Follow Your Gut, Make A Choice, And

Auditioning For Television Shows - To Find A Guy Who Has A Lot Of Experience As A Laborer Is A Bit Of An Anomaly. We Do Exist. I Know Several Other Actors Who Have Made Their Living, Instead Of A Waitress Job, Framing Houses Or Blacktopping Roads.

I Think That Laziness In Many Ways Is The Human Condition, And That's What Has Led Us To This Place Where, As We've Developed Technology.

I Think It's Fascinating That I Receive Attention For What People Perceive To Be A Level Of Manliness Or Machismo, When Amongst My Family Of Farmers And Paramedics And Regular Americans, I'm Kind Of The Sissy In My Family.

When I [first] Went To University, I Was Doing Foreign Languages, Because I Had Done Them Since I Was 13 Years Old. I Had Done French And German. I Picked Up Italian, Just Sort Of Blasted Through The Exams, [and Then] Took Off Overseas, Because I Wanted To Be An Actor. I Thought, "i'm Just Not Academic." I'm Not Very Competitive, In Terms Of Acting. But Since Going Back To University, I've Realized, I Am Highly Competitive.

There's A Lot Of Common Sense ... Which I Feel Like We Have Lost Touch With.