AFM: We are dying to know about “America's Got Talent.” How was that overall experience? Is there a favorite memory while being on the show?

TF: “I am not lying to you when I say I smiled from ear-to-ear the entire time. It was definitely grueling. We would wake up at about 5 a.m. and get to the studio at about 6 a.m. We would work all day, work and work and work until about 11 p.m. and they would bus us home. Hard work but what an incredible experience. One of my favorite memories though is at the time the book, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow” came out while we were filming. We had one of the guys go to a local store, like a Fry’s or something, with a wheelbarrow and we all gave him money, and he wheelbarrowed back loads of the books! We all sat in the wings when we weren’t working, and we would all be reading that book. I am such a Harry Potter fan; it was a great memory.”

 AFM: Being able to do more than 200 celebrity impressions is quite impressive! How do you go about learning and practicing those?

TF: “I wish I could tell you some crazy way of learning, but it really came so naturally. I do work at it, but it just came so easy. I didn’t even really realize it was a talent until I was about 26 when I noticed that it wasn’t something everyone could do. It doesn’t matter who it is, I can just pick up on voices and tones from listening. Never thought I would be competing in a talent competition for it!”

AFM: Did you think you would win “America’s Got Talent” and become this huge success that you are?

TF: “I didn’t think I would win. I was in my 40’s, I had sort of given up on this whole being famous thing. I never thought I would be traveling the world, doing what I love, entertaining, for thousands of a people a night. I’m so thankful!”

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