I was very, very thrown by the fact that I had to make some big changes in my life in order to be myself, but under this kind of movie-star banner.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I was young, all I wanted to be was a movie star. At a certain point, I started to grow up and really care about what I did.
I feel like I had to learn how to take care of myself and find out what made me happy aside from just making films.
And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen.
I was fanatically ambitious. All I ever wanted was to be a star. I didn't want to be a singer. I didn't want to be an actress. I wanted to be a star.
I didn't start out to be a movie star. I started out to be an actor.
I did a year of 'Guiding Light', and I was going to be a movie actor or a stage actor, but not a TV actor. That just wasn't going to happen. And obviously, things changed so remarkably.
I made a commitment to myself; that I wanted to be an actress, and I wanted to do films that make a difference. It has to move people.
And I'm very surprised that all this stuff actually worked out to where I could have a career in film, gain the benefit of my education, and be thankful that I was able to break into my craft as an actor.
I know that a lot of people take inspiration from the fact that I was just a common man with no film background who turned into a star.
I became an actor so I didn't have to be myself.