As an actor, I usually try and keep my motivation within the context of what the character is going through.

I have two sisters and a mother, obviously, so I grew up with a household of girls. Maybe I have a greater respect for women because of it.

I'm just this kid from Toronto who got his start.

As an actor, I usually try and keep my motivation within the context of what the character is going through.

I love acting because it's a bit of an escape. It gives you the ability to reinvent yourself. They say that acting is the shy man's revenge.

Between takes I find it difficult to switch off and then try and re-emerge myself in the part, so I try to stay in that frame of mine all day. It can be exhausting and you lose a sense of self, but it is the method that works best for me.

I don't see how you can give someone who lied to the extent that he did a second chance in the same line of work.