The experience of having a child does crack you wide open. I felt like I suddenly had to rebuild the skin that I'd grown over the years before having a child. Perhaps that might be quite interesting in terms of acting.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When you're a child, you're able to assimilate so easily into any situation. You even start talking like the people you're around. I wasn't conscious that I was so good at that until I started to truly feel like an actor.
Anything that opens you up emotionally is going to impact your acting. Parenthood, becoming a mom, certainly does that.
Growing up an only child with a single parent is probably why I'm an actor.
I've never really felt like I was a child actor. Just an actor who happened to be quite young.
There's a great deal of child left in me and acting is fun. It's a make believe thing.
Being a father has fulfilled me in parts of my life that sustain me. It gives me a comfort and patience. All actors have this hole inside that they're trying to fill by performing. I'm anxious to keep creating, but I'm not so desperate any more because I have the love and support of my kids and wife.
Not a lot of people make that transition from child actor to bigger, better roles.
Acting for kids is like playing house, you know? But growing up in Hollywood, it just made it seem possible.
I knew I wanted children in my life. The acting was always in relation to it. Life at home is chaos. They're wonderful. They're such interesting human beings. I just love it. I'm lucky.
I think having children in general is always very helpful for acting.