#devon bostick interview

below the cut are high quality, roleplayable gifs of devon bostick in an interview for the daily quirk (x) from january 2015. these were all made by me.

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~64 gifs. 245px by 140px, with sharpening + psd.

ELLEgirl (EG): How was it to perform live for an audience?  Devon Bostick (DB): This is my third time doing [YSF’s “The Biggest Show”]. I was extremely nervous. I’ve never been so nervous. It was really important to do a good job for the kids. With “The Biggest Show” and what the kids come up with, you can be anything. So, you really have to push your limits and go out of your comfort zone. And you really want to go for it.  EG: How do you calm your acting nerves?  DB: I don’t think you can calm nerves. I think you use the nerves and put them into your performance. And that’s what really helps. That’s the jolt. It’s like when you like a girl for the first time. It’s a jittery [feeling]. You have to let it out somehow.  EG: How did you start your acting career?  DB: A friend of mine invited me to theater camp when I was in grade one. I went and I just loved it. My whole family is in the business. Different parts of it—not acting. So, I’ve always had art in my blood. It’s sort of a world I was already a part of.  EG: Why did you participate in YSF’s “The Biggest Show”?  DB: I had the opportunity to go to theater camp and then an art school from grades nine to twelve. For schools and kids who don’t have the chance, for them to get the chance is the most special thing ever because there could be little Scorseses in here or Brad Pitts.  EG: What will we see you in next?  DB: I just finished shooting Diary of the Wimpy Kid 3. So, the trilogy of the Wimpy Kid‘s over. I’m also writing right now—like these kids—trying to get my stuff out and trying to get actors to do it. 

CG: Did you know that the first thing that comes up if you Google "Devon Bostick" is "Devon Bostick is hot" and the next is about guyliner?

DB: Yeah, I'm not used that that at all. I was never the "hot guy," so that doesn't make much sense to me. But seriously, I'm the goofy guy—I'm not that guy at all. And when girls started saying that guyliner was hot, I couldn't stop laughing, because it was the most ridiculous thing to have that on in the first movie. And now it's such a thing for Rodrick, and we threw it into a few scenes, just because we knew girls would love it. It's there for them—definitely not for me, because taking off eyeliner is the most painful thing. It's pretty brutal!

CG: Let's talk about your Degrassi days. Are you still in touch with Drake and Nina Dobrev,and all?

DB: These days, I can't handle all that drama on one show, but it was a lot of fun being on there. I loved the show. And I talked to Nina on the phone the other day. Plus I see Lauren Collins in LA a lot. The Canadian circle in LA is really close. There's a magnet effect where we all just huddle together somehow. It's one big Canadian family, really.

CG: What was the coolest scene to film, in your new movie, Rodrick Rules?

DB: The talent show. I got to play the drums in front of an entire audience, which was really cool. It was like I was a rockstar, even though I wasn't at all. I trained for the drums for about two weeks, and then rocking out in front of an entire crowd was sort of like a dream come true. And now, Guitar Hero, I can't do that anymore. It's nothing like doing it on stage. I kinda wish I had a fake band, and we could go on tour.

CG: So the Wimpy Kid movies, and also your role in Degrassi, were all about bullying. Have you ever felt bullied?

DB: Oh yeah. I was bullied from grade one to six. Even middle school was tough for me. Everyone had these pre-existing friendships, and I was the new kid, who was acting, so that didn't help much either. It was really tough. But you've just got to ignore them, and know that down the line that kid will have nothing to do with your life, and who you are. It seems like the entire world revolves around being bullied at that time, but there's so much more out there, so you have to stick it out.

Date: march 2011