My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.
BEAU BRIDGESI was coming into a situation I didn’t really know much about, and now, after a couple of years, the character’s kind of mellowed and gotten comfortable working at the command center and very comfortable with his troops.
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As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I’ve been in a town where the only entertainment to be had is what you find in the hotel bar or lobby.
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But when I’m done with the job I can take it off pretty easy, it’s like a suit of clothes, put on something else.
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What they always do with these shows is they always leave them open-ended.
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I like to try to make the characters I play be as human as possible.
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I got five kids, and my oldest is a documentary film maker and camera man, and still photographer.
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Dylan, myself and my father were in a two hour movie called The Sand Kings, which started off the Outer Limits series. It was sort of the two hour pilot movie.
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Part of the western movement is this desire that we, Americans, have to keep pressing on.
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I’ve always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans – the original Americans.
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You miss that guy but then suddenly you’re working with him again maybe somewhere.
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Yeah, I’m very impressed with Lifetime, this is the first time I’ve worked with them. I really like the kind of programming that they’re into, so I’m hoping that I will.
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If your focus is there, then the actual doing of the job will be fun and enjoyable. But if you’re so involved in trying to be interesting and a character and everything when you’re not working, it can get in the way and people get goofed up.
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And then I got into sports and gave my guitar to my brother Jeff who was just a little kid at that time.
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The things I enjoy most as I watch the movie are the things that came through without even thinking.
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I’ve done a number of these My Name is Earl shows. I play Earl’s father. It’s a half-hour comedy. And I’ll be doing some more of those.
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But on the other hand I believe I’m a private person too, and I enjoy that aspect of my life as well.
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