When I landed in L.A. in ...

When I landed in L.A. in early '89, William Morris decided to take me on to see if I could get any jobs. I was cast in a TV movie called Protected Surf, and made $30,000 in four weeks, and I decided I needed to take acting seriously, because I had never made that much money in a year, much less four weeks. That's when I decided I thought I could make a career out of it.
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As an actor I kind of do. I started out doing voice overs in the mid 80s when I was in grad school.
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Between Clive Owen winning at the Golden Globes and the British Academy announcing its nominations, of which Sideways received only one, I'm feeling pretty humbled these days.
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When I moved to L.A. in 1989, the very first thing I did was this horrific pilot called To Protect And Surf.
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I've been a writer longer than I've been an actor. I wrote short stories like crazy when I was in high school and college. I worked in advertising before I moved to L.A. to pursue acting.
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But all actors go through the process, it's hit and miss, you have achievement and failure.
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