Stephen Amell

When I shot 'Private Practice,' Amy Brenneman made a point of really befriending me before we started shooting.

I'm share a lot of details, but 98 percent of my life is still private.

You have to relax when you're shooting an arrow. You can't be tense. And that just helps, in your day-to-day life.

I would like to, in some capacity, observe how Tom Cruise goes about his business when it comes to making a movie and how he behaves on set and how he interacts with the crew because from everything that I've heard, it is the template for professionalism and just the way to conduct yourself as an actor.

The thing that I've learned is that there really is no joy, and nothing ever good is going to come from negativity. Those are thoughts that, even if you were presenting an honest version of yourself, there's just no point in sharing.

I remember doing a little student film where we had a guy that couldn't pull focus. We ended up spending three times the amount of time shooting this thing as opposed to if the guy could've just pulled focus.

When I get time off, my brain is just, that's it. I sit. I veg. People will think that I'm upset or not happy, but I'm just exhausted. I'm just zoned out.

I had five years in the business in Canada, and then I came down to the States in February of 2010. I had a good pilot season. I started getting guest star work. I started to get bigger stuff.

When I'm working, I'm working and I'm focused on that day's work.

I'm still an actor who wants to work all the time.