The Jack Turner Interview
When I told Jack about this 'interview idea' he pretty much welcomed it with an open mind and appeared hyped to participate. I was slightly skeptical about whether Jack would turn up but he did and it led to a thoughtful and honest interview.
So for the sake of those who might
not be aware yet, do you want to introduce yourself Jack?
Yeah, I’m Jack Turner, I’m 17 years old, I’m a skater been
skating for 4 years now, love it! Just finished my first year of college.
So you’re from Coulsdon, how did you
come across skating in such a small Town?
Well the first time I skated was when I was in year 3 at my
local, Skaterham. I remember one day I just went there to check it out and I
loved the atmosphere, seeing all those guys on the ramps and stuff it was just
sick. So my mum let me go onetime and Ads the guy who works there introduced
me to it and showed me all the basics and I loved it. Something happened though
at the park and I had a gap and then came back shortly after with a few friends
and just had so much fun, we just carried on skating.
When I was away at University I
heard you quit skating for a while, what was that all about?
Yeah, it’s
easy to just stop skating, its so fun and when all your friends are doing it, it’s
great. But at our age you can just get carried away with going to parties
socialising with other crowds. I swear I
have two different wardrobes, skate clothes and going out clothes, you just get
carried away with other stuff and you forget about skating.
For sure but you’re back on it now?
Yeah totally!
Now it’s summer everyone wants to get back on it, I just want to get back on it
for the atmosphere.
What's your current motivation to skate? Is there a crew you go out skating and filming with regularly?
Well I've always had the same main crew which is you (Tim),
Juan, Jack and if I want to skate they are always on it to go skate. It’s a case
of if I want to skate, I can and that’s the motivation and I've just been put on
flow for a company, so I've got the motivation to make an edit.
Leading on from that, is there
anything in the works, a Jack Turner 2014 street edit?
Yeah of course there is. Every time I've tried to film a
part it takes so long. You get a few clips and you’re hyped but then you got
too wait another week until you can get more. If I’m as hyped as I think I am it’ll come out
sooner rather than later but there most definitely will be a Jack Turner part.
Straying away from skating, what do
you do when you’re not on your board? Do you have a job or any other pastimes?
I did have a job but I had to quit because it was so far away
and I’m the worst in the mornings (laughs) but social wise, a lot of my friends just smoke a lot of weed
(laughs) so I guess I've been drawn into doing that. I’m not 18 yet so there’s
pretty much nothing else to do usually just go to a friend’s house and just
jam.
It’s pretty well known you have some
overbearing friends; does it ever get to intense?
Yeah it does obviously get intense (laughs). It can be annoying when I want to have a
night in and they force you to come out. It feels like they are always making the
decisions for you, that can get annoying. Sometimes though I’ll tell them
straight but I can be a bit of a pushover (laughs), I just try and be nice to
everyone and it just backfires.
Yeah, there was that time when one
of your friends just turned up at your house at 3am.
(Laughs). Yeah to anyone that’s just a bit weird (laughs)
but there’s two different perspectives, from his perspective he was naive
enough to think that was okay but for me I was just shocked it’s a bit rude as
well, coming round without notice at 3am but in the future I wouldn't want that
to happen.
You've got a girlfriends at the
moment, is it a struggle juggling the overbearing friends with the girlfriend?
Who wins?
There have been times when both have wanted to meet me and I've
blown my girlfriend off for my friends but also blown my friends off for my
girlfriend so it equals out. Shout out to my amazing beautiful girlfriend
Hannah Judge who I will love forever.
You’re in 6th Form at the
moment but we were speaking earlier about you’re in danger of being kicked out, what's that all about?
Since year 11 which is when I started smoking weed. For this
interview I’m saying weed is bad its cool everyone does it but it makes you
tired and because of that I've been scraping through college. I've barely gone
it but when I do I'm good. I guess I don’t
do homework, I hardly go in and it’s a shame because I could have done better
and I’m ruining my time in education but If I get into my 2nd year I’ll
give it a good shot. If not I’ll just get a job, earn some nice money.
Do you have any plans for after 6th
Form ?
My dream plan
is too hopefully get through next year and I’ll be so amazed if I do get
through college. But I’d take a gap year out because I’m not sure if I want to
go Uni as I’m not motivated enough to go yet. I really want to go work in a Ski
chalet, not even as a skiing instructor but just behind a bar enjoying life.
Experiencing something new for six months and just enjoy getting drunk with
mates. I want to go by myself because if I went with my friends it would just
hold me back. I want to go by myself and make loads of new friends and when I
come back I feel I’ll be more mature and then might even want to go Uni.
Its early days but it seems clear that you want to start working.
Yeah that’s the thing, for me as soon as I start working I
want to carry on in that industry I don’t want to change jobs continuously.
Yeah so you want to get it right
first time round?
Yeah, I want to specialise in something but before I do that
I want to travel and enjoy my life before I settle down.
Do you have a profession that really
interest you at the moment?
I've got a few on my mind my backup is the film industry because
of my dad. I love films and have many links into that industry. There’s three sides to it; exhibition,
distribution and production and for me I’d like to maybe give acting a crack
which is production. I’m good at it and it’s one of my talents so at this age
why not give it a crack because it could work. It’s so rare to get onto the big
screen which is the only place I’d want to be. But I’m not obsessed with films
but I’d happily fall back on that whole industry. I’d love to get into another
passion like skateboarding but there’s not a wide range of things to do in
skateboarding apart from setting up a company or riding for one. It’s just about finding something that I’m
dedicated enough to do.
You mentioned how you’d perhaps be
an actor, and we often joke about how you come from quite an attractive family
(laughs) does anyone in your family have previous acting experience? We know
your family is quite heavily involved in the film industry.
Yeah, my mum
and dad met in acting school, my dad is such a charismatic guy I guess I get it
from him but it’s just fun being over dramatic and just making people laugh, it
has definitely come through the family. My granddad was also in the film
industry so it is a generation thing, I think they’d be quite disappointed if I
didn't follow that route but it’s not like I have too I know they are happy with
me being open minded.
Sweet, that’s a good place to leave
it. Any last words?
To the world?
I don’t know, anyone you want to
thank?
I want to thank Tim for this interview it’s my first one of
these types of interview and I think he’s done it well so shout out to Tim
(laughs).
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