I began with small roles in successful movies like 'No Country For Old Men' by the Coen brothers; but it was 'The Last Exorcism' that changed my life: with what I earned, I left Texas and moved to Los Angeles.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I grew up on films.
I actually got hurt in a steel factory in 1985 and so that changed my life. I went to a junior college and that's where I discovered acting.
When I was new, I didn't know where my career will go. Initially, my films were not even successful, but then I learned a lot from my mistakes.
I didn't start acting until I was in college, which was in the 70's.
I came to Hollywood and felt myself an outsider, and I was sent all these action thrillers and superhero scripts.
Hollywood infected my brain and I really valued the wrong things in life, but I changed dramatically.
I had been working early in my life in films - since I was 11.
I had no aspirations to be part of American cinema... I was really a Europe-based person, and those were the films I was inspired by.
I eventually became an actor, starting with doing stand-up comedy in New York and then theater wherever they would let me. Finally, I moved out here to Los Angeles and got on a show.
I started as a journalist for magazines in New York City, so it was always storytelling. And moving into movies was a natural transition.