I was born in California. When I was six, we moved to a small town in northern Indiana called Mishawaka.

It was very clear to me I wanted to be an actor when I got out into civilian life.

Emphasis in the Marine Corps isn't on talking about your feelings.

At the end of whatever we're doing, I always feel like I want to go back and start over again because now I have a better sense of what it is. I feel that with everything. Like, if you're doing like a long run of a play and you're doing it seven shows a week, at the end of it, I want to go back and start from the beginning.

It's hard to kill that father-son bond.

I mean, I did plays in high school, but I was convinced you couldn't make a living doing it.

I think people are willing to take more of a risk on an indie film, about character, etc...but at the same time, when I work on projects that are substantially bigger, in a way they do feel small. Even though the catering is way better and we actually have someone shooting with real film.... The budgets are bigger but the story still feels small, like an indie film.