By the time I started doing TV and film, I was in my forties, so I wasn't going to do the young up-and-comer.
From J. K. Simmons
The first thing I did that was at all in the public eye, other than on stage, was 'Oz,' in which I played the head of the Aryan Brotherhood in a maximum-security prison.
If you are lucky enough to have a parent or two alive on this planet, call them. Don't text; don't e-mail. Call them on the phone.
I'd always had the concern that being in commercials would affect my credibility when I was getting started as a TV and film actor.
My aunt was so attuned to commercials that she could always identify the voiceover actor.
It's OK to turn down stuff that isn't really interesting and spend the summer with my family.
I like to stay home. I don't want to be away shooting in Europe for six or eight months at a stretch.
I come from a family of educators. My sister is a college teacher. My dad is a college teacher, but first a junior high teacher.
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