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"James Van Der Beek shares the 25 things you don&amp;#x2019;t know about him with Us Weekly. The former Dawson&amp;#x2019;s Creek star, 35, can be seen on Don&amp;#x2019;t Trust the B---- in Apt 23 on ABC Tuesdays at 9:30pm.\r\n1. I was Danny Zuko in my seventh-grade play, Grease.\r\n2. My first kiss was with one of the Pink Ladies.\r\n3. I&amp;#x2019;ve only dyed my hair blond once, after Varsity Blues.\r\n4. I&amp;#x2019;m dyslexic.\r\n5. Every character I play has a soundtrack.\r\n6. I started out doing theater in NYC.\r\n\r\n7. It took me a year to land my first job.\r\n8. I never wear white or black socks.\r\n9. I train in Krav Maga, a technique used by the Israeli Special Forces.\r\n10. I usually have a Yo Gabba Gabba! song stuck in my head.\r\n11. My dad was once a minor-league pitcher.\r\n12. I believe every religion captures a piece of the truth.\r\n13. Mary Beth Peil, who was Grams on Dawson&amp;#x2019;s Creek, is one of my favorite people.\r\n14. I suck at math.\r\n\r\n15. My IMDB says my middle name is William.\r\n16. It&amp;#x2019;s actually David.\r\n17. As an adult, I played baseball in the Asian-American wood bat league.\r\n18. I have a knot in my left shoulder from carrying my kids [Olivia, 2, and Joshua, 10 months] with my left arm.\r\n19. My kids don&amp;#x2019;t like my right arm.\r\n20. I met my wife, Kimberly, in Israel.\r\n21. My mom was a pro dancer.\r\n\r\n22. The fake me on Apt 23 has mentioned many jobs, but only three are on my real r&amp;#xE9;sum&amp;#xE9;.\r\n23. I don&amp;#x2019;t over-tweet.\r\n24. My first onscreen kiss: Melissa Joan Hart on Clarissa Explains It All.\r\n25. I&amp;#x2019;ve never seen the Dawson&amp;#x2019;s Creek finale!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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