Darren Criss Interview Part 1 

I would just love to walk up to this Darren of the past and ask him where he thinks he will be in a few years and then tell him.

I love how modest he is about the success of AVPM and AVPS - it's because he's super talented!! It was inevitable that only a couple of months after this that he became famous through Glee. He deserves it all :)

I absolutely love that he's all fidgety and just sits like a 5 year old and rambles. He is seriously the perfect man. (and is totally awesome)

"What does your songwriting process look like?" "What does it look like? It looks like a mess!!" LOL

He is the cutest thing in the entire world

this will forever be my favorite Darren interview, and I have seen MANY a Darren interview... but this trumps all others

"Oh, snow! How delightful!" Too... frickin... cute...

"Oh, snow! How delightful! What a... great time to study by a fireside!" so fucking dapper.

More people should be like him. I'm glad he's in the public eye so much these days because we need role models like Darren

"Don't be hellbent on making something for yourself; just make something." Everything he says is beautiful.

"The coolest thing you'd do is throw rocks and play with fire. Because that's what you do when you're a kid." I wish DC had been MY camp counselor =[ And this is amazing, as usual. xD Thanks for posting it!

"ah snow, how delightful. what a good time to study by a fireside" hahahhaha i dont know if i can explain how much i love darren lol

Darren talking about being a parent one day is the hottest thing ever.

there is no such thing as a darren video where i dont laugh or smile or hyperventilate or get goosebumps or that my love for him reaches breaking point

I really hope he stays as grounded as he seems to be now. He seems to have such an amazing personality, "just do what you like" and enjoy it! I want to meet more people like him :(

Holy crap I remember wanting to go to this last yearrr I'm less than an hour away from SF in Pleasanton, but I couldn't :( Come back to Outside Lands this year!!

imagine going to that camp and having Darren as your counselor!

LOVE his eyes!

whenever i feel sad at the fact that in so many of dcriss's interviews lately, no one gets his humor, i come and watch this and rejoice

This will always be my favorite dc video

why must he be so gosh darn adorable?

Dear Darren, you are the most handsome and Charming man alive, you are the only reason why I'm going to watch Glee!

Oh my gosh I think he was wearing that gray hoodie for his show at The Mint last Saturday!!

His eyes are so perfect

"If my parents heard that they would say thats a terrible thing to say" :D that was really cute. he must of had pretty good parents for him to turn out so sweet

I love how he still cares about what his parents think of him. And how he sends pictures to his mom from/during big events. Makes him that much more adorable!

I miss this hair

he is so amazingly down to earth, love him for that....he also gives me hope as a fellow preformer that one can make it big and not turn into a jerk

Darren wore this t-shirt in the T.G.I.F in the video he did with the glee guys and Keenan Cahill! I love you DCriss ;D

so glad u took off ur glasses darren so i could look at u betr :)

winter.. snow.. come to Norway, and i'll go to cali! oh and btw, 0 dislikes.. who could dislike this boy?

I was smiling like a fool throughout this whole video and I didn't even notice until it ended.

Soo good!! His song writing process looks like a mess - like someone took a dump & sprayed it all over the wall. This is so different from how he describes his process now. He now says it is very structured.

He seems to be shivering

I still wanna hug him ;)

my mom is best friends with the woman who taught him theater in Michigan! it is soooo cool!!!!!!!!! XD

If Darren Criss was my camp counselor, I would never ever leave camp

He can be my camp counselor whenever he wants. ;)

The music in the background kinda goes with it.

DARREN CRISS LOVES MICHIGAN... I'M FROM MICHIGAN... LET'S GET MARRIED.

Wow, I never realized that this interview was at Outside Lands. I WAS THERE THAT YEAR. If I only knew, I could have met him before his massive fame. This is actually blowing my mind right now.

those infamous pink shades!!! gosh yay im lucky one of my friends is gonna get me an identical pair for my birthday hahaha!!!! lol pink ;D

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He would be the best counsuler EVERR!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@brainseatpeople1 oh i know! its gonna be so sad! he is one of those people you talk about and almost everyone is like who?? but after glee its gonna be OHMYGOSH! DARREN!!!

"I like orange and blue together... but I would never wear them." And what exactly were you wearing on Saturday in Vegas, Darren?? Man of your word, I see.

His pink glasses.

Dear Darren's Hair, You are perfect. Love Alyssa Dear Darren, Please show the letter to your hair. Love Alyssa

ive watched soo many interviews of darren criss and in everyone hes soo funny and down to earth ♥

Darren, I'm sure your campers loved you, the wacky camp counselors are the best :)

Those are some badass shades :3

If he could only knew what he has become now then...

I love all colors of the rainbow except black. But purple is my number one too like Darren Criss I have a purple tablet, a purple gym bag, and on myself purple toenails.

"It looks like somebody went into a room & took a dump and had like a blowtorch and then like sprayed it all over the wall" Lovely mental images Darren, thank you. God I love his freakin goofiness and his inability to process things before they come out of hi mouth. Usually he's so god damn eloquent and just that lovely imagery makes me laugh so much.

i love his scarf, i love his sunglasses, and i love the pasture behind him

6:55 "If you could only see the world in shades of one color, what would you chose?" *Cue cute thinking noises* "Uh, pink. Cause it would be really funny." Oh Darren :)

forget about time travel! I woulda shit my pants if Darren Frikin' Criss was MY camp counselor!

No. They put hairgel in it. Right?

I love that she doesn't interrupt him like they do in most interviews. She just lets him ramble on because watching/listening to him ramble on is the best thing to be doing.

This is how every interview should be with anyone. Just such one-on-one, personal feel, like he's really talking to a friend and giving everything.

Orange and blue haha that are the collors of my clubtenue bright orange and dark,sparkly blue xD

I'm SOO proud of Darren; I remember seeing this interview, like, over a YEAR ago, and he still remains so humble (even with all the gleeks swarming him like gnats... oops sorry)

@lifeglee123 omg i´m from denmark.... and i just thought you talk about Vegas i Copenhagen and i was like:" whf awesome has darren play there!... WHY HAVE NON TOLD ME IT". and then it dawned on me at it´s wans´t in copenhagen.....

what colour did he say when the interviewer asked in what colour shades would he like to see the world in? I didn't catch that...

he gives such great advice hes brilliant

i rlly want this man. i want all of him

I've got the same glasses :D

winter and snow to me is poop. i live in norway, and it's snowing right now. it just makes me so seriously depressed!!!!!

I just can't get over the fact... "I like orange and blue together, but I'd never wear them" nearly one year later he is on a stage in front of thousands of people wearing exactly orange and blue together. oh, Darren....

"I think purple is a great colour, because it's the colour of creativity and of Roman nobility. I'm not a Roman noble so it doesn't really apply to me...but creativity!" Yeah, he's basically perfect.

@crazyNCISfan1861 WHERE IS THE PROOF?! (if u have proof then none shall be able to say tht u arent. and you will also get 1000 inboxes a day. 999 of them will be from me lol)

THE GLASSES IN GLEE!!! (I think)

Darren lied :O He said that he would never wear blue and orange together yet on the glee tour he did!!! Am I the only one who noticed this??

"I have no idea. But even if I did, I would say yes. And her name is... is... is... isTrarangulus and she's 9 feet tall and has a hundred arms... and... and her eyes are made of lasers,and that if any girl tried to destroy her, they would perish. But that's just hypothetically what I would say if I knew his girlfriend's name was Trarangulus." Can you say epic story telling capabilities???

Oh wow. Confession. I. LOVE. YOU.

@SuperParker94 Well, I live in the netherlands and in Zoetermeer we have this jewelleryshop, and that's were I found it... ;)

"Throw rocks and play with fire... That's what I used to do as a kid, cause it was awesome!" "Have any advice?" "No, I don't." "Winter and the cold and snow is a novelty." "Green is great for the planet." "Then mean people wouldn't look so bad." "And if any girl tried to destroy her, they'd perish." I love his hand gestures, I do that too. I also move my legs alot like crossing them. He makes me smile with his ranting:) Darren freakin' Criss, we are soul mates. MARRY ME!

"Uh...Pink...because it would be really funny...because then really mean people wouldn't look so mean" best answer ever :)

damn i fucking love you darren

He's so humble and adorable.

Darren Chris, you are totally awesome xD and cute. as in super mega foxy awesome hot cute don't fell harassed, it's the truth :-? btw this guy is so awesome, he can be amazingly hot and make all girls have a crush on him, and play the role of a gay dude in glee at the same time that's real talent what he has xD go DC ^:)^ P.s. avpm and avps made my life complete

i hope he knows that orange and blue are the boise state college colors... :) also, to those who ask where to find the glasses, i actually saw a pair of those at Target, so, you could try there. also, i would maybe try Hot Topic? You never know, just keep looking, cuz they're actually really easy to find.

@PerceptionsOfMe oh I know but I just think it's pretty ironic that they chose those perticular colours for him! :)

I had no idea his brother was in freelance whales!?! all of my favorite things are all interconnected! THAT IS CRAZY!

I'm pretty sure the glasses are an inside joke/pre-promotional prop ... I think for "Starship." Anyone know for sure?

I love the fact that he used to go to college just about 2 hours away from where I live, I stayed in the hotel across the street from the whole glee cast when I was in Rosemont, IL with my friend and we were told that we just missed meeting all of them... So close to meeting him, but yet so far...

"i had to pretend that what they were doing was a bad thing like if they were throwing rocks at each other and playing with matches I 'd have to say 'that's bad don't do that' but when I was a kid i loved doing that! That's what you did! I know parents are gonna get mad at me for saying that."

for real i am insanely jealous of darren. from watching these videos, all of the people in the AVPM are chill as fuck to hang with, and darren is such a good guitarist and singer (two things i wish i could do). plus i'm sure he can get so much ass. he's also crazy hilarious. godddd

The fact that this was only a year ago, a month before he got Glee just amazes me. His life has just changed so much and he has had so much success in so little time. Excuse me while I have an "I'm so proud of how far our boy has come" moment.....

@floorietjuh I was just about to comment on that but then I saw your comment! Actually, seeing Blaine wear that during that concert made me madly want Blaine to be colourblind on the show. I think that would be hilarious with him dating Kurt! xD

...I had to watch this with my screen brightness turned way up cause I was wearing my Starkid glasses during it... I LOVE this interview. He seems so sincere and truthful, but at the same time insanely cute, funny and OF COURSE supermegafxoyawesomehot.

blah he's so freaking awesome. I want him as a best friend. and a boyfriend. and a hubby. I gotta meet him and slowly work my way up to all three of those goals. Why do all the amazingly awesome down to earth people have to live so far away

@PerceptionsOfMe I know I just just think it pretty ironic that they chose those perticular colours for him. :)

Darren Criss in his pink sunglasses. I am ordering my real ones this weekend so excited. ahah Strakids Forever

Jan 5. I'll see this man live on jan 5. Please have a random concert in the street of NY the day before! I'll sing along to all the starkid song or disney :D AHAH! Gosh. DC has made finding a guy very hard.

Guys, guys.. Do you really think this is how Darren would want us all to act? I'm both a Starkid AND a Gleek and I can see nothing wrong with that. You guys don't have to agree with me but now I've at least stated my opinion.

Anyone else's Starkid glasses from Ann Arbor Tees chipping? Like the paint? It's flaking off, but at least the Starkid logo is still intact.. If that gets damaged I shall transform into Godzilla and go on a rampage!

"Scratch that, that's a terrible thing to say. My parents will be like " that's a terrible thing to say in an interview"" Darren that's why we love you, because you' re always you and that's a pretty awesome person to be :)

Can I just start off by saying, I am a huge DCriss fan. DCriss, love you but from a teacher stand point, I can imagine you drove your first grade teacher insane. Very ADHD-ish. Love your work, keep doing what your doing.

As if I couldn't love him anymore, I realize we sit exactly the same way. Like I can never just sit with my feet on the floor and whenever I see him sitting I an interview he's crossed legged or hes got one knee up