Ryder Strong

So I was just like every day at work, just jaw on the floor watching these professionals work and how they, you know, handled the set and the crew.

And I learned so much like from the real pros of the industry on that show.

And then 90210 came, like it just...

It was pilot season, and I had the opportunity to audition for one show.

And then another show, I had to pick one, though.

One was Kenny Ortega, something about dancing in a school.

I don't know.

It wasn't high school musical.

It was like a high school musical.

And then the other one was a teen drama set in Beverly Hills.

And it was produced by Aaron Spelling.

And I thought, well, I've always loved Aaron Spelling shows.

I would love to...

get in front of him.

That'd be amazing just because he's looking at me so cool.

And so I opted to do that one.

I know that was the hardest part of it.

I realized though, at my, at my, in my pageant moment, when I met Randy, my manager, who's still to my, my manager to this day, by the way.

We've been together for 40 years.

I realized I wasn't a very good dancer.