Alexander Ludwig recently sat down with Teen Vogue to dish on his new flick, Race to Witch Mountain, in theaters TODAY. Check out what the 16-year-old actor had to say:

On if he watched the original RTWM: “Believe it or not, I was a huge fan of the original. My mom was a fan when she was a kid, and she kind of passed it down to me. I had such a crush on Kim Richards, who played the sister.”

On becoming a family on the set: “It’s funny–the movie’s about people from different worlds coming together and forming this one family and we really formed like a family off-screen, too. AnnaSophia’s (Robb) amazing and Dwayne (Johnson) is unbelievable. He’s super jacked, but he doesn’t act like a tough guy at all. He really took AnnaSophia and me under his wing.”

On his favorite movies: “Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, E.T., Saving Private Ryan, Goonies, and Stand By Me.”

On watching TV: “I don’t really have time to watch too much, but I like Family Guy and Entourage. I’m also obsessed with the YouTube series Balls of Steel. It’s hilarious.”

On his favorite tunes: “Jet, The Beatles, AC/DC, The Beach Boys. Lately, I’ve also revisited Sum 41. I actually write my own music whenever I have a chance. I play guitar and sing.”

On who he’s crushing on: “Jessica Alba. I have the biggest crush on her, I can’t even tell you. I met her in Vancouver when she was filming Good Luck Chuck.”

On the hardest thing about being a young actor: “It’s so tough trying to keep school up. Every twenty minute break you get, you have to go back to the school trailer–while everyone else gets to go back to their own trailer and read their lines and prepare for the next scene.”