Darwin's doing a Q&A on the Blog!

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So the ever awesome Darwin Shaw has graciously agreed to do a Q&A for us here on the blog!  How cool is he?

Those of you who participated in Diogo's Q&A here on the blog already know the drill, but for those of you who didn't/don't know, here's how it works... I have compiled all the questions received and sent them on to Darwin.  He will answer as many as he can, when he can and send his answers back to me when his schedule allows... then I will post his answers here on the blog on his behalf.  So it's kind of like a live chat on Twitter, but Darwin can answer as his schedule/time allows, and we don't have the annoying 140 character limit. J

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"Episódio Directo" with Diogo (from 2009)

Still reeling from the excitement and appreciation for Diogo's amazing Q&A here on the blog, today's "Clip of the Day" stays with that theme... it comes from August, 2009 when SIC and E-Especial did a live broadcast online with Diogo called "Episódio Directo com Diogo Morgado" where he answered online questions from fans directly.  And our dear friends Liliana and Lou da Gama were both kind enough to translate a half hour each of this ONE HOUR "interview" for us, which you will find below the video/link.

(video courtesy of SIC)

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Reporter (Margarida): Good afternoon everybody, welcome Diogo Morgado.
DM: Hi!
Reporter: Welcome to "Episódio Directo" [Live Episode], you know questions will pour…
DM: Yeahh rain is a good sign! I’m ready to get wet, let’s go!
Reporter: Right? Let’s go then… First question: - “I would like to know, as an actor, which character did you like to do the most. Hugs and cheers for your career, you are a great host too.”
DM: Thank you!! What’s his name?
Reporter: Miguel. 
DM: Miguel, honestly, for me… I love what I do. To me, work is everything and I think that the difficult parts are always the last ones. It’s the last thing you do. For what I’ve done, the most difficult is the last one, the one I am doing, now, there’s a sense of responsibility. We know what the people like, and that always adds to the difficulty level. I try to innovate always and that is difficult. Veeery difficult. Everything is invented, now!
Reporter: Miguel also thinks you are a great host. Have you thought leaving acting and turn into that?
DM: Noooo. No. No. No. No. 
Reporter: The ideal was for you to do both…?
DM: No. I say this and have no problem with that, I am not a host. Inside what a prototype host is, a person who is ready or hosting any kind of events, I am not a host. I am someone who likes to communicate with people, and that feels at ease hosting some things, some events and situations. I like almost everything that has to do with direct contact with the audience. The program “Da-lhe Gás” that I made here at SIC, had about 700 kids in the pavilions, and there was much shouting, a big mess, and I was the master of the game. For me that was kidding, not hosting, I was like the older brother, playing with them. The game becomes a tv program. So… thank you, I appreciate it, Miguel, but I do not see myself as a host. If I have to do and identify with the project… the last thing I hosted, and maybe that is what Miguel is talking about,   was “Amor de Verão” here at SIC, and I had contact with the audience, that was a challenge and I had lots of friends who sang there, so I did it with pleasure, It was great. 
Reporter: So Diogo Morgado is and will be an actor.
DM: I….. try to be! Yes!!

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Q&A: Diogo's Answers to Your Questions!

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Here are Diogo's answers to the questions you guys sent in to him for his Q&A on the blog.  He got A LOT of questions, so please remember, he simply couldn't answer every question, but we thank him so much for taking the time to do this.  Enjoy!

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Mary Ann, Julie, Jenny, Tracy, and many other fans asked this most frequently asked question: "Do you have a fan mail address either in the US or Portugal? Where we can request an autographed picture?"

Diogo: I do have a fan mail address in the US....

C/o Park Noack Agency  

10866 Wilshire Blvd

Ste 400

Los Angeles, CA 90024 USA

And in Portugal -- 

Rua Gonçalo Cristóvão, nº250 

Sala-5  

4000-265 Porto – PORTUGAL

The only problem is that if you guys send anything to a country that I'm not in at the moment, it might take a while until I get it. Probably a month in case I´m shooting.  The best way will be an email account that we´re going to do for the official website.
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Jenny asked: "Do you have any plans for an official website?  Perhaps the blog could become?  Then we could have exclusive, official content?"

Diogo: We are preparing an official website already, with daily updates and content, and I'm gonna make sure that the blog receives an offer to collaborate on the website. How about that?

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