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HelloGiggles: Our readers are also really into OUAT…and I am too! And the mid-season finale is [today], so I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions about the show. JM: Sure! HG: So. Would you say that you’re like your character, Emma Swan? You two seem to share the same go-getter, leadership mentality. Like, when you decided to pursue directing! I think that’s something Emma would totally do. If she had time, that is. JM: Ha! When she’s not slaying dragons! Sure, there are certainly things about Emma that I relate to, that are a part of me. Definitely I think I have a natural instinct to lead. I guess I’ve always seen her as different than me, because she’s had such a rough upbringing and she has such a rough exterior. And I don’t see that as a part of who I am. I was incredibly blessed and lucky that I had a very a warm childhood. I don’t have those same walls up that Emma has had up so long. I feel like once I reach the Dark Swan arc, and I started to have an opportunity to break Emma out of those walls and into a place where she was more vulnerable and available more emotionally, THEN she started to feel more connected to me. Because I feel like I operate from a more vulnerable place. HG: Do you guys have weird rituals or traditions behind the scenes? JM: Ah, no. Our show is sort of always…camping. I am never in my trailer! Ever! HG: If you could pick any princess or prince (or fairy tale character) to appear on the show, who would you choose? JM: Maybe Aladdin and Jasmine? We haven’t done that yet. HG Maybe anyone from the Pixar movies? JM: Oh my gosh, can you imagine Toy Story? It would be fun if all our toys came to life. HG: Can you imagine if there were all those toys in Mr. Gold’s shop, and they came alive and destroyed his life? JM: Oh god that would be so creepy! HG: What’s one thing that fans should prepare for on Sunday? JM: It’s gonna be…a lot to go through. HG: Sooo, we’re going to shed many tears. JM: Well, I certainly did, as Emma. It’s a heart-wrencher for sure.