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But If You Do, Then It's A High Class Problem To Have. And If You Do, You're The Architect Of That Problem. There's No One Else To Blame But Yourself. You've Kept Doing The Same Kinds Of Movies And That's What They Want To See.

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But If You Do, Then It's A High Class Problem To Have. And If You Do, You're The Architect Of That Problem. There's No One Else To Blame But Yourself. You've Kept Doing The Same Kinds Of Movies And That's What They Want To See.

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Whatever It Takes

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Russian Roulette

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When I Was Younger, I Was Reticent To Be Vulnerable On Camera And Everything I Was Doing Was Just A Really Finely Honed Defense Mechanism From When I Was A Kid, And I Was Now Using This To Make A Living On Camera.

Acting Has Given Me A Way To Channel My Angst. I Feel Like An Overweight, Pimply Faced Kid A Lot Of The Time - And Finding A Way To Access That Insecurity, And Put It Toward Something Creative Is Incredibly Rewarding. I Feel Very Lucky.

The Stunts On The Ground I Can Do, But I've Never Been Good With Heights.

Any Great Director Is Also Someone Who Is Incredibly Intelligent About Whom They Hire Around Them.

I Grew Up In Vancouver, British Columbia.

I Never Took Acting Classes, But I Knew I Could Do It Based On The Skill With Which I Lied To My Parents On A Regular Basis!

Honestly, I Think It's Dumb Luck That I'm Able To Kind Of Get Away Doing Different Types Of Films In Different Genres. There's Always A Tendency To Kind Of Stick With What Works, Or Stick With One Particular Kind Of Brand Or Movie. But So Far I've Been Getting Away With It, So I'm Going To Continue To Do That For As Long As I Can.

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