actually look forward to going to work in the mornings... Its Jensen: from saying hi to the guards on the way in to working with the actors on the show. Its Jensen: It's a great experience. Question: From LRich32496 - Fill your fans in on what you're doing this summer! Working? Hanging out? Its Jensen: I'll be working a lot because the story line between Eric and Nicole is picking up... Its Jensen: I'll also be traveling around during the weekends doing different appearances in different cities at malls and some charity events -- but that's about all I'll have time for. It's a lot of fun but it keeps me REALLY busy. Its Jensen: I want to give a shout out to DTrade777! TPChatter: ElociN28 asks. . .Have you had any kissing scenes on DAYS yet? Its Jensen: No kissing scenes yet except the one with LeAnn. Its Jensen: Probably soon though. Comment: From: Zoey967530 - Hi, Jensen! I just wanted to say hey what's goin' on! Comment: also that i watch days every day. you are the most talented person on the Comment: show (and not bad on the eyes either!) I look forward to seeing Eric and Comment: nicole's "relationship" develop. Its Jensen: Thanks for the compliment! I'm looking forward to seeing it develop as well. Its Jensen: ;) TPChatter: GEMINIGRL asks. . . Question: How do you like your storyline on days with nicole? Its Jensen: It's kind of just beginning, we really don't know what is to come. We're just keeping Its Jensen: our fingers crossed and hoping for the best. Its Jensen: Basically we get the scripts 2 weeks in advance. What we read is all we know. We Its Jensen: don't really get to much of an idea what's going to be happening. TPChatter: Chatter23 wants to know where you are from originally? Its Jensen: I'm from Dallas, Texas. TPChatter: Aniston wants some advice.... Question: You're great on the show!! Do you have any advice for me? I wanna be a Question: actress. I've already been in 2 movies and one 1 TV show. Any advice? By the Question: way you're soooo great on DAYS. Its Jensen: Keep your attitude positive all the time and never let anybody tell you that you can't do it! TPChatter: Sar4684 wants the inside scoop. . . Question: Is Eric ever going to have a love interest besides Nicole? Its Jensen: Who knows? Its Jensen: There is always talk of bringing new characters on to the show. TPChatter: Kmame wants to know. . . Question: What has been your favorite episode so far? Its Jensen: Probably the episodes where I argued with Marlene. Its Jensen: Deidre Hall is so fun to work with. TPChatter: TNSWN2 asks. . . Question: If you weren't acting, what would you be doing? Its Jensen: Going to school. Its Jensen: I'd probably be studying something like Sports Medicine. TPChatter: Florbabe wants to know. . . Question: when did you first get into acting?? Its Jensen: When I was in high school I did my senior play. That was the first time Its Jensen: I experienced real acting. Its Jensen: After that I got convinved by my agent/manager to move to LA. Its Jensen: Three months after high school I mopved out here and I was on Mr. Rhodes. Its Jensen: He was a cool school teacher. That got cancelled and three months later I got on Its Jensen: to Days. It was pretty quick. I've been very lucky. Its Jensen: :) TPChatter: FL159 asks. . . Question: do you watch soap operas? Its Jensen: Yeah, I pay more attention to them because I know a lot of the people Its Jensen: on the different shows. I tend to watch Sunset Beach a lot because it Its Jensen: shoots on the same lot as Days. It's always on after our show and I like to watch my Its Jensen: friends work. TPChatter: BAINEUS asks. . . Question: can you tell us anything about the upcoming storyline of days Its Jensen: I wish I could, but they keep us in the dark just as much as the fans. TPChatter: JensensGr asks. . . Question: Jensen I was just wondering if you enjoy meeting all you fans at fan Question: events and things like that? Its Jensen: I LOVE MEETING ALL YOU FANS!!!!!!!!!!! TPChatter: RoseGirl asks. . . Question: Hi Jensen! Where is your favorite place to eat? Its Jensen: Tony Romas. Its Jensen: I love their bread - the rolls that the bring out at the beginning of the meal. TPChatter: NikNat99 wants to know. . . Question: Do you have any pets? -Nat Its Jensen: I actually have a medium sized dog. Her name is Dallas. She's a Its Jensen: shepherd mix and she's getting fixed as we speak. So she's not around right now Its Jensen: to jump on me during the chat. TPChatter: Paris2005 wants to know. . . Question: is LeAnn gonna be on the show again? Its Jensen: I don't know. Like I said before, I wish I could tell you, but they Its Jensen: keep us in the dark about that stuff. TPChatter: MBan wants to know how old you are. Its Jensen: I am 20 years old. TPChatter: HKen50545 asks. . . Question: Are you excited about going to Greenville, S.C. in June? Its Jensen: I hope I can. I'm not sure though because my girlfriend's college graduation Its Jensen: is then and I'm not sure if I'll be able to do both. TPChatter: JULIEK619 asks. . . Question: Hi Jensen, do you like playing Eric Brady and how can we get an Question: autograph - we live in San Diego. Its Jensen: I love playing Eric Brady. Its Jensen: You can get an autograph from me when I'm on tour and you can get the Its Jensen: tour information from my website at http://www.jensenackles.com Its Jensen: You can also write to the show at: Its Jensen: Jensen Ackles Its Jensen: c/o Days of Our Lives Its Jensen: 3000 West Alameda Avenue Its Jensen: Burbank, CA 91523 TPChatter: GLACKM asks. . . Question: How did you feel to be nominated for an Emmy after not even a year of Question: being on Days? Its Jensen: I was in disbelief Its Jensen: totally amazed Its Jensen: I couldn't believe what was happening to me. Its Jensen: It was quite an honor though. TPChatter: ABryant33 asks. . . Question: I've read somewhere that your favorite actors are Harrison Ford and Meg Question: Ryan. Have you ever been given the opportunity to meet them? Its Jensen: Yes they are two of my favorite actors, but I haven't had the Its Jensen: opportunity to meet them yet. TPChatter: DRAC531 asks. . . Question: what is your fave music???? Its Jensen: I like modern rock and country. Its Jensen: Right now I'm into Matchbox 20, Third Eye Blind, and George Strait TPChatter: Masegrrl asks. . . Question: Hey man... Are you anything like your character? Its Jensen: Um... Its Jensen: There's some similarities... Its Jensen: We look alike Its Jensen: ;) Its Jensen: We both kinda look after our family but I'm not as Its Jensen: closed up about my feelings and I'm not as angry at the world Its Jensen: as Eric is. TPChatter: JenicaDnc asks. . . Question: Did you ever have a problem with your peers in H.S?? Its Jensen: No, not really. Its Jensen: I got into the occasional fight and the occasional sports disagreements, but nothing major. I was kinda popular and had a good amount of friends. TPChatter: Nik875 asks. . . Question: what is up with Nicole? does she have some deep dark secret? Its Jensen: I would think so, judging from the way the story line has been going. TPChatter: NicksChic asks. .. Question: I watch "Days" and I love it! I think you're so cute! Do you and the Question: girl who plays Sammy work well together? Its Jensen: We work very well together! Its Jensen: Allison Sweeney is great. She's a lot of fun to work with. TPChatter: RosieDCD asks. . . Question: Jensen, Who made you feel most at home on the "Days" set when you first Question: arrived? Its Jensen: Drake, who plays John Black. Its Jensen: He had me play a practical joke on Deidre, which probably wasn't the smartest Its Jensen: thing to do, but she was a good sport about it. TPChatter: Zoey asks. . . Question: what's the most embarrassing "blooper" that you've had? Its Jensen: Kristie Clark (who plays Carrie) and I had some scenes together Its Jensen: and it took us like 12 tries to get it right because we kept messing Its Jensen: each other up. It was really funny. TPChatter: LDCKWT asks. . . Question: Boxers or Briefs? Its Jensen: Boxers TPChatter: Spazoswif asks. . . Question: Being a parent, I ask, what do your parents think of all the fame you Question: have now? Its Jensen: They have been very supportive and they love to watch. My Mom has to watch 2 soap Its Jensen: operas now. The one she always watched and Days 'cause I'm on it. TPChatter: We are out of time:( TPChatter: Jensen, Thanks for joining us:) TPChatter: Any last words for our audience??? Its Jensen: Thanks for chatting with me. I had a blast. Its Jensen: I hope to get to see you soon! Its Jensen: Have a safe weekend. TPChatter: We will be back on Thursday, June 4th with Scarlett Johansson. . . TPChatter: teen star from "The Horsewhisperer" @ 8 pm EST TPChatter: Till then... TPChatter: You can find us at keyword: TEEN PEOPLE TPChatter: Good Night!

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