Breakfast at the 16th Annual Soap Opera Awards (SOD Online chat 3/10/2000)
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Finola Hughes: Good morning, hello hello!

Bernard_Michael asks: Finola, where would you like to see Alex go now that Dimitri is coming back? Do you think the writers are trying to go towards Anna or Alex as Anna's long-lost twin?

Finola Hughes: Well you know what? I really don't know who I am! That's the honest truth. When Michael comes back, I look forward to there being an extraordinary story between Edmund, Dimitri and Alex.

elelupo asks: Finola, how much of you, there is in your character? 

Finola Hughes: A lot, as within any character. But then I do feel that I'm playing a character as soon as I go on set and as soon as I begin working and rehearsing. I feel that I step into a set of circumstances that are very different from my own, obviously.

marsamoose asks: Any chance of a crossover to GH for Finola? 

Finola Hughes: Well that would be fantastic, as far as I'm concerned! I was pushing for Faison to come into Pine valley, but that didn't happen. I would love to do something weird like that. Sure!

sumband2000 asks: we would like to know ....Whats for breakfast?

Finola Hughes: What did I have this morning? OK, you've got to understand it was a buffet and there were lots of different things. I had sausage, bacon, potatoes, and before that, pineapple and orange, cut up. But then also there was like a Japanese section, and I had this thing called rice soup, I think, which was really good. I remember I had it when I was in Tokyo. So I had a lot!

manolis_varnassinger asks: finola did you enjoy making that wonderful show blossom

Finola Hughes: I did! Mayim is a fabulous young woman and I loved working with her. I thought she was so intelligent and I think she is going to do something extraordinary in her life.

jf1_uk asks: Finola, do you get much feedback from your foreign fans? Im in england and only get to see you when I came to America.

Finola Hughes: Hello there! I don't know. I guess on the internet, on my website, www.friendsoffinola@simplenet.com, I do actually have people contact me from England, like a girl I went to school with contacted me. Which is why we love the internet, isn't it? But no, please come on my website if you're from England. I would love to speak to you!

elelupo asks: Finola I live in Italy and I'd like to go to Super Soap Weekend next November. Will you be there?? I hope so, I'll go
there only if you will be there!!!

Finola Hughes: I'll be there! If they ask me! I just was in Italy, my friend got married there. It's funny: Russell, my husband, and I when we were having this mammoth breakfast this morning, we were talking about Piedmont and maybe taking a trip there.

shallotpeel asks: Was it fun dancing on AMC recently?

Finola Hughes: Yes, I have to tell you, we did it first thing in the morning -- it was very early! But yes, it was fun.

goldenchild26_99 asks: Hi Finola, I am so glad that you have stuck around for so long. Are you excited about tonite?

Finola Hughes: I am!

manolis_varnassinger asks: finola how did you feel about your nomination

Finola Hughes: I think my nomination is very Sunset Boulevard, very Sunset Boulevard, "Best Comeback".

shallotpeel asks: FH, will you be doing any episodes of CHARMED again any time soon? Love that role, too.

Finola Hughes: Actually they just asked me to do another one. I hope I can find the time from the storyline. I'm not sure that I'll get the opportunity, however.

lilthelma asks: So is Edmund going to be in your future or Dimitri when he returns

Finola Hughes: I am greedy -- Both! :)

rbckmc asks: Finola, are you excited @ michael Nader coming back? 

Finola Hughes: I am, I saw him last night at the Soap Digest party, and we had a goood chat.

paasweetandsexy asks: do you keep in touch with Kimberly McCulough and Tristian Rogers?

Finola Hughes: I do -- she's coming tonight! Tristan, I don't know where he is.

cloud_dancer_30f asks: Finola you are absolutely gorgeous..and i just want to congratulate you on being an outstanding actress

Finola Hughes: Thank you, thank you so much!

Bernard_Michael asks: Finola, how do you like working with Hunt Block (Guy)? 

Finola Hughes: I adore Hunt Block!!! I adore Hunt! I met him first 17 years ago, if you can believe that, we worked that out the other day. And I did a pilot with him which I actually got fired from, and he very gallantly said that I wasn't well or something... Anyway, he's fabulous. I really am enjoying working with him a lot, and I think it's going to get quite interesting with his character! :)

dayslover_26 asks: Finola What is the differencebetween doing a soap and doing Blossom?

Finola Hughes: Well, comedy is terrifying -- LOL. You do it live in front of an audience after rehearsing it for a week, and with a soap, you do it once a day. It's very immediate. Not so terrifying!

elelupo asks: You know I live in Piedmont. In a town named Valenza who is best known as Gold town because it is famous for jewellery manufacturers. So, Italians wait for you!!!!

Finola Hughes: I don't believe it! I just want to go shopping, I think! I can't believe you live in Piedmont -- how could that happen?

paasweetandsexy asks: I heard you were willing to come back to GH but they didn't ask-what gives? 

Finola Hughes: Um, I guess you said it!

headwriterbobby asks: Would you like to see Alex be Anna with amnesia? 

Finola Hughes: Oh god! LOL! I don't know how they're going to fix this! But I look forward to finding out -- I think it's exciting. It's very intriguing playing a character when you don't really know who she's going to end up being. It's actually very complicated.

A Finola Fan: What was the most recent CD you bought?

Finola Hughes: Boss Hog.

daisy_n99 asks: Who are you taking to the awards show tonite? 

Finola Hughes: My husband! And Ian [Buchanan], actually. He's coming.

paasweetandsexy asks: could Kimberly be coming back to GH or joining AMC? Why is she coming? 

Finola Hughes: She's actually just coming to have a good evening!

Bernard_Michael asks: Finola, are you glad your back on daytime?

Finola Hughes: Extremely!!!

SODhost: Thanks Finola!

Backstage at the 16th Annual Soap Opera Awards (SOD Online excerpts 3/10/2000)

SODhost: Finola Hughes who joined us at breakfast has transformed dramatically.. she's in a black suit with a shirt that has to be seen to be believed

SODhost: AMC's Michael Nader has arrived... He's happy to be here and "very excited to be back" on daytime

SODhost: Finola Hughes just won favorite return!  Finola's in the press room -- we'll try to grab her too. Finola's just moments away from chatting with you -- here she is!

Finola Hughes: Hi hi hi! :)  Win again? I have won one before. I am so touched that the fans have voted for me in this role!
To know that they have really accepted Alex, I'm very very happy.

friendlyma asks: FINOLA, HOW ARE THEY TREATING YOU AT AMC ? I HOPE YOU LIKE IT THER! MISS YOU ON GH

Finola Hughes: I love the cast of AMC. I tell you, they are extraordinary, they have been so welcoming to me. John Callahan has been so wonderful every day, Mark and Kelly are extraordinarily witty and I spend most of my time in Kelly's dressing room. :)  I was trying to be really calm, and probably came off rather boring! Nobody was listening to what I was saying -- they were
looking at my bra! :)

springtime4_2000 asks: That's why you wore it, right!

Finola Hughes: Yes, that's why I wore it! :)

springtime4_2000 asks: Hello...you look fab!

Finola Hughes: Oh thank you!

unidreemer asks: please ask Finola if she has any movie plans

Finola Hughes: Not at the moment! :)

sharonbosworth asks: Finola, It sure looks like they are trying to tie Alex with Anna, 

Finola Hughes: It looks that way...

Jodessa69 asks: Finola Congrations !How do you feel about Michael Nader's Return ?

Finola Hughes: I am very excited about Michael Nader coming back. But he CAN'T have his old dressing room back!

shallotpeel asks: Scorpio came out of Alex's mouth today ... 

Finola Hughes: That's absolutely right! I named a new horse in our stables Scorpio.

manolis_varnassinger asks: finola who is there with you in the awards

Finola Hughes: My husband Russell is here and I forgot to thank him for traveling across country for me to be on All My Children and work in New York.

sherit asks: are you part vampire? you never age :)

Finola Hughes: Ah! Who are you, I will send you a check! SODhost: Finola's heading to the ladies room!