Just hung out with Moises Arias...

...and for someone who plays a "Rico," who can be a bit of a brat on the hit TV show "Hannah Montana," Moises was a very nice kid in real life.

I met Moises just prior to a women's basketball game at Marist College, where he was making a personal appearance organized by the good folks at the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and Radio Disney, locally available on 1390 AM. Seriously, look how happy he looks here, shaking my hand. That's probably 'cause I didn't mind telling him (or, I suppose, anyone who reads "Sean's Space") that I enjoy kicking off my weekend by watching "Hannah Montana" Saturday mornings. We chatted for several minutes in between meet-and-greets in which he met hundreds of fans and signed autographs, like the one below.

We talked about everything from meeting fans across the country to working alongside Miley Cyrus to filming "Hannah Montana: The Movie."

Sean: How have you enjoyed making your first few appearances as part of the current MAAC/Radio Disney tour?

Moises: I love doing it, seeing all the kids, how they love the show. I do a private meet-and-greet before the show; all the kids ask questions and everything. There's a lot of kids here, and it's really fun, really cool.

Sean: What's it like to promote your show and see the impact it's had on kids?
Moises: It's great. I've been almost to every state now -- I've been to Kentucky and Atlanta and all over New York -- so it's been great. Plus, I get to meet everybody and travel all around the world. It is tiring, but you've just got to do it. It's what you know that happens when you put your mind to being famous, that's the whole thing.
Sean: How is Miley to work with? What's she like on the set?
Moises: She's great. She's really just like any friend. I've known her for three years, so it doesn't really seem like so much. Of course, to other kids, she's Miley Cyrus, but I've known her for a while, so it's just like hanging out with any other friend -- playing video games, just talking and hanging out. It's just regular stuff.

Sean: Did you ever think the "Hannah Montana" show would become such a big hit?
Moises: There's no way. I just thought, Oh, another regular show. Disney shows like "That's So Raven" had been successful and "Suite Life (of Zack & Cody)" and all that. But I mean I walk around and kids recognize me all the time, so it's great.

Sean: I know you've been in a few movies before, but how did you like bringing "Hannah Montana" to the big screen as a full-length movie?
Moises: Oh, it's cool. The movie is really about Miley (Stewart) going back to Tennessee. Everyone is not in the movie as much as in the show because she goes back, so it's hard to incorporate everybody going back to Tennessee, things like that. So, I mean I had a great time. I was there for a little while, a little less than a week. I had a great time because when we were filming the movie, we hadn't seen each other in like eight or nine months, so coming back was awesome. I loved seeing everybody.