tridge Family introduced me to a
whole new world of working with
writers and the most fantastic musicians on the face of the earth. I
worked with some of the greatest
writers of all time. I was 19 and I
was a sponge, I just soaked it up.
I’ve always considered myself an
actor. People don’t think of me
as an actor anymore because I’ve
had so much more success as an
entertainer, but for me one of the
highlights of my career was being on Broadway in the ‘90s with
Blood Brothers. That’s an acting
role and it’s a serious acting role.
There’s a little music in it for the
character I played, but not much.
I still get offered roles from time
to time. A couple times this year I
got offered a few films that were
really crap. And I thought I’d
love to act, but don’t do junk. If it
doesn’t spark a fire in your belly,
what are you doing it for? Why
would you be doing this? Just
because you want to act again?
Don’t act in crap!
It has nothing to do with money
or the budget or anything like
that. It’s always been about the
work for me. I tell this to people
when I speak at schools, I say
forget about fame, forget about
money. If you’re taking a job for
fame and thinking you just want
to be famous then do something
else. If you do good work the rest
of it will come. If you’re good and
you do good work it may take you
20 years, it may even take you 40
years as it’s taken many actors. I
can’t even tell you how many ac-
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