A lot of people realize "I don't have to work in this job that I'm miserable at every year, or every day, and I don't have to live in, for example, New York City where it's super expensive and if I live somewhere else that is less expensive and could pursue my passion like, I can afford to do that."
The trend now is to shoot in Canada because it's cheaper, and they don't care what the location is.
I'm interested in seeking projects no matter where, no matter if it is in the United States, whether in Chile, whether in Venezuela.
I'm happy living in the countryside. We are 30 minutes away from Milan, so I can drive in for dinner and drive out. It's not a question of living in the country or in the city, it's really a question of living in a tight, close-knit clan that makes the difference.
And when I have lived elsewhere, every two weeks I have to fly back to LA. Even New York directors go there to audition. So I have to be there to a degree.
If the script is good, the cast and director good, I'll go anywhere.
I live a bi-coastal and sometimes tri-coastal life.
It's not so important to me where I work. A lot of good writers and directors and actors come out of Hollywood, so obviously it would be great to work there, but there's some great stuff coming out of Britain, so I'm going to see what comes from all angles.
I got rid of my place in L.A. I had this beautiful condo in Taluca Lake, but I was like, 'Why am I paying for this when I'm all over?'
I live halfway between London and the airport, which means I can operate my European career and get home every night. It costs a lot of money, but it's worth it.
If I can just play, it doesn't matter where we are... Japan, Australia, or here in the neighborhood.
When NBC told me I got the job, I asked, 'Can we do it from New York?' There was just silence on the phone
New York is fantastic, and I've done several films in Los Angeles which I really enjoyed, but I don't think that America is the be-all and end-all. I'll follow the good work wherever it may be.
My stuff lives in Nashville but I live wherever my children are.
Every now and again I want to go to the beach and be in the sun, but that's a very rare feeling, so I could live in London, definitely.
I only do children's films now! I think when you go to LA some people feel you've defected a little bit and that's not really the case. Ideally, I would love to work here and to work in America. That's in an ideal world. In fact, I came back to Britain recently to do an ITV1 drama that will be out in April for a couple of months! But I'm flying back to LA to do a pilot season. So, to work in both places is great.
I'd like to find great roles close to home and work on great projects while staying near my family. My family's the most important thing to me right now.
I felt (a) it was a great role and (b) I wanted to stay in town. I wanted to stop going to these four month and five month gigs up in Toronto or Montreal or Vancouver or down in Mexico. I wanted to be around my son, Max. This came along and I was like, 'I really want to play this guy!'
I look for the role that excites me and work with whoever that director happens to be, wherever he wants to shoot the film.
Most indie shoots, or any kind of film shooting, even TV, it's out of Los Angeles, unfortunately. I wish that would change, that people could work where their families are, across the board - crew, cast. I wish we could all stay here.
The super awesomeness would be a portable teleportation machine that I could take with me. I go wherever I want, and then I can go from there to wherever I want. Instantly. Without having to go through TSA. One can wish.
I'm not a fan of living in L.A. when I'm not working there.
I made a conscious effort to focus on television so I could stay in Los Angeles, so I wasn't on a location all over the world doing movies.
Technology has saved us money in some circumstances, but it has really afforded us the ability to cover stories from locations we might not have been able to in the past.
I'm happy in L.A., but I will live wherever my kids are, and I don't really mind where it is.
