I'm a Navy brat. You find that a lot of stage actors are Army or Navy brats, because they have the ability to make a big impression, make friends, and then leave just a few months later.
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I'm a reasonably good actor, and I'm an average naval officer. Ha, ha!
I think some of my best theatre training has been in the Marine Corps. Not only meeting a bunch of characters, but growing up. You're in really adult situations at a young age, as far as being in charge of people.
There is probably some great acting that goes on in movies from people who have never been on a stage, but if you are in for the long haul, you'd be missing an enormous part of what being an actor is if you're not part of theater.
I've always wanted to act and I grew up a little on film sets when my dad was working as an actor.
Acting is a business and a political act and a craft, but I also feel like it's a service - specifically, for a military audience.
I didn't become an actor because I wanted to act. Actually, I wanted to become a marine biologist. But most of all, I wanted to be accepted.
Adult actors are really childish, and that's nice to be around when you're a kid. So the big reason I wanted to be an actor was I really enjoyed actors' company - which probably makes me about as shallow as a puddle. But it could be worse. I could be working for a living.
There's a real separation between actors and all the other functions of Hollywood. If you're an actor you're somehow not a member of the crew. You're somehow more special. I hate that.
Most actors spend a lot of time training themselves to be an actor. And I kind of didn't do that.
There's a very small group of elite actresses who are my age, who people want to work with. It's not easy to get a good job with good actors.
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