I had a background in theater as an actor, and then a photographer, and then as an experimental filmmaker and editor.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
My background is in theater. I was a theater major in college.
I was a film student. I became an actor, but I thought I'd be pursuing filmmaking originally.
I'd been an actor in high school, and when I got to college, it was all about film.
We had a great dramatic society in school, and that's where I first got exposure both as an actor and director.
I took myself out of the business to study film at NYU and the School of Visual Arts. I grew up on movie sets and was fascinated with the camera and behind-the-scenes work. I felt it would help my career as an actor if I knew all aspects of film.
I studied movies for many years, but I am professionally an actor because I, my background is actually a stage actor and acting.
I went to film school at Columbia and did that for a couple years and really thought I was going to be a filmmaker, and then I kind of drifted over to the acting side after that. I'd been an actor in high school, and when I got to college, it was all about film.
Originally I studied as a musician, a classical pianist. That was my career before I took up acting in my late 20s.
My background is a small town with no movie theater. So... I always pictured myself onstage. I went to acting school and learned all the skills. I left early because I did my first movie and discovered that I really loved the minimalistic work with the camera.
I was in the movies. I danced, I sang, I learned to work in front of a camera. It was like being in a repertory company.