I train like a pro-athlete, not like an actor who's just trying to look pretty.

I was kind of a dark kid. I loved Halloween, and I loved vampires and the black and white old monster movies.

I play characters who are comfortable naked, but that's something you work up to. I did a play off-Broadway in New York when I was in college. It was full-frontal nudity. It's nerve-racking.

I went to a school that's predominantly computer science and engineering. So, there's a real shortage of hot girls, let's say.

I train like a pro-athlete, not like an actor who's just trying to look pretty.

I wanted to work with somebody who seemed like he came from the same place that I did, which is that total immersion and learning about the world around, from this very gritty, dark side, and had access to that.

What's funny is that male strippers don't wear thongs anymore. They wear flat backs.