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DYNASTEA TASK #002

do you consider yourself an extrovert or an introvert, and why?

i’d consider myself to be an extrovert, i love talking to people and hearing their stories! i love sharing what i’m doing with the world as well, so i think that counts?? 

what motivates you to work harder?

i hate losing, and i’m always going to be pushing to be the best so my losses and mistakes are tough reminders of what i need to be working towards: perfection. knowing that my father and my godfather, jules bianchi, are watching over me motivates me to work harder—especially because i wasn’t able to join jules during his short time in formula 1 and my father only drove in formula 3. all my hard work, my wins, it’s all for them because they weren’t able to experience that euphoria.

what fictional character can you relate to most, and why?

evan buckley from 911, his character growth over the seasons was just really nice. he’s a bit of a… playboy in the first season? and more impulsive, for sure, but his heart’s always in the right place. he’s kind, he fiercely defends the ones he loves, as well as complete strangers. i haven’t watched the latest season, but he’s really grown with the right people around him—i feel like i’ve done the same.

how would your friends describe you?

impatient, fast, crazy. maybe a little reckless at times.

what is a relationship deal-breaker for you - romantic and platonic?

stubbornness, to a certain degree of course. at some point, the stubbornness’ll get irritating and cause problems because it’ll have just built up from before. i mean like, at some point that endearing stubbornness’ll translate into like, someone not cleaning up after themselves and it won’t be as cute anymore. i can’t remember that tumblr post that i saw about this, but yeah. i myself am quite flexible, so i don’t expect everyone to do the same, but not like hellbent on having everything go their way all the time.

who knows you best?

do you consider yourself an extrovert or an introvert, and why?

i used to have trouble with this question — mainly because i’ve always liked hanging out with the people that i love, but perhaps i misunderstood what those terms meant. i’m one hundred percent an introvert, in my way to see the world and connect with those around me, how i perceive certain situations... and i’m a homebody. i find comfort in stillness, silence, solitude. those three s’s i always like to mention.

what motivates you to work harder?

right now? my family. more specifically, daisy and lily. might sound cliché, but they’re the most important people in my life, and everything i do, i do it for their well-being. not only working as an actor, but working on myself. i wanna be the best version of the man i am.

what fictional character can you relate to most, and why?

i always saw bits and pieces of myself in the little prince, as silly as that may sound. of course it’s a highly popular book, but the level of wander in which he navigated the world reminded me of my own occasional naivety as a kid. i truly go on for hours and hours on why, but it’s that spark of innocence, and the specific ways in which he faces the circumstances.

how would your friends describe you?

hopefully loyal, hardworking... a little bit of a dork would also be accepted. i like to think they know i’m a no bullshit type of guy.

what is a relationship deal-breaker for you - romantic and platonic?

lies, deceit, distrust. it was one of the very first few ground rules lily and i talked about when we started getting into this territory. if we’re not gonna be honest with each other, then it’s not worth it — and it’s gonna be a huge waste of time for the both of us. it applies to both my relationship and my friendships. lying gets us nowhere, frankly.

who knows you best?

TASK II: Questionnaire

do you consider yourself an extrovert or an introvert, and why?

I am an extrovert all the way. No friends around me? Sad. No one at all around me? Sad. Alone? Bad. I will go to my grave with a roommate. I wonder if they would let me and my bestie share a coffin...

what motivates you to work harder?

Not to get too cheesy but...stuffed crust pizza. If I dance and sing hard enough, I'm allowed to to eat lots of pizza and cheese. Also my family, my members and Atiny, I guuuuueeeeess.

what fictional character can you relate to most, and why?

Might be a bit obscure but Lan Xichen from Mo Dao Zu Shi. He's the older brother to one of the main characters. He goes through so much SHIT but he can't ever talk about it or hash it out with himself or his friends because he doesn't want to be a burden and he just wants to help his juniors, he's laden down with responsibilities and when he eventually cracks from it all he locks himself away for years in seclusion cause he's so fucking broken. I mean, aha, Patrick Star? :]

how would your friends describe you?

Mother. Clean-freak. Toothless the dragon. Cute? I mean, hopefully.

what is a relationship deal-breaker for you - romantic and platonic?

Close-mindedness! Goes for both types of relationships.

who knows you best?

Yellow team - Benjamin Liebsch

Just so I could be soft and lovey. Ben and I already know each other and have for 14 years. Those first couple of years were great, even with the sneaking around that came with that first year. We reunited only two months ago and after some time picked up where we left off. 

Yellow Team - Lizzie Olsen

my childhood was very happy, up until mum and dad broke up. but even then, we only went from strength to strength but moving away to new zealand was hard, mum wanted to start new with me and jonnie when caitlin was born. i know now that it just hurt too much to see that dad had moved on, but despite that, things were pretty good

what song reminds you most of your teenage years? why?

hate that i love you by rihanna with ne-yo, mostly because it was the song i sang in the shower for years and anything that was bouncy/poppy (x, x)

what’s something in your life that you’ve had to unlearn?

just because someone says they’re sorry doesn’t mean that what they did needs to be forgiven

who gave you the best - or worst - advice that you’ve ever received, and what was it?

um! probably from my brother jonnie, we went to go see paramore together when we were younger and coming out of it i knew what i wanted to do career wise. he’s the person who told me to not stop chasing after what i want, and is probably the reason why i am where i am today career wise!

what drew you to your current career path, or where you’re living in the world? are you happy with where you are in your life now?

referencing my answer prior, but my brother had a spare ticket because his friend bailed on him so i begged to go hahaha he couldn’t say no when mum told him to take me

if you could turn back in time, what one thing would you choose to change and why, either in your personal life or the world in general, or both?

well, i could say it was a bit of both... my mom and dad decided to move from colombia to the us when i was pretty young and eventually my dad didn't like it here so he left my sisters and i at a young age... my teenage years were tough, a lot of suffering. but i was very loved and cared for as a child. things were different when i was a baby up until 9-10 years old. everything changed when i moved to the us.

• what song reminds you most of your teenage years? why?

hmm that's a tough one but there's a funny story behind it: rakata - wisin y yandel

it was the first time i danced with a boy and i thought i was looking very cute with my purple star cut off sleeves hoodie with jeans and boots.... i laugh just thinking about that moment

• what’s something in your life that you’ve had to unlearn?

shit.... i've always been too giving and my sister helped me realize that i need to care about myself, too. i can't always give give give and forget who i am and what i want. it's always been that way and in every aspect of my life, always give but never really give to myself and it's been hard work but i'm still unlearning such an awful habit

• who gave you the best - or worst - advice that you’ve ever received, and what was it?

my sister would always say the fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me... and it's stuck.

• what drew you to your current career path, or where you’re living in the world? are you happy with where you are in your life now?

i'm a college drop out, i have my associates but i didn't finish my bachelors and i needed a good job and this is it! my family moved from miami to la because of work, there was tons of jobs here in the field and my mom has her cleaning company so it all makes sense. plus we have family here. i'm not too happy? i know i could be better? but i'm okay, i'm on my own which is something i've always wanted and i am able to afford my bills and more... but i know i could do better for myself

• if you could turn back in time, what one thing would you choose to change and why, either in your personal life or the world in general, or both?

My childhood was ideal in a lot of ways, but kind of not in a lot of other ways that existed solely inside myself. Nobody was really shitty to me except my own brain. I had just this crippling anxiety and I grew up at a time where people just didn’t talk about mental health. I was constantly coming up with a million reasons why something terrible was going to happen. But, I guess that was the thing that made me do well in my career because my anxiety usually manifests in like, just this annoying ass overcompensation and filling every silence and now I get paid to be annoying and to not let there be silence so that’s rad. I was always this way. I always thought everyone and everything was hilarious and I always did impressions. My first was Bart Simpson but then my voice dropped.

what song reminds you most of your teenage years? why?

I don’t know, dude. Probably like — Probably the music that they’d play to torture someone into confessing to crimes. I was insufferable.

what’s something in your life that you’ve had to unlearn? 

Oh, yeah. Here’s the good shit. The real one. Sit down, kids. You’re getting real Dadvice now. I think the biggest one — and one I still struggle with — is that, like, if someone isn’t saying much it isn’t always about you? they’re not necessarily mad at you. Other people get in their own heads like the rest of us. Sometimes it doesn’t mean that they dislike you, it just means they can’t keep up at the moment or at all for that matter. I used to always think that meant something bad but I’m working on it. Especially because if I’m going to believe that, then people must think I’m mad at them almost constantly.

who gave you the best - or worst - advice that you’ve ever received, and what was it?

Who was the jackass that told me it was cool to caffeine load before every SNL? Yeah. I want a refund on that one.

what drew you to your current career path, or where you’re living in the world? are you happy with where you are in your life now? 

So, this one is complex and long and probably too much information. I will make it as short as I can. Basically, comedy was always a part of my life. I was always a fan of comedy and always had people telling me I’m funny, or that they liked my voices. Even as a kid. But that was a distant relative of what I wanted to do, I had my heart set on filmmaking. I never really wanted to be in front of the camera when I was younger. I tried college, VERY BRIEFLY, and then left and went to LA to work on getting a foot in the door in the filmmaking world and I did the worst shit you can imagine but also some of the best. I was PAing for a lot of movies and things other people were doing and always working on stuff on my own time, but the PA positions made me learn pretty fast that there are a lot of assholes in LA and also that there are some down to earth people too. Maybe it was inevitable because I was always still myself — talkative, making jokes, etc that I wound up in front of cameras instead of behind them. But I made a lot of friends and contacts working in that field and so someone saw me and saw what I was doing and liked that and said I should audition for SNL. Then, that got me to where I am now which is closer to where I envisioned myself, because working on Barry, I’m both behind and in front of the cameras. AND it has its comedic moments, but it also gets taken seriously as a show. So I’m very happy with how that all turned out. That is some real full circle shit.

if you could turn back in time, what one thing would you choose to change and why, either in your personal life or the world in general, or both?