I was never specifically associated with a part, I didn't have tons of money, I wasn't conventionally tall or handsome, so you know the things that were available to me were hard work and perseverance.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
What I want is the same opportunities as anyone to get a part.
The early part of my career was the 1990s, and I was living in New York working as an actor. It was the world I was in. A lot of companies had a great deal of money.
Things went in a direction that I didn't want to go. I started doing bit parts and things that are pretty much laid out for people in my position. The parts were pretty generic.
I missed so many opportunities along the way to do what I wanted to do because I didn't have the confidence to tell myself, much less anybody else, 'Yes, this is the business I wanted to be a part of'.
My dad told me he wanted me to join in the business, but nothing was firm. He was quite young when he died, so we hadn't talked about it in depth.
Early in my career, I got roles that demanded that I be fit to carry off the angry young man look. Of course, I'm a fitness freak, and that's something I picked up from my dad.
I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician.
I had to work to put myself through school, so I always worked in the heaviest industries I could find because that's who paid the best.
I never turned a part down when they offered me money.
The parts I've been most successful in are the ones I've desperately, desperately wanted.