Kayne rang me last night at 5 p.m. and it was wicked!!! Here are the questions and his answers:
Me: Why did you want to become a television presenter?
Kayne Tremills: When I was growing up I noticed that drama and stuff was probably my favourite class, it was one that I always rocked up too and had the most energy in. I just really liked entertaining, making funny jokes and a lot of the stuff we used to do in school was improv (improvisation) and your teacher would throw something at you and you would just kind of do it to the best of your ability. In terms of presenting I looked at acting and quite a few of my friends are actors but there is a lot to acting that I didn't really at my age have the experience but television presenting, I looked up to a lot of people growing up, that were in television, and presenting was kind of more where I was at, where I could kind of be myself a bit more as well as bring that energy and that fun kind of stuff. I guess that's kind of why I wanted to get into into it.
Me: On ABC3 who do you enjoy talking to more, James or Amberly?
KT: Wow that's a tough one because Ambo and I have been together for almost two years and we got quite a good friendship and we work really well together, but since James has been around and it's nice to kind of have a boy to muck around with. Bit of boy jokes and how you always get along with a dude and bit better than with a girl. So I think, he's got a good sense of humour and he’s really talented. Every now and then when the cameras kind of off he gives me dancing lessons and stuff. I wouldn't say that I prefer either of them more than the other one because each one has their own special way of being friends.
Me: If your friend wanted to become a television presenter what would you say to them is the key thing to becoming one?
KT: I think at the moment, things have kind of changed a little bit because I'm not only working on studio 3 but kind of around the studio. The job that I've got man is so cool because you get to see how everything works as well as present. So you see how to do your own lighting, your own video and your own camera stuff. Coming back to the question, the key thing I would say is to work hard, which is one of my slogans. I know it looks all fun and games but it’s a lot of the behind the scenes work. Yeah, so the key thing I would say is to work hard.
Me: Do you have any hidden talents?
KT: Probably nothing you haven’t already seen on ABC3… I can lick my own back… No, no I can’t… Ummmmmm…
Me: How good are you at dancing?
KT: Oh, not very. I got my own special moves but that’s about it. I tried breakdancing, I try to look cool when I dance but I know that I look like a bit of a goose.
Me: Oh well. What occupation did you want to have as a little kid?
KT: I either wanted to be….. I actually at one stage I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to write books. But I didn’t really know what I was doing… Yeah you got to have a lot of practice with that. I wanted to do heaps of stuff. I wanted to be a fireman, an actor heaps of stuff. I know I kind of always remember that I wanted to do some sort of entertainment.
Me: Did you ever think that you might not be able to become a television presenter?
KT: Yep definitely. That’s high school man. I worked in a surf store and I loved that. I did workshops for kids about your age and thought I was living dream. I was a bit dumb and was happy having a 9 to 5 job and I totally forgot about my acting dream. At one stage I said that maybe I won’t be on TV maybe it isn’t for me. Then suddenly this ABC3 job and came up!
Me: What city did you grow up in?
KT: Melbourne born and bred brother!
Me: When you tried out for ABC3 did you have to have trials?
KT: Yeah, it went out on the radio and everywhere. My friend said I should but I was a bit worried and that I’d make a fool of myself. It was in the last week when I finally put in my form and decided to do it. Then I didn’t hear anything for ages and then suddenly I got a call asking me to do an audition in Port Melbourne and I was like YES! So I went to the audition by myself and that took about two hours which is really long. I thought that they were pretty impressed by me and that I did a good job. 3 weeks later I got another call saying: “How would you like to fly to Sydney to do another audition” and again I was like YES! They flew me up where there was like the final ten. There were people like Hannah Wang, Scott Tweedie and Hex from GGSP. The final 6 of that ten got picked and assigned different roles for ABC3.
Me: Do you have any hobbies?
KT: I skate, watching movies, making funny, short films, surfing, lots of things. I have to say though, as cheesy as it sounds my hobby is my life
Me: What is your favourite type of sport?
KT: Surfing, skating, snowboarding, anything extreme.
Me: Do you have a favourite car?
KT: I’ve been looking for a new car and I wanted a panel van so that I could put a bed in the back and drive Australia.
Me: Do you play any instruments?
KT: Drums and djembe.
Me: What is your favourite skating trick?
KT: Once I did a 360 flip.
Me: Did you ever have a role model?
KT: My Grandpa and Jim Stines.
The interview with Kayne was massive and a huge success!!! Hope you enjoyed reading it. I will put a picture up of him with my face on a piece of paper later.
