It was being young and sensitive and an actor. There was a lot of pressure, everything was a hurdle.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There's so much of, it could have been a very critical examination of what happened, and really the emotional lives of the people involved sort of carry the characters forward.
We actors always say how difficult and physically demanding a role was. But give me a break, it's only a movie.
In actuality, there was casting for the show and it was pretty difficult.
As I told you, from the time I was fifteen, I thought the theater was too much involved with actors trying to make the audience love them, being over emotional.
Being an actor is mostly about rejection and being out of work. It was a fast lesson in all of that stuff.
There's a lot of pressure being an actor and taking on challenges that people don't expect of you.
When you're a young actor, and you're really fighting to have your place in the world - for me, anyway - it took a mental focus and energy and striving. It took a long time. And it was my whole life.
It was the fashion of the time, still is, to feel that all actors are neurotic, or they would not be actors.
There was really a snobbery from people in film - they did not want people who had come from television. It was the poor relation of show business, and especially situation comedy.
Knowing that my granddad was a highly respected actor wasn't necessarily intimidating, but it definitely meant there was always a pressure to live up to his reputation. I think that's why acting wasn't something I even considered doing, as a kid.