Jensen & Danneel Ackles at The Family Business Brewery Co. Family and Friends Preview Opening [4 January 2018]

• Jared to first time convention goers: “So, Supernatural is a show about two brothers. Sam and Dean-” 
• He talks about how Jensen and he have been able to play pretend on the show for 13 years and not sure how many people can say they’ve done the same. 
• Jared thanks the fans for letting him bring Sam to life. “I love Sam Winchester. I dig him. He’s kind of a nice dude.”
• Jared: How many people here are Minnesota natives? We’re surrounded! Let’s run! They’re too cold to chase us! lol 
• Jared’s back hurts. Jensen: Is your back affecting your brain? Jared: Yes! My back brain. 
• Salmon Dean jokes. 
• Jared finds out a fan often has their last name mispronounced. Jared teases: Oh, boo hoo! How do you think I feel?
• The weirdest pronunciation of Jensen’s last name is Ake-less. People have pronounced Jared’s last name as Padel-ski. 
• Jensen tells a story of a news guy who just gave up trying to pronounce Jared’s name lol. 
• Jared: Chad Michael Murray, who I met 17 years ago on GG. Y’all weren’t born yet. Jensen: I was born, but never heard of it. 
• Chad gave Jared the nickname Padawhacker lol.
• Jared jokes: Don’t watch GG, you’ll see what a real man Dean can be. Jensen: I’m not even sure there was men on the show. 
• Jensen: If the script says that we eat pizza next week, the prop person asks us in advance for our order. 
• Jensen hates pickles. Doesn’t like condiments either. He knows when a pickle has been picked off. “Don’t play that with me, I know there was a pickle here.”
• Jensen had to film a hot dog scene recently but didn’t want to eat lots of onions, so he had radishes chopped up to look like onions. Jared’s favorite part was food hanging from Jensen’s lip while talking and Alex couldn’t hold it together lol.
• If Jensen could change something about Dean he would have them not make him eat as much!
• Jared appreciates the differences between him and Sam, like some things that might annoy him.  
• Jensen: “I wish we used more gadgets. There are so many things in the back of the Impala that we never use. Obviously the big ticket item, the grenade launcher, finally got used. Next on the list is the grappling hook!”
• Jensen wants Dean climbing up with a grappling hook and for Sam to be like, the door’s open…
• Jared: There have been almost a dozen Supernatural episodes named after Led Zeppelin songs (makes crowd name them). 
• Jensen: I know I have all of Led Zeppelin’s vinyls at home. Jared: Because he’s old! 
• There’s a sign in the crowd that is supposed to say “We love Sam and Dean” but the N fell off so it says “We love Sam and Dea” - Jared: I can see this sign in the audience that says…We love Sam and the Drug Enforcement Agency!” lol 
• Fan asks: If you could relive any day, which day would you relive and why? Fans shout out: Tuesday!
• Jensen about his twins being born: My wife is way cooler than me, she was cool as a cucumber. And on a lot of drugs!
• During the birth, Arrow didn’t want to turn over. Jensen: She’s stubborn like her mother. They were C-section babies. 
• Jensen tells the story about how Jared knows him so well that he told him to check to make sure he had his passport when Danneel was about to go into labor with the twins and Jensen really had forgotten it. Jensen to Jared: I don’t know how you knew. 
• When they made it back to Austin, Jensen’s friend in the police department drove him through 7 stoplights so that he could make it in time for the twins being born. 
• Jared calls Gen and Danneel badasses :) 
• The day Jared wants to relive the most hasn’t happened yet. It’ll be the last day of filming Supernatural. Jared: I know after we film the last episode I’ll want to do it all again. 
• Jared on the last day of filming SPN: It’ll be us and hopefully Collins is there and whoever else, and it’s going to go by so fast. 
• Jared: The last day of filming is going to be hard and the next day will be sad but hopefully that’s many years from now. 
• Jared: “If Sam and Dean knew everything that would happen to them over 13 years, would they do it all over again? Yes.” 
• Jensen about fans who have seen every episode twice: “You complete me.”
• Jared: That’s badass. Jensen: You’re badass.
• Boys talking about when they knew they’d be good friends and brothers.
• Jensen knew instantly that he and Jared would be friends. The first and only time they fought, he realized it would be a solid relationship. They got into a fight once in the early days of SPN and then sat down and said, “That can’t happen again” and it never did <3
• Jared: The struggles are the moments in a relationship when you figure out whether it’s worth it to carry on or not. When something is tested is when you’ll see if it’s worth it. 
• Jared also knew that they had a lasting friendship the first time they got jumped. 
• Jared: “We got jumped and Ackles came back to make sure his boy was alright.” 
• The moment where Dean stuffed candies into his pocket was unscripted, Jensen just wanted candy. 
• Jared: The writers, directors, crew, etc, know that we really understand our characters, we’re not just trying to look cool. 
• Jensen about being allowed to change scripts. “There is a trust there, and we haven’t broken it, and we wouldn’t break it.” One of Jensen’s favorite parts of the show is the collaboration. 
• Boys say the best idea wins. Not a lot of room on the set for ego. 
• On anxiety and depression - Jared: Sometimes love and affection and support isn’t enough. You need someone unbiased. I proudly have therapy twice a week. 
• Jared: I had a day when I wasn’t sure I’d see the sun rise again. But I haven’t had a day where I feel like I’m tortured in years. 
• Jared on how to deal with depression and anxiety: Seek professional help, period. “I don’t have bad days anymore. Haven’t in years. Thanks for y’all’s support. Go get professional help. It works. 
• Jensen: I took a drama class in high school because I had to take an arts elective and didn’t want to sing and couldn’t draw.
• Jared: I still have a lot of life to live. Though I do feel old and I have grey hair.
• Jared about acting: If it sucks and you want to walk away, then walk away. But if it sucks and you feel like it’s worth it, keep going. 
• Jared’s oldest son, Tom, just started school this week. Jared: I remember my first day of kindergarten, and I wanted to talk to my son on his, too, so I FaceTimed him. Jared set his alarm for 4:30AM so he could. 
• Fan: Is there any bad guy or monster you’d like to face off against again? Jared: Ruby!
• Jared, imitating his kids watching SPN in the future: “Daddy, why did Uncle Jensen kill Mom?”
• Jensen would like to see Death back on SPN.
• Jared: The best thing I learned to do in therapy, and am still learning, is to see everything for what it is.
• Jared: Stop using the word mistake. You didn’t make a mistake you made a decision. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of great. Jared says that Jensen helps him with his perfectionism.
• Jared says that whenever he feels negative about things Jensen lifts him up. 
• Jared mentioned that he struggles feeling good in his body and will tell Jensen that he feels fat and Jensen will tell him that he looks good.
• Jensen: If you make a mistake you’re not losing. You’re either winning or learning. 
• Fan has a question for Jared. Jared pushes Jensen away. Jared: Every time I push Jensen, take a shot! 
• It took Jared two years to write his 40 page chapter for FDEWB. He finds writing very anxiety inducing. 
• Jared: The Padaleckis and the Ackles went to Turks and Caicos together a couple years back. Jared was writing the chapter during that vacation. Jensen was like: You know we are on vacation, right?
• Jensen: He kept writing his chapter, so I walked away. Jared: In a little Speedo. And I was like, are those a roll of certs in your front center pocket? The boys are cracking up. Jensen: I have all sorts of sweet treats in my pocket. 
• Jared says if he writes more, he might just put it on Gen’s blog. He mentioned the blog as a way to continue writing. 
• Jared: “There’s a certain freedom that I feel when they call action. I’m free to be whoever I am.”
• Jensen about getting through hard times: I go to family, friends, and if that doesn’t work I go to the gun range. 
• Jensen says he tries to be very practical about his expectations, where he is, where he wants to be, and sometimes he’ll make a list. 
• Jared: Pain is mandatory. Suffering is optional. Pain happens. Get through the pain and be the badass rockstar you are. 
• Random tweets after the panel: some penis jokes lol and lots of touching between the boys. 

• J2 are matching in black. 
• They were sent the s12 gag reel for approval. Jared: It sent me into like…you know where there’s a YouTube rabbit hole where you’re like, oh I’m gonna look at that video on that one thing, four hours later *clicking away* Jensen at YouTube: Stop suggesting videos for me to watch!
• Jared wanted to watch the other gag reels and is sad because he can no longer do the scream he does at the end of the s1 gag reel where they start screaming in the wrecked Impala. He tries but the scream doesn’t match. Jensen: There’s a lot of things you did in s1 that you can’t do now lol. 
• Jensen does a Swedish accent. 
• They’ve never been cussed out so much before after a finale: “YOU KILLED EVERYONE”
• Jared and Jensen followed the Twitter reaction to the finale while flying. All the sad emojis.
• Jensen on the s12 finale: “It’s a slaughterfest!” 
• J2 are teasing a fan who was raising their hand to ask a question and then did a double take when they were actually picked to ask a question haha. 
• At some point a fan talks about how Sully told Sam he’s not dad, he’s not Dean, “you’re Sam and Sam is awesome.” She loved the quote, hit home for her. Jared gives a shout out to Richard Speight Jr. for directing that ep. Fan asks if there are quotes that have hit home for him. Jared mentions quotes about who you are similar to that one. Mentions “Sam Fucking Winchester” and Jensen pretends to look shocked that he said fuck so Jared rubs his arm to console him lol. Jared says he has received a lot of support from friends and family, has heard a lot of things that make him feel better. All about being who you are, basically. 
• Jared talks about how badass Gen is to talk about Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign in front of the Texas Congress. 
• After a fan asks about it, Jared tells the story about how Tom Welling tried to get into his house where he was storing his stuff years ago but Tom forgot the code. “There’s Superman in handcuffs.” 
• Fan asks a question about how Jared deals with depression and anxiety at work. Work is an escape for Jared. It’s the quiet moments when his mind will start going, so that’s why work is an escape. When he’s around friends and being challenged, knowing he’s part of this family and part of something that has helped bring others support, helps bring him support, it helps him deal with it. 
• He said he gets a high from being able to create. He and Jensen were talking about 12x22. Says the scene with Jensen where they are trying to break through the wall and sit down and talk, they made that special and he’s proud. J2 are really proud of that emotional scene in that ep. 
• Keep moving your feet. Do something small like smiling will help you. Change everything about what’s going on to make you happy. 
• Jared: Crazy may be out there but I’ve only had wonderful experiences with fans. 
• Jared loves hearing about the connections that Supernatural has made for people. Jensen loves that it’s unapologetically inclusive. 
• Jared just helped Jensen with a word he couldn’t come up with. 
• The boys start talking about wrestling. Jensen would tag team with the Rock so he could be in awe like “Wow..” he wants to meet him and shake his hand and collapse (tap out lol). 
• Jared would fight/wrestle naked because nobody wants to fight the naked guy :P
• J2 haven’t pranked each other in awhile. Jensen teases about a years long prank that Jared doesn’t know about, Jared cracks Jensen up when he says he is Jim Carrey in The Truman Show (context for those who haven’t seen the movie: x). Jared does mention spraying his cologne in the car to annoy Jensen, though haha. Jensen was pretending to choke.
• The boys are teasing each other about their antics while driving in to the convention this morning and being adorable. 
• If they could listen to any CD from any band over and over without getting sick of it, who would it be? Jared: Pearl Jam’s “Ten.” Jensen: Zeppelin’s Greatest Hits. Jared: Beatles Greatest Hits. Jensen: I’d also take Stones, “and say what you will but The Eagles.” Jared, who was nodding along to the list, puts his hands in the air: “Who’s gonna say otherwise?!”
• JJ is really into Elton John right now. Jensen: Thank God. 

#blessedbyhiatus2017