I have lots of other intense stories, but the overwhelming majority of them can’t really be told without damaging reputations. I’m not interested in harming anyone. All I’ll say from experience, is that fame is the most hazardous drug. It kills.. even those that remain alive. Hollywood is, like any other multi-billion dollar generating industry, deeply bureaucratic and politically motivated and people want valuable opportunities and alliances and trade what they can for them. The glaring problem? An actor’s product is their self.

Ok. Last story for a while. This one’s my fave. A tale of real time ego deflation. It’s 2002. I’m 24 years young. I shoot the Santa Clause 2 in Vancouver. It’s been 8 years since we shot the original. I am miserable. Long shoot. It’s raining in Vancouver, all day, err day,… I’m having a mini nervous breakdown complete with daily episodic panic. Working with Tim Allen, who has an early out from work everyday, he gets to leave no later than 3pm. Mind you, he’s there at 2am every morning, thick prosthetics applied to his face. Also working with kids..

Ok. So I’m 25. My girlfriend of 5 and a half years, lived together for two years, decides being with me is distracting her from pursuing her masters degree at USC in Cinema Studies. She wants to take an indefinite break. I’m badly heartbroken… What’s one to do to get over this kind of blighting event? At 25? In LA? HIT THE CLUB CIRCUIT, that’s what. I gave it about 4 months… and then, rustier than a screwdriver in Seattle, I dipped my toe into the most debaucherous and vile dating scene in the world, Los Angeles clubs

I’m 23. The Mexican is coming out. I hire a publicist. Which is always a debacle for me. If I tell you that publicizing myself has always been an excruciatingly disappointing experience, I’d be underplaying it. But dumb, young, with money to waste, right? So… My publicist calls & says that MTV has invited me to participate in Celebrity Say What Karaoke in Cancun, Mexico during spring break. Last minute invite, I have to the leave the next morning to Cancun but I can bring a guest. My girlfriend at the time can’t attend. No one can