Tammin Sursok/Colleen NEW interview

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An interesting read

The interview is too long so i just pasted some of the parts of Y&R/Spectacular. The whole interview can be viewed here http://www.teentelevision.com/d.asp?r=1992...;c=1002&p=1

TeenHollywood: How long after you moved to the States did you start working, and how soon did you get involved with "The Young and the Restless"?

Tammin: I had a full year of not really doing anything. I left my surroundings and wasn't really used to that culture. It was a whole new country for me, and I didn't have any friends or family, so I had to adjust to that, let alone try to get a job. So, I was just walking around aimlessly for about a year. And then, I was lucky enough to book "The Young and the Restless" and a couple of movies, all on the same day, which was a very good day for me. It was probably just after a year that I started working.

TeenHollywood: How did you get involved with Spectacular!? Had you been looking for other work to do, while you were working on the soap opera?

Tammin: Yeah. Nothing has ever been a lifetime thing for me. I love creating new characters and meeting new people, and getting to just change and evolve. The Young and the Restless is such an incredible show, and it was just a blessing to be able to be a part of it. I don't know how long I'm going to be on it, and if it's going to be one more year or ten more years, but I've always wanted to expand and do other things as well, whether it's singing, film, dancing, or anything like that. I'm allowed to do both, at the moment, so I'm very lucky.

TeenHollywood: Is there anything coming up for Colleen on "The Young and the Restless", that you're looking forward to fans getting to see?

Tammin: Yeah. My character challenges Victor, so there's going to be a lot more of that. Eric Braeden and I have so many scenes together, and he's just so phenomenal to work with and so encouraging. Now that Colleen's father has died, there's going to be a lot more material with Eric and I, which is really cool.

TeenHollywood: Since it's kind of like having a crash course in acting, what have you learned from being on a soap opera?

Tammin: You have to be professional. You have to know your lines. You have to go with the flow, a little more than you would on a movie 'cause you have three days to shoot something. I really believe that it teaches you how to be a pro, on set. I think it's great for every young actress to do because it really does teach you a lot. You get to play all of the emotions, all in one day.

TeenHollywood: When fans talk to you about "The Young and the Restless", are there things that you hear most often from them?

Tammin: No. But, I did the horrible thing of looking myself up on the Internet, and they're really mean sometimes. I'm like, "It's not me, I swear!" Sometimes, they don't warm to you, especially if you've taken over a character, like I did. I would like to see my character go in some different directions, so they can be more warm to her.

TeenHollywood: If you had your choice, are there specific types of roles or genres that you're hoping to do, that you haven't gotten the chance to do yet?

Tammin: Yeah. I would really love to play someone like Charlize Theron did in Monster, or like Anne Hathaway did in Rachel Getting Married, where you can really sink your teeth into something that is so far removed from who you are. Those characters that have a lot of hardship in their lives and a lot of layers would be fantastic to play.

TeenHollywood: When you're voted Sexiest Woman in the World by Australia's FHM magazine, is it weird to go from that to playing a teenager?

Tammin: I got voted when I was 19, so I was a teenager then. It's interesting. I think Australia is a little more open to that kind of stuff. You can still be sexy and young, and not be slutty. I feel like I'm still a teenager, and I still feel like I put myself together right, so that I can be cute and boys can notice me, but it's not in a slutty way. For me, it's all different sides of my personality and, as an actor, you have to play all these different characters, so it doesn't bother me at all.