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Breakfast at
the 16th Annual Soap Opera Awards (SOD
Online chat 3/10/2000)
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transcripts
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!