I'm a kid from Ohio in an industry that drives people insane.
Things in the industry get too competitive. In that pressure, you tend to lose yourself. So, it's important to have someone to turn to and vent out.
You can't be a kid in show business. You will not survive.
I think it's just sad in this industry that sometimes the pressures of being successful make you say things that are untrue.
The animal industry has sucked the life out of me for the past 20 years. I need a break.
When you're not working, it does affect you. It destroys you if your film doesn't release.
The downfall of the industry is that there is a lot of pressure in it, a lot of rejection in it and a lot of competition in it. It's a whole mess.
This is one of the hardest industries to be married.
Showrunning is a thing where you have to work with tons of different people. You have to schmooze people, you have to talk to network people. I don't want to do any of that.
A lot of actors I had worked with seemed mentally unbalanced. It's only a matter of time before I go nuts myself.
Sometimes you'll be on sets, and people will be fighting and there will be some nasty person that thinks they're the next Brad Pitt.
It keeps me from getting too overwhelmed about the industry when I can just do my math homework.
I just didn't wanna put the pressure on myself to be in there [Def Jam South] to work as an artist and to have the hat as the executive with other projects.
You gotta remember: we're musicians... we're just crazy people who can't get along sometimes. I've definitely come to the table with my knife in my pocket a couple of times; you know how it is. It's part of being human. Now add fame and money and all that rock and roll craziness to it - we're lucky we don't eat each other in this industry!
I still enjoy acting. I love the moment in front of the camera, but it's all the other moments that I don't enjoy. The 'business' aspect of it, the gossip.
Hollywood can be a draining industry. For all the glitz and glory and wonderful parts of our business, it takes it's toll on your inner self.
