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My cousin, Rip Torn, persuaded me not to change my name. You shouldn't change what you are in the search for success.

It's one of the hardest things in life - choosing your own name.

I don't want to lose my name because that's how I know myself. There is a legacy here.

I didn't have any great job prospects.

I'm convinced that had I not changed my name, I don't think I would have had quite the same career curve that I eventually had.

I am very aware of my family name. I'm very aware of the legacy that that kind of carries with it. And I think that I didn't want to lose any kind of hold of that. And I think once you're born into something that you're proud of and that you're aware of, you don't take it lightly.

I won't do a role which children in my family cannot look up to.

I don't have my name on anything that I don't really do.