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cost anything to be nice���.��� ���New Albany is my hometown, and I owe it so much. It���s He said he is thrilled that his family can such a special place and it just keeps getting better and enjoy his success with him. His aunt, Susan Dallas of Je ersonville, better. I feel a great sense of pride.��� who took Dallas to his ��rst live stage play, ���Les Miserables���, said she doesn���t remember a time when her nephew didn���t want -Josh Dallas to be a performer. She agrees with Longest, that he remains as sweet and warm as he���s always been. The apple didn���t fall far from the tree. Dallas��� mom, Dee Dee Zellner, taught for years at the Weber School of Dance in Je ersonville, Ind., and his aunt was a dancer for the Louisville Ballet. He used to ��ll in at Weber recitals, once playing Prince Charming. He was never a big fan of tap, though. He once attended one of his mother���s tap classes, but all she had on hand were red patent leather shoes with bows. ���I never went back,��� he laughed. Dallas remembers when Longest, and Floyd Central High School theater director Glen Edwards, came to his ninth grade musical, ���Little Shop of Horrors���, a sort of scouting trip. ���They came to see me perform and it was so exciting,��� he said. ���At that point I decided I wanted to feel that good all the time and that���s when I started to get very serious about pursuing my acting goals.��� He was quick to point out, though, that the teachers in the arts programs here have a great eye for recognizing talent and nurturing it in all their students, not just him. ���They give all their students that support,��� Dallas said. ���The arts program in Floyd County schools is so unique and so special. There is no doubt in my mind that if it wasn���t for that program, I would not be doing what I���m doing today.��� New Albany High School has been invited to the International Thespian Festival at the University of Nebraska often over the years. In 1997 Dallas performed with them without knowing he has being watched by scouts from Mountainview Academy of Theatre Arts, a prestigious theater conservancy in London. Just days later, he was offered a full-ride acting scholarship given to one American student every three years. In London, at the age of 20, he got his ��rst professional job with the Royal Shakespeare Company and then landed a leading role in the English National Opera���s production of On the Town, which went on to play a season at the Paris Opera. ���I joked with Josh that I hoped he would come home and not become too British,��� said Longest. ���He���s such a debonair, All-American looking guy.��� Dallas returned to America and his career has rocketed. Five days after being back in the states he got a call o ering him the role of Fandral in 2011���s blockbuster ���Thor���, by Marvel Studios. He���s also starred on ���CSI: Crime Scene Investigation��� and ���Hawaii Five-O���. He has also appeared in ���Red Tails���, opposite Bryan Cranston and Cuba Gooding Jr. and appeared in ���Ghost Machine���, ���The Descendent: Part 2���, ���The Boxer��� and ���80 Minutes���. In addition to getting home to visit family, Josh makes time to speak to students and has also donated auction items to arts and education foundations. ���We have a wealth of wonderful arts in this area. I was lucky to have landed in the right place,��� Dallas re��ected. ���I cannot imagine schools without arts programs.��� ��� Josh Dallas plays Prince Charming in the ABC hit series Once Upon A Time.