Cole Sprouse

Photography is a pursuit that allows you to be very hands-on with what you show people of either yourself or the art you want to make, and acting is kind of the exact opposite. You do have a modicum of creative freedom as an actor, but you're still very much a cipher for other people's art. ”

Maybe it was escapism, but I had become obsessed with going to remote locations and keeping myself behind the camera. ”

Twins work really well in the industry because child labor laws dictate a baby, as an example, can only work for, like, an hour a day. ”

I couldn't continue to live in a bubble and hope to be an empathic actor. It doesn't work. ”

I come from an educational environment that really praises, as do I, the forms of representation that are otherwise lacking in our public media. ”

The world of fashion and fine arts in New York really took me by surprise, and photography has helped me through a period of personal turmoil. I am glad when people like my portfolio, but its aim is - or was - to keep me at peace. ”

Oftentimes, the funniest comedians are people who've gone through personal torment. ”