From thesudburystar.com

Q: What do you like to do with your teenager, August?

A:I try to get him to do stuff he wouldn’t normally do. I tried to get him to go ice skating; that was a no-go. We go to concerts; we’ve seen The Police, Elvis Costello, Evanescence. He is an exceptionally cool dude, and I think, “Get ready, world!” He’s 2 1/2 years from getting his permit to drive. I bought a Jeep stick shift and will teach him to drive a stick.

Q: When did you know you wanted to act?

A:In the show we are shooting right now, one of the suspects is Joe Banks, and Tony (Weatherly’s character) perks up when he hears that name. Why do I know that name? I flirted with acting in college and watched a lot of movies. I also wanted to be a baseball player and astronaut. I had this great experience in “Joe Versus the Volcano” about a guy Joe Banks. He has this brain cloud evidently, and a fatal brain disease, and he gets hired -since he is going to die anyway -and he gets hired by an industrialist to jump into a volcano. Life is nothing if you don’t go and take a big chance. He doesn’t live until he dies. I was 21, and I watched this epic Tom Hanks/Meg Ryan movie, and it spoke to me like a thunderbolt struck the theater.

Q:Where did you attend college?

A:I was at American University in D. C. I had to move to New York. I could have taken a lick of lollipop and somebody said, “How many licks does it take to get to the center?” That’s it! I saw meaning in everything.