I Obviously Am Cognizant Of The Fact

I Was Playing Pretty Boys And These Angelic Roles Like Nicholas Nickleby And All That Stuff. And I Was Like, 'what Am I Doing? This Isn't Who I Am, As A Man Or An Artist.' I Had To Overcome People's Belief That I Was Too Pretty To Be A Badass.

In The Early Part Of Your Career You Are Always Compared With Somebody Until You Can Stand On Your Own Two Feet

Right Before I Got 'sons Of Anarchy,' I Actually Quit Acting For 18 Months And Didnt Read A Single Script, And I Wrote A Film. I Felt Like I Needed To Do Something That I Had Control Over, As An Artist, And Also Just Do Something Where I Felt Like I Had Some Control Over My Life, As Just A Human, Out In The World.

For Me, Obviously Anything That Reduces The Amount Of Acting Required And Makes The Process More Of An Experience, Rather Than Having To Synthesize, Is Incredibly Helpful. There Were Definitely Some Hardships And Some Challenges, But Eventually All Of Those Hardships And Challenges Had A Positive Effect On The Work.

If I'd Seen A Grown Man Beating A Crippled Boy, Of Course I'd Intervene. If My Father Died And Left My Mother Destitute, It's Your Instinct To Take Care Of Her. So When I Started To Think About It In Those Terms, It Started To Make Sense To Me