Most of the time, actors respond to the thing thats so far from who they are. We all want to play the serial killer and the ex-con.

If your heart, head and gut are telling you the same thing, then you owe it to yourself to chase it.

The transition from sports into acting was something I got blindsided by. I had a full scholarship to law school. I had a different life planned. I started a business, and I was all ready to go. I suddenly got in a local movie, just to say to my kids one day, "Yeah, your old man was in a movie," and I caught the bug.

I'm a workaholic, so I read everything that's out there.

With TV, you don't know, but you can build it as you go and bring some things to life. It's malleable, changeable and flexible.

Most of the time, actors respond to the thing thats so far from who they are. We all want to play the serial killer and the ex-con.

It makes it [work] a lot easier when you like what you do. It's easy when you're working and making money doing it. It's hard when you're not. That's when that gets challenged.