-: I think that's a bit of escapism in all of it
and there's a sense of play.
I know a couple my friends who went
a more traditional career route,
whether that's into medicine or law
or finance, or banking.
They oftentimes don't have the sense of play
that I get to enjoy in a rehearsal room.
I also have the freedom to fail a lot.
I can't imagine the stakes of a surgeon.
If you fail as a surgeon, that's pretty high stakes.
If I fail in a rehearsal room,
it's a laugh, maybe a moment of embarrassment,
and you get up and you get to play again,
try something different,
figure out another way into the character,
and it's always a living,
breathing thing with, at the end
of the day low stakes, you know?
The instability of my career when I can look out
and I know you're not supposed
to compare yourself to anyone else.
We're all on our all paths,
but it is inevitable when you see people
with that stability, it's enviable
and I think that's the hardest part of all this,
'cause you do feel a little bit lonely when you're,
it's you and your backpack a lot time, and
some of these big sacrifices I've
had to make early on in my career when it's,
maybe I was 27 and I hadn't had more than one line
on a television show, just walk on,
walk off, you're under arrest,
you have to right to remain silence.
That might have been my role,
and I can't tell you how many family vacations
I've had to miss.
I've had to miss some friend's wedding before.
I had to miss a funeral before,
because this, there is a threshold that it's like,
all right, I'm going to this thing.
I'm committing to this whatever personal event
that I have RSVP'd to or I really want to or should be at,
but then there's a threshold.
If I'm getting three episodes on a show,
that's a big career jump,
and I've had to make that sacrifice a lot of times
and take the work more than what might
have in the short-term fulfilled my personal life.