The Star Online “Jensen Ackles enjoys doing Supernatural”
(...) In 2005, his face went global when the first season of Supernatural was aired and people liked what they saw.
The series revolves around the Winchester brothers (played by Ackles and Jared Padalecki) following in the footsteps of their father to rid the Earth of demons, evil ghosts, monsters and the bogeyman. Armed with salt, their father’s journals on how to banish demons, and boyish charm, they travel across the United States in their black 1967 Chevy Impala, hunting down demons ... hoping to one day kill the yellow-eyed demon that took their mother.
It’s the kind of show that would have immediate cult following – it has classic rock tunes featured in every episode, good-looking leads, excellent character development, scary stuff, comedic moments and engaging plots.
Still, Ackles is also aware that Supernatural, which spends equal time on the relationship between the brothers and that of demon-busting, is a series enjoyed by a wide diversity of people, “... from the little 12-year-old screaming girl to grandfathers and grandmothers,” says Ackles. (...) He says that it is also one of the luxuries that come after shooting for three seasons now – not only do they understand each other, both he and Padalecki can afford to take more chances with the characteristics of their respective characters, allowing them to read a line a bit differently from what’s written.
At the same time, he humbly admits that “the writers are the brains of the operation” and that Supernatural creator Eric Kripke keeps the two of them on their toes and guessing what’s going to happen next to their characters.
The notion that Supernatural could be cancelled after one season seems ridiculous now as the series has proven only to get
better and better with each season. (...) For Ackles, five seasons seems to be the magic number for the series to run – not too long and just enough to end it well.
On the other hand, one thing that appears to bear heavy on Ackles’ mind is the great amount of time he spends making the series. Since he and Padalecki are in every scene, both the actors work every single day spending nine months out of every year in Vancouver where the series is filmed. This hardly leaves room for a social life or to get a couple of movies under his belt.
So when Supernatural added two female characters in the third season, Ackles thought: “This was going to be our ticket to a little bit more time off. But unfortunately, they can’t be on the show without being directly involved with us, so if they’re on the show we’re on it with them.” And, he’s back to square one.
Not that he’s complaining; the man obviously loves his job, admitting to missing it greatly during the writers’ strike that happened earlier this year.
He says: “I really like the process of television. I like the fact that you can get months and even years of developing a character and finding the different nuances and different relationships with the different characters.
“I enjoy the process of television. I also enjoy the speed of television. I get on a film set and I’m like (snores) because I’m used to working at such a rapid pace with television because we’ve got deadlines.
“I like that pace, but there’s also something to movies that is really fascinating to me as well. I don’t know. I would like to do movies if it works into the schedule, but the show has a pretty demanding schedule, so it’s hard.” (...) [source]