I'm not an aspiring young actor; I'm a storyteller who made it late in life, and I'm therefore an inspiration to everyone who thinks that, at 23, if you're not in the Backstreet Boys, then you're never gonna make it.
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I always tell young actors to have a back-up. You don't want to find yourself at the age of 30 still struggling to make a living out of acting.
I happen to be very good with younger actors because I have extremely vivid memories of that time of my life, and kids are just funny.
My advice to young actors is to push yourself and to aspire to be great.
As you're growing up, it's odd, because directors don't expect you to grow up. They think you'll be young forever, but as an actor, there is an awkward period when you're too young for old or too old for young, and it can be an odd time.
Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically people think of me as an up-and-coming young actor.
I was very young when I became an actor: I was 19 years old.
I was never a juvenile lead or a romantic hero, and I didn't come into my own as an actor until I was 40.
I started late. I didn't make my first movie until I was 40.
I'm certainly a young actor. I'm certainly those two things. Actually, I'm not even young anymore; I'm 29. So, I'm an actor.
The Backstreet Boys were so ten years ago. Whatever.