I did come to L.A. to try to get on TV and get in front of a camera, so I could have a stage career in New York.
Jon BernthalI played baseball in college, and then I went to Russia to study acting and played some pro ball over there.
Jon BernthalWe all come from different levels, and I think every human has their own relationship to violence, athletic violence and fighting.
Jon BernthalI went to school to play sports, but I got involved in theatre in college kind of by mistake. I ended up taking an acting class almost just to get rid of an arts requirement, but I wound up in this wonderful acting class with this teacher named Alma Becker who really saved my life. I was just kind of this knucklehead kid from DC and I was in and out of trouble all of the time. I took a theatre class and she really discovered something in me and I absolutely fell in love with it.
Jon Bernthal