You have to wait for a big star to come in and generate interest on a project, and now that has become me, which is an amazing blessing.
I'm consciously aware, specifically with the comic book world, where there's a built-in fanbase. But, there's a little bit of leniency because there are a couple different universes.
The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police academy at the college was paying people to reenact the calls that potential cops would get. So I got to play thugs and people who were unruly.
I guess I just have one of those resting faces that makes me look like I want to beat you up.
I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.
I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place. I never want to be part of something like that, where there's an agenda there that's not about telling a story, where its someone getting on a soapbox and preaching their own beliefs onto somebody.
