Getting to Know: Kyle XY star Matt Dallas

As fans of the hit ABC Family show Kyle XY know, the second season is set to premiere at 8 p.m. on June 11. (And the first season is on DVD -- we have 5 copies to give away so you can click here to enter)!

In the season premiere, we'll find out a few things about where Kyle comes from, why he can jump off roofs, swim like a fish, and a little about why he's such a math whiz. This season will be less about him trying to adjust to our world and more about Kyle becoming a sort of superhero. Stay tuned -- it's bound to be a blast!

When we talked to Matt Dallas, this is what the 24-year-old former model had to say for himself and his cool show....

Teenmag: What's Kyle XY really about?
Matt Dallas: Kyle XY, it's about this mysterious boy we find in the woods and he actually looks like he's a teenager but he acts as if he is a newborn -- he experiences everything for the first time: eating, speaking, everything. He wanders into the city and he gets sent to this institution. He obviously doesn't belong there. So, this woman who works with autistic children takes him in to her family, to live with her and her family. And it's just kind of about him learning to function in society and what it's about, and as the show goes on, we start to learn all these crazy things about him.

Teenmag: Is it hard for you to watch yourself on TV?
M.D.: It was in the beginning, now not so much. This time it was especially different. It was so different than anything I had done, so it was kind of interesting to watch myself. I know a lot of people say they hate watching themselves, but I don't mind it. It's learning for me.

Teenmag: Do you ever notice things about yourself on-screen? Like, "Gosh, I wish I would stop doing that." Is there anything that you would pick up on that other people wouldn't?
M.D.: Of course. I have lots of bad habits -- well, not lots, but I tend to really scrunch my forehead a lot, and even photographers and directors are always like, "Relax your forehead! Relax your forehead!" And then I see it and I'm like, "Oh, that's why." There are little things that you're like, "That's a weird habit," that no one else notices except for me.

Teenmag: When did you know that you wanted to be an actor?
M.D.: Actually, my whole family is into sports and we all played sports. I did too when I was younger, but it was something that I really just...I wasn't bad at it, I was just never really that interested. And when I was 12, there was this theater group that came to town, and my grandmother read about it in the newspaper and decided to take me down there. And since that day that I auditioned for that play, I was like, "This is it. This is what I am going to do for the rest of my life," and I just knew it.

Teenmag: Wow, do you remember which play it was?
M.D.: Yeah, it was The Ugly Duckling, and I got cast as the gander. I wore a big costume with feathers all over it. It was funny.

Teenmag: Would've loved to have seen that!

You can catch Matt on Kyle XY on ABC Family, Mondays at 8 p.m.