Because A Walk To Remember had come out and it had made money and I got a lot of congratulations at that time as it happens out there.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I have no idea why I won, man. I guess some people liked the music that I was doing. I'm just lucky. I was just doing my thing each week.
And there have certainly been movies I wanted to be in and milestones I wanted to surpass that did not happen.
Maybe it was the challenge of flight, the opportunity to fly, the competition of summer camp and the inspiration and discipline of West Point. I think all of those things helped me to develop a dedication and inspired me to get ahead.
I wanted my fans and my family and my friends to be proud of me.
Because I was successful over the years, I never had the opportunity to do the stuff I really wanted.
It had long since come to my attention that people of accomplishment rarely sat back and let things happen to them. They went out and happened to things.
A lot of people celebrate their past, but I don't look at it all. I don't Google myself; I focus on the future. This is a volatile profession, and the moment you start thinking you've got something, that's when the floor beneath you falls through, so I hope to make more movies and TV shows.
There were so many points where I was like, 'I can't do this.' It was too exhausting. It's just a lot, and then suddenly something happens, and your career changes, and it's so much fun and wonderful. I look back on those moments, and I'm so glad I didn't give up.
The success of 'The Celebration' was like a hand grenade exploding in my face. It suddenly gave me so many opportunities to explore things I had never done before.
Because I gave myself - I left school after the second semester of my junior year to pursue a career in music. and I gave myself five years to make it and I made it in three.