I did come to L.A. to try to get on TV and get in front of a camera, so I could have a stage career in New York.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I graduated from the University of Oklahoma, and I got the opportunity to take some on-camera classes while I was in school and met a casting director who informed me quite a bit before my move out to L.A.; it made L.A. feel possible, coming from Oklahoma and not having a family that was in the industry.
I didn't go to L.A. because I wanted to move to California. I went to L.A. to work as an actor.
I moved to L.A. I wasn't really sure what I wanted to do, but I really like the entertainment industry. I started to make videos on YouTube to get more comfortable being in front of the camera. The first video I filmed was with my sister.
I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.
When I went to L.A., I started modeling, hoping to travel and learn from photographers. It led to auditions to do commercials.
I moved to L.A. right after I finished high school, for three years, because everybody was telling me it was important to get down there, and then I kind of just decided for myself that I didn't need to be there to be doing this. I wanted out of some of the chaos that comes with living here and being an actor.
I trained in theater. I loved Los Angeles, but I've found New York to be successful for me.
I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.
I went to New York for a while before I moved to L.A., and I was very clear that I didn't want to do TV. For a decade, basically, I didn't even entertain the idea.
I went to theatre school for four years and just wanted to do theatre. I had no ambition to be on TV or to be on camera. I just wanted to go to New York or London and be on stage... I did a lot of theatre in Montreal, got involved in TV in Toronto and then moved to L.A. I hope that film and TV will take me back to theatre.