Actor's Journey to Authentic Roles

Big switch. I remember going in the '90s going,

you could plug any one of us into

this role, this kind of movie, this leading man kind of thing,

it's all gonna be

the same.

Mm-hmm.

So that's boring. And then, and it's really about chasing an image

and,

and then

somewhere I made a switch

in the early aughts where I said, I'm just gonna...

I know the movies I've enjoyed th- so- this far-

Mm-hmm

... and why, and I'm just gonna take things

that I really,

really... I'm not taking anything because someone

tells me I should or it's good or

someone else is gonna get if I don't.

I did a couple of those and always didn't work.

Yeah.

And I just made the switch and,

and really I enjoy what I, you know, I, I enjoy what I do 'cause

I go in and I go in hard. I work hard and then