American - Actor | August 13, 1983 -
I live in New York and I love it, because it doesn't make me feel like my life is always just about acting and that world of acting. I don't have expectations.
Sebastian Stan
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You have license in front of the camera to do things, feel certain emotions that you don't get to in real life. It can be addicting.
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The thing that sticks to me most about theater is that because it's such an ape crazy nonstop experience, you really don't have time to think about anything else. You're just really present; you have to be, or else, you know, you can't stop the play.
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Sometimes with films you have a freedom to be able to, Okay, we got that take so let's try another one where suddenly I'll say this, or you'll get to improv. You can't do that with stage. We have to make it new every time, and also within the structured settings.
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Sometimes you don't want to get married too much to a lot of rehearsing, I feel, when it comes to film, because there's so many technicalities. So if I'm in my head, I've gotten settled on something, I'm gonna have to change it if I get there and something was set that's completely different.
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I've gotten really good at not judging characters.
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My job as an actor is to just tell the story as best I can from my character's point of view and let the audience decide.
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You can't judge a character, and you're never going to always play characters that are morally sound or know right from wrong.
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My first job was in a movie theater. I worked at Cinema 6 in New City, New York. I was an usher. I sold popcorn.
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Theater is the most challenging thing to do. It's just you out there with no rope. You can't call time out; you're on a roller coaster.
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I know, when people are considering me for jobs, sometimes it's, 'Well, you're in a comic-book movie.' And I'm, like, 'But I'm killing myself to try to do the best I can!'
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Most of the people I admire as actors didn't make it until their mid-30s: the Mark Ruffalos, the John Hawkeses of the world.
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