I found my niche as a character actor, and I've never felt like a movie star or teen idol and never wanted to.
When you are a character actor they trust you will go in and give them a full character and leave.
At our best, it's a good experience but we do 22 episodes a year, so there are some clunkers.
Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.
It's like why people read scary books or go see scary movies. Because it creates a distance. They're scared, but they're not going to get hurt.
When I was younger I used to pick things just to face the fear.
The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.