Don't listen to anybody. Nobody knows the magic bullet. If they did, they'd sell it and make a fortune. Follow your gut. Follow your instincts. Every once in a while, take a chance.
I learned construction and carpentry from my father at a young age, so I felt very comfortable and I felt very satisfied when I worked in that field.
If you'd asked me after 'Band of Brothers' what thing I wanted to do next, I certainly never would have imagined 'Southland.'
I paid my way through school doing set construction for film and television. I'm a member of Local 44. I was a construction coordinator on 'Beverly Hills 90210' for 4 1/2 years and ran their whole construction program. I did two other pilots as a coordinator for Aaron Spelling.
The truth just happens - lies take time to make.
Everybody works in a different way, and I've worked with actors that have no training whatsoever who are phenomenal.
This is 'Southland,' so we don't editorialize.
If you disarm someone's hands - they cannot kill you!
My favorite part about going to the gym used to be leaving.
Jerry Orbach is just phenomenal. He is genius, so present.
I don't know if I would be a good cop. As gruff as I come off, I take things very emotionally.
Obviously, it's always a good to be in shape and to be fit.
Sometimes you walk out of an audition and you kind of know you nailed it and you're probably going to book it, but you very rarely are told in the room by the people who are hiring you.
Interestingly enough, my more high-profile things are in uniform. But if you look at my full body of work, there's a lot of stuff that's not in uniform. But I do a lot of stuff in the service, and I think that's just how I'm built physically. It just serves the roles.
Most people don't like challenges at work. Actors love challenges at work.
Games are another place to find work, not only the voice stuff but in the motion capture stuff. It's exciting work.
I much prefer the company of the crew, the sort of 'blue-collar working person.' I much more have that sensibility than what the public perceives as what a typical actor would have.
I've always worked out. I've always gone to the gym. But it was always a chore, and it was always, like, 'Man, I've gotta go do this because if I don't I'll get all dumpy and out of shape and then no one will hire me for good roles.'
As an actor, you try to put a little bit of yourself in everything you do.
I've had some really wonderful opportunities in my career, 'Band of Brothers' being one of them. That's material that can really make a difference, but I don't think of that going into it - at least not consciously.
