I could have stayed in L.A. and done sitcoms for awhile and will probably go back and do one I hope.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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 had a blast in the '90s, perhaps too much fun, and maybe I should have worked a lot harder and partied a lot less, but I definitely don't regret the 12 years I spent living out in L.A.
Does anybody actually go out in L.A.? When I lived there, I'd just stay in my apartment.
I think a lot of people just assumed I came to L.A. to do more television and get into show business.
I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.
I grew up without a television, so when I went to L.A., it was sort of, you know, a lot to take in, but it actually suited me more than where I was from, so I sort of had that 'home away from home' feeling, and L.A. is definitely home now.
After about a year or so, I was in L.A.; I'd decided to try to get a band together out there.
I don't mean this grandly, but it was never my intention to live in L.A. and do a big network show.
'Hey Dude' was shot in Arizona, and that took me to the West Coast. We did 65 episodes. It was not a show that a ton of people saw, so it was like doing acting classes and getting paid for it. At that point I had the acting bug. So I went to L.A. to give it a try and never left.
But 'Hey Dude' was shot in Arizona, and that took me to the West Coast. We did 65 episodes. It was not a show that a ton of people saw, so it was like doing acting classes and getting paid for it. At that point I had the acting bug. So I went to L.A. to give it a try and never left.