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Mom and you were both getting carried away on the phone. >> i don't know. maybe it was the first time i was recognized or maybe it was -- maybe it was the first time i drove up to paramount studios and had a place for my car to go. that was crazy. >> through the gates. >> through the gates. they let me in. they didn't call security. >> ied that same moment when i signed up for "america's got talent" and the first day of filming was through the famous gates. that is a moment, isn't it. >> amazing moment. >> a long way from the dry cleaners. >> i think actually getting work, being a working acto...

Cleaners. >> i think actually getting work, being a working actor was the moment for me, when i really had the realization. >> and then it explodes and your character becomes this iconic character, really fast. >> hmm. >> and you -- i think you're very smart the way you handled the character and the brand and everything else. >> thank you. >> you do this extraordinary speech at the golden globes. i'll play a little clip of. >> chris colfer. >> i have to thank ryan murphy for basically being my fairy godfather. everybody at fox. robert oreck, for submitting me to the show when there was nothing...

>> i don't know. maybe it was the first time i was recognized or maybe it was -- maybe it was the first time i drove up to paramount studios and had a place for my car to go. that was crazy. >> through the gates. >> through the gates. they let me in. they didn't call security. >> ied that same moment when i signed up for "america's got talent" and the first day of filming was through the famous gates. that is a moment, isn't it. >> amazing moment. >> a long way from the dry cleaners. >> i think actually getting work, being a working actor was the moment for me, when i really had the realizatio...

I mean, of course, when you're -- it's your first thing, you think as soon as the pilot airs, the first time it's going to be this huge thing and you won't be able to walk outside. it doesn't work that way. it's more a gradual process. >> for you, what was the pinch-me moment? >> oh, god. what was the first pinch-me moment? >> the moment when you rang your mom and you were both getting carried away on the phone. >> i don't know. maybe it was the first time i was recognized or maybe it was -- maybe it was the first time i drove up to paramount studios and had a place for my car to go. that was ...

influential people in the world. he's a role model to millions of fans and hobnobbing with celebrities. you -- >> i bow to lady gaga. she had a crown on. >> he's even met the president. what did he say to you? >> hi, i'm barack. and of course when i get excited i get high pitched, so i'm, like, i'm chris! >> inside the white house with someone who knows the president better than just about anybody else -- the first brother-in-law. what do you call the president? >> oh, when i see him i call him barack or president obama or mr. president. the best one is that guy who goes to his left ...