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" Get ready for your next new obsession - Glory Daze premiering on TBS on November 16th. This hot new series takes place on a college campus in the &amp;#039;80s and follows a group of guy friends pledging a fraternity. Our new crush Kelly Blatz stars as Joel, a boy next door type that gets a major dose of corruption from frat life! CG caught up with Kelly to find out all the behind the scenes scoop and learn more about his other passion - his band Capra. Read on to find out how Kelly&amp;#039;s making all his dreams come true! Cosmogirl: When did you know you wanted to be an actor? Kelly Blatz: I think ever since I was a kid I knew subconsciously that I wanted to be an actor. I would walk around the house pretending I was somewhere else. These are distant memories, but I do recall doing that a lot. It wasn&amp;#039;t until my senior year in high school that I actually realized that I wanted to pursue it as a career. CG: Was your family supportive that you wanted to be an actor? KB:I remember sitting down with my parents and telling them that I was going to put off college to study acting. I had already paid money to the college and gotten housing. I walked around the campus and it just didn&amp;#039;t feel right. At first, they must have thought I was crazy. All of their friends and family were telling them that I was ruining my life going after this wild dream. But my parents knew who I was and knew that whatever I decided to do I wouldn&amp;#039;t stop fighting until I achieved it. It was just hard for awhile dealing with outside opinions. For some reason when I decide to pursue something, I never have any fear that it won&amp;#039;t happen. I think it&amp;#039;s just ingrained in my brain. Which I guess is a great advantage. But I am always a big believer that if you work hard enough and you work out of passion, a person can do anything. CG: Tell us about Glory Daze and the character you play. KB: Joel is a guy who is in transition. He is in that transition from being a boy to becoming a young man. He grew up pretty sheltered. Went to an all boys catholic school his whole life. He&amp;#039;s coming to college to focus and study and become a doctor like his dad always wanted. But once he gets to college, a whole new world opens up to him. A world of girls and freedom and parties. He realizes quickly from the guidance of his frat brothers, that college is not all about studies. It is about the whole experience and becoming the man you are supposed to be. I backed out of college before the first day, so I never joined a frat. Filming this show actually feels like I am going to college and joining this frat. I show up every morning ready to work. I am around these guys who are all going through the same experiences. Learning and having experiences. It&amp;#039;s about as close to going to college as you can get. CG: Tell us about your castmates - who are you closest to and why? KB: All of my cast mates are incredible. It&amp;#039;s very rare that you get a group of people who are all passionate and driven and all get along. Everyone is equally thrilled to be here every day and works very hard. It makes the world of a difference. CG:  Any fun moments from the set to share? KB: We act like children all day - ha ha. I think we have all regressed in our maturity being on this show. Now we all have Nerf guns and we have wars. We play pranks on each other almost every day. It&amp;#039;s a blast. CG: We hear you&amp;#039;re in a band called Capra. Tell us more! KB:  Capra is a band that myself and four other guys started six years ago. Once we all met and came together, from the beginning we knew that there was no way we would ever stop. We are currently in the studio recording our first major album on Hollywood Records. It&amp;#039;s being produced by Matt Wallace who produced Maroon 5&amp;#039;s first record Songs about Jane. To be in the studio making an album with him is the most surreal thing I have ever been through. We are really doing it. I sing in the band. I have always been into music ever since I was a kid. My mom is a singer and my Dad introduced me to bands such as Zeppelin and the Stones so music has always played a huge part in my life. I am inspired musically by anyone who can write a song that can bring me to tears. All of my favorite songs can bring me to tears. Some are rock, some are blues, some are love ballads. That&amp;#039;s why I play music - to touch other people as I have been touched. The type of music we play is called &amp;quot;Moon Rock&amp;quot;. CG: What&amp;#039;s the best advice you were ever given? KB: Best advice was from a man by the name of James Dean. &amp;quot;Dream as if you&amp;#039;ll live forever, live as if you&amp;#039;ll die today&amp;quot;. I read that my senior year in high school and have never stopped since. CG: Do you have a movie that changed your life? KB: Baz Luhrrman&amp;#039;s Romeo and Juliet. This movie is what made me decide that I wanted to dedicate my life to making films one way or another. CG: Do you have any dating deal breakers? Perfect date KB:  A deal breaker would be if she&amp;#039;s quiet. I personally can&amp;#039;t do quiet because I am pretty quiet. Two quiet people are not very fun together. Perfect first date would be coffee at Aroma talking for hours. That&amp;#039;s when I would know to ask for a second date.  What did Kelly Blatz reveal that you loved best? Will you be watching Glory Daze? Tell us in the comments section below!  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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