The stage and screen are canvases, and each role is a stroke in the painting of a narrative

When I was growing up, Keane and Sheringham were my idols, and they wore 10. So it was always my dream to wear it.

My role models were always the Pacinos and the Oldmans, the guys who get dirty with their characters, and I arrived in L.A. during the big boom of ‘Dawson’s Creek.’ I was getting cast as the boy next door, or the friend of the jock. I thought, ‘Did I really have to do all that studying?’

Find someone who has the life that you want and figure how they got it. Read books. Pick your role models wisely. Find out what they did and do it.

With every word we utter, with every action we take, we know our kids are watching us. We as parents, are their most important role models.

Strong men, men who are truly role models, don’t need to put down women to make themselves feel powerful.