I've Been In California For About 15

In My College Years, I Worked As A Union Labor Organizer. I Was Just One Of The Many Workers Trying To Do My Part To Help The Community.

What Struck Me More Than Anything Is How The People That Are Involved In Government Start Out From A Place Of Really Wanting To Do Well, No Matter What Kind Of Political Spectrum They're On, How They Have To Hold Onto That Warm Fuzzy Place In Their Heart While They're Stuck In The Machine.

It's Less About The Physical Training, In The End, Than It Is About The Mental Preparation: Boxing Is A Chess Game. You Have To Be Skilled Enough And Have Trained Hard Enough To Know How Many Different Ways You Can Counterattack In Any Situation, At Any Moment.

If You're Afraid To Live Your Life In A Glass Bubble, How Can You Do What We Do In This Industry?

People Don't Walk Around Thinking Of Themselves As Bad People. You're Part Of The Environment That You Grow Up In, And There Can Be Decency In That. I Always Try To Find A Little Glimmer Of That, In Anything That I Do, Because You Can Find Places Where There's Humor Or Lightness In Something That's Deep And Profound, And That Tends To Resonate More And Make People More Human. As An Actor And Performer, I Think It Resonates More With The Audience When You Do Have The Payoff.