>> My brother was going to school at a college called Reed at the time in Portland also,
which is a school for geniuses, and he's like actually a genius, and I was not.
So, I went to like University of Portland and it ended up being one
of the greatest experiences of my life.
And then when I decided I wanted to be an actor, which was in school, I studied business,
but I took all the acting classes, did all the plays.
I went to URTAs, which is where all actors audition for graduate schools.
You basically have three minutes, and you sit in front of about 65 schools
in a theatre, all the like people who recruit.
And you have three minutes, and you have to do two monologues,
and then you get called into their rooms to interview.
And you know, I met with about eight schools, and Temple University is where I picked.
I remember it like it was yesterday.
I was doing a play.
It was my junior year.
I was in Portland, Oregon.
I was doing the Rose Tattoo, and I had a moment on stage that I had absolute clarity,
but it just hit me in that moment that this is what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
I mean, it was that specific, and it was that clear.
So, that evening I called my parents, and I said, "I'm going to be an actor."
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