I'm in that lucky percentile where I can worry about how I want to shape my career. That's a wonderful place to be.

When I was a younger actor, I was pretty much solely motivated by validation. I just wanted to be told I was good and handsome and a part of the gang. It was pretty simple animal-social stuff. I don't care as much about those things anymore.

I'm very familiar with Tyler Perry.

There's some beautiful filmmaking on television. I'm getting a lot of my artistic sustenance from what's happening there.

L.A.'s a pretty, warm, easy, breezy place. You can sunbathe, get a Mai Tai, and wake up five months later. And it's still sunny. And they're still serving Mai Tais.