Chace Crawford has become one the most popular members of the talented Gossip Girl cast, and is a considerably funnier and more light-hearted guy than his conflicted character, Nate Archibald.

Here's an interview Chace Crawford gave to People, in which he reveals that he and fellow Gossip Girl star Ed Westwick are roommates, and how he's a big sports fan who also loves a good prank ...

Q: What did you do during the strike?
Chace Crawford: I went to a lot of sporting events. I don't think I was in the same place for more than five days. We went to London to promote the show. I got to go to my first European soccer match. It was the equivalent of a playoff game. We thought we were sitting with the home team, but they sat us with the away team. Me and [Ed Westwick] were literally up against the railing. On every step on the other side were not cops but riot control — masks, shields, everything. Ed was saying, "You should take off your hat. Afterward, they might remember you from your green hat and you might get your [butt] kicked." So I took off my hat.

Q: Are you a big sports fan?
Chace Crawford: I'm from Texas so it's more about bull riding for me. No, it's football, but I'm becoming a baseball fan being up in the northeast. I'm a big Dallas Mavericks and Cowboys fan.

Q: What do you guys gossip about during your downtime on the set.
Chace Crawford: Ed is my roommate. We're like brothers. We talk about everything under the sun and no one ever knows what we're talking about. I haven't seen Penn Badgley in ages. We never have scenes together. We'll go hang out, but we don't gossip. We talk about movies and girls.

Q: What's your favorite thing about being back at work?
Chace Crawford: I like having a routine, not running around like crazy. It's like a family on set. I had all moments of déjà vu on my first day back. It was like being back at school. I realized someday I will really miss this. It's like being back in a camp atmosphere.

Q: What do you make of all the gossip about the show?
Chace Crawford: There's buzz going around, which is nice. It's a testament to how the show is doing. It's word of mouth … Appointment television is almost out of date.

Q: Is there a downside?
Chace Crawford: There's always the good and the bad. [I cope] by not reading the blogs or the magazines. That takes away from the focus. That stuff isn't really my thing. So I do my thing. And I let everyone else do theirs.

Q: What do you like to do when you're not filming?
Chace Crawford: I hit golf balls at Chelsea Piers yesterday. I'm sleeping. I turn on the radio and listen to a little rock — Nirvana, Sublime from time to time. Ed is getting me into some English bands. I always loved Oasis, the Doors. I was born in the wrong era — [I should have been born in the] '70s or '80s.

Q: Who is the most likely to be a little late to the set?
Chace Crawford: Me, Ed or Blake Lively. Okay, I'll give you Blake. She might take the cake on that. She'll agree. But don't tell her I said that.

Q: Who usually has their lines memorized first?
Chace Crawford: That's a good question. We all have our moments. Probably Ed. He's good. It's infectious. He's there working and I'm like oh maybe I should get my notes out.

Q: Who messes up their lines the most?
Chace Crawford: I mess up in that I like to improv a little more. The line director is always walking over — and I'm like, "Okay, okay." But Matthew Settle will tell you he's no good at memorizing. He bought the Nintendo DS [game], Brain Age.

Q: Who is the prankster?
Chace Crawford: Blake Lively likes to play pranks. Last year, we were in Grand Central station she played a prank on [executive producer] Josh Schwartz — pretending to be a diva. Trying to make him think she was going to be trouble. But he turned the tables.

Q: Who is the must gullible?
Chace Crawford: Probably Leighton Meester, but I'm sure I could pull one over on Ed.

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