I just did what I found interesting. I was so lucky that I was able to do that, especially in the '90s. I was really able to have a life to go back to.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The big turn in the late '90s was that I realized I was going to be doing this for a long time. I was fairly sure I was going to be an actor for the rest of my life, which I think calmed me down.
I probably would have retired years ago if I hadn't found interesting things to do.
I just kind of lived my life naturally and did what I wanted to do.
I did it my way, and I have no regrets when I look back on my career that it was just a big focus for me.
I'd done all the things I thought a person had to do in order to be successful and fulfilled, like getting a great education and becoming a lawyer, and yet there was zero spark in my life. But there was no light-bulb moment. It was gradual. In the early 1990s, I decided to experiment and try some new ways of living.
The '80s was a wild decade, and I had some fantastic times. And I did some really fun work.
I was too young to ever have fun in the '90s, so I'm always trying to relive what I wasn't a part of.
I happen to be lucky in that I knew what I wanted to do as far as a career since I was nine years old.
It's very intense to go back to the past and revive work that I've already experienced and moved forward from. It's like seeing an old girlfriend - awkward at times, nostalgic at times and downright maddening and embarrassing.
I was always interested in doing it, but I was so content with my life that I didn't really go after it.