It's Difficult To Keep That Perspective, I

To Think One Film Makes A Career Is Ridiculous. It's Important To Keep Perspective And Do Things Other Than For Money.

People Relate To Things That Feel Real To Them. All The Good, Happy, Over-sexed And Moneyed Endings On Tv Are Not The Way Most Of Us Feel In Our Lives. The Success Of 'e.r.,' I Think, Is Not Relying On Overly Sentimental Stories That Are Solved Where People's Lives Wrap Up Nicely With Happy Endings.

I Did Tons Of Theater In School, And Then When I Was 16 And Got My Driver's License, I Started Driving To Los Angeles, Along With My Friend Eric Stoltz, Who Was A Year Ahead Of Me And Was Doing The Same Thing. So We Had The Same Manager, And We Started Auditioning For Things And Doing Commercials When We Were 16.

I Was Always Enjoying The Moment. Acting, Writing, Looking For Roles And Getting Involved With People And Trying To Create Something That Would Be Entertaining To People. With 'e.r.,' We Were All Very Lucky To Get This Combination Of People Together In The Right Story In The Right Way To Take It To The Level It Has Reached.

Knock Wood, But I Started Acting Professionally When I Was 16, And I've Always Been Able To Support Myself Since Then.