I was never treated differently. I never felt like I was lesser or I was discriminated against. I've only experienced that after I became an actor.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The difference between me and American-born actors is that I came here with the expectation of not being treated fairly.
You see people in different situations behaving in very different ways. That can only benefit you as an actor.
I don't like being treated differently.
I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period.
I started as an actor in the theater playing a lot of character parts, and suddenly, I found myself in this place where it felt like I was getting locked into a kind of a stereotype, and it did bother me.
I became an actor because I enjoy playing a variety of different people rather than playing one person for the rest of my career.
I see myself as a character actor, and I've always been drawn to playing characters that are different from myself because acting is escapism for me. I've never been that comfortable playing people that are like me.
To be at acting school, it was kind of the first time you felt the freedom to be as much of yourself as you wanted. People weren't going to judge you.
Being exposed to the diversity of music I was as a kid made me the actor I am today. As an actor, you have to adapt and do so many different things.
The thing about being an actor is that you're acting. It's not that big of a deal of to play someone different from yourself.
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