They told me I should be making my own records. So I figured, 'why not?

At the time, I was making good money doing background work and demos.

I have no issues in talking about my personal life, but I feel it takes away from my career and my characters, especially when a film is about to release.

Basically, a manager's job is to make other people more productive. What's one really good way to do that? Do the work that is getting in their way. Which means find out what kind of important work your developers dislike the most, and do it for them.

In my career as a writer, I preferred to avoid current events: I wrote young adult novels and book reviews and lifestyle journalism about health and parenting and other such evergreens.

As an actor, you have got to learn your job as thoroughly as you can. If you know your job, then there's nothing that can stop you. Because the bottom line is that only good actors will get work.