Tylor Chase – Survival of the Fittest

Q.  What are the current projects that you are working on?

A.  Right now I’m working on “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide” for season two and we’ve been filming since the beginning of this year.  It’s been really fun, it’s been a blast working on the set, it’s a really awesome environment to work on, everyone is really nice to each other.  It’s just great to be around everyone there because everyone there is basically like friends.  It’s a really great experience for me.

Q.  Can you tell us about your role as “Donny” in “Confessions of a Late Bloomer”?

A.  Donny wasn’t really like a lot of roles I had played before, he was kind of a social outcast at his school and he liked this one girl.  She was like the popular one and he was like the loner one, and they just start speaking.  Throughout the movie he tries to impress her by doing outrageous things like gluing body hair to himself or all this other stuff, because you looks so much younger than everyone else in high school.  At the end he gets upset because he can’t get the girl and the girl realizes that she likes him and he just needed to be himself all along.  That’s how he ends up getting the girl and that’s how it has a happy ending, it was a very fun set and the director was really great to work with and everyone there, it was just fun, it was a fun experience for me to do.

Q.  What made you want to be a part of that project?

A.  Well, I auditioned for it and I read the script and I just thought it was an awesome script.  The script really interested me from the start and I liked the role because it was so complex, it had so much background to it.  I love roles like that, being part of movies like that, that actually have a good storyline and a good character cast, and that’s what really interested me to get the job.  When I first started it just was awesome, I don’t regret ever doing it.

Q.  Do you have a most memorable moment from filming?

A.  My most memorable moment probably was during the end of the movie, I get pants by the boys and get thrown into the pool.  That was really memorable because everyone there was watching and they threw me into the pool and after I got out I just felt so cool because the kids picked me up and chucked me into the water. Everyone there was clapping and stuff and it was really pumping for me, really mind blowing, I just thought that was a really awesome part of filming. 

Q.  What made you want to get into acting?

A.  Well, I was in a lot of school plays when I was younger and I watched a lot of movies and I always really looked up to a lot of actors when I was young.  I thought it would be so cool if I could be in there place, I told my parents about it.  They always tried to get me into things, eventually I got with my agent and my manager and they started sending me out.  I loved it, I loved doing it, the craft is such an amazing craft and it’s so awesome to be in this type of business. Everything here pumps you up and gets you all excited whenever something happens.  It’s so fast in this business, it’s just awesome to work in and I love working in the craft, I love working the craft, it’s a really great craft to be in.

Q.  You appear on the show “Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide,” what is it like getting to work with actors your own age?

A.  That is a really great part about it, everyone there can just be friends and hang out and stuff.  We all like to hang out on the weekends and in our spare time.  We just get together and have fun and on the set, it’s just the same environment, the same time of place to be, because we know each other so well since we’re working on season two already.  We’ve all gotten to know each other and we’re all really great friends and it is just an awesome experience to be in, it’s a great opportunity for me too.

Q.  What do you enjoy doing in your spare time?

A.  In my spare time whenever I get a chance to practice to my guitar, hanging out with my siblings, I have three siblings that I like to spend my time with whenever I am home.  I also like to hang out with all of my friends and I live in Orange County and I don’t get to see a lot of my friends when I am up in LA, so whenever I am down here I get to hang out with them, which is really great for me.  I really enjoy that and besides acting filming, playing guitar and hanging out with my friends, that’s basically how my life is, and I love every minute of it.

Q.  How important is it for you to stay in touch with your fans and supporters?

A.  I think that is very important to me because they take their time to watch me and I think it’s only fair to return the favor.  I remember when I got my first fan mail, I was so excited.  Every time someone asks me about the show, or compliments me on my work because it is really important that these guys are there for me and they support me.  They are the ones who make your career, because without them your career wouldn’t exist if I was just having fun in acting.

Q.  What kind of acting training do you have?

A.  I trained with my manager at Simmons and Scott, I have a coach that is a really great coach, he coaches me for everything I do.  I take classes down there and I just take classes whenever I can, I just keep trying to learn because there is so much to learn and you can never learn enough.  I just keep reading, keep observing, keep watching movies and keep doing whatever I can do to improve myself, I try.  I am just constantly observing things and studying every day I can.

Q.  Do you have any advice for young kids trying to get into acting?

A.  Just keep at it, keep after their dreams, nothing is impossible, keep striving to be what you want and go after what you want.  Don’t give up when you get turned down for something, because there will always be something else for you, that’s meant for you.  You’ll hear a lot of no’s in Hollywood, but you gotta keep going after it and not give up.  If you keep doing it, that’s what really counts, just keep at it.

Q.  Is there anything that you’d like to say to your fans and supporters?

A.  I’d like to tell them thank you, thank you for always being there for me and I hope they keep watching out for me.  Stick to your goals because you can always get what you want to be, it’s up to you.  Thank you, without them I wouldn’t be where I am, with their constant motivation they always inspire me, when they send me stuff or compliment me.  It just makes me happy to know that they are always there for me.