Thomas Wilson
How it shaped my perception is this: I have become so indelibly identified as a character in pop culture that it has forced me to go deeply within myself to get a very very rock solid sense, to myself, of who I am.
But I didn't actually end up hanging upside down with the snake.
Being known as something else than what I am by everyone I come across in life has forced me to strengthen the sense that I have of myself.
Basically, what it's about is getting a job and performing in that job the best that I can.
As soon as I approached it like a play, I got better quickly.
As I told you, fortunately, I just don't watch a lot of TV.
Andersonville. The Civil War movie about the only concentration camp in America history. My great-great grandfather was actually a prisoner in the camp, where I got to play a Union prisoner.
And ultimately I go, I think I would live in a box and paint.
And people come up to me all the time and tell me about how they went to a drive in with their dad that night and how the moment is frozen in time.
And by the same token, I appreciate math, because I can't do math. If I have to read a map or figure out the tip on a restaurant bill, I might start to tear up a little bit.
Acting is what I do for a living.
Acting is just a small portion of what I do creatively.
Acting as I do as a supporting actor, I had to come up with some other creative expressions to keep myself sane.