In Film, You Have To Let Go

The Foibles Of My Body Are Pretty Much Out There In The Work I Do.

Films Are Always A Fiction, Not Documentary. Even A Documentary Is A Kind Of Fiction.

Sometimes I Take A Temperature Of Things Just Because Everyone Else Does. Especially When I'm Doing A Play. I Want To Know What People Are Thinking, Positive Or Negative.

Frankly, I Get Much More Sensitive About What's Written About Me Than How I Look In A Photo. I'm So Used To People Seeing My Image In Plays And Films That What They Think About How I Look Is None Of My Business. If They Says, "hey, He Doesn't Look Good," I'm Like, Whatever, Because I Know I Look Different From Day To Day. But If You're Up There Putting Your Heart Into Something And People Reject Your Performance, That's Very Painful. The Written Word Can Kick Your Ass.

I Have A Fine Level Of Recognition In The Business And Among The Acting Community Now, So I Consider Myself One Of The Lucky Ones. If I Didn't Think That, There Would Be Something Wrong With Me. I'm Grateful And Thankful For What I've Got.