Ryan Cooley

The Star Scoop:What kind of characters do you want to play next? Cooley:I would like to get away from the whole class clown character J.T. I have been playing him for an awfully long time. I am looking to expand a little but, and that's why I've been taking a lot of acting lessons and classes to try and improve my craft. I would like to look into some more serious roles, because I think that I'm capable of doing it, and I want to try, so, yeah. But you know what, if, I'll take whatever comes my way. If something comes along, and I have to be the class clown again, or whatever, of course I would take that role.

The Star Scoop:You said you're doing university now. Why was that important to you? Cooley:I've always wanted to go on to university, that was always a goal of mine. School is very, very important to me. I like to keep good marks, and all throughout Degrassi, I've really concentrated on my tutoring on set, which is something that they do for us, because we shoot sometimes during the school year, from September usually until November, we're shooting. So, I really concentrated on that because school is very, very important to me. I always wanted to go to university. I have the opportunity now, and I took it. It worked out really well because the last episode that I shot for Degrassi, was shot in the end of August, and just right after that I went into school in September. Getting my Bachelor of Arts is very important to me, and I'm really going to do my best to try and get it.

The Star Scoop:If you're not busy with school or trying to perfect your craft, what would we find you doing? Cooley:You would probably find me hanging out with my friends. I've made a lot of new friends at university, so we go out a lot, go to movies. I love going to the movies. I like to see theater shows. I'm really into that. You'd probably find me listening to some Frank Sinatra, because I love Frank Sinatra, he's my favorite. I'm really into that kind of music, sort of the whole crooner scene. I really like Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Bing Crosby, all those kind of singers. You'd probably see me listening to them on my iPod. Or, I don't know, what else? I love to travel, I do a lot of traveling. I was in Europe this past summer. I went on a European cruise. Stuff like that, yeah. I was just at the Justin Timberlake concert in Toronto. Yeah, Justin Timberlake came to Toronto, so I went to see him, which was an interesting experience.