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111What kind of characters do you hope to portray in the future? Do you have a dream role?I don%u2019t really know. I have been cast quite a few times playing somebody who carries a burden or some significant pain. I suppose it would be fun to play someone who is a little more relaxed in their life. It is a part of me that I haven%u2019t really had much opportunity to show and could be fun. Truthfully, I just like playing characters that I don%u2019t know much about. It means I can learn and explore. I can go somewhere new. That%u2019s the stuff that fascinates me. I am curious about people, especially people that I don%u2019t understand.As you are from Canada, what is a place that you would recommend that everyone visit if they have a chance?I know people like warm weather and sunshine but I think everyone should experience a place like Muskoka in the winter time. Cottaging in Northern Ontario in the winter is unbelievable. There is nothing quite like it. It is quiet, lakes are iced over, and the night is lit up by the reflection of the moon in the snow. Plus, you can chill you beer on the deck. And this is coming from a guy who doesn%u2019t even have a cottage. What are you currently reading, listening to and watching?I just finished reading %u2018Shoe Dog%u2019 the autobiography of Phil Knight, the founder Nike. It%u2019s a pretty crazy story. I don%u2019t read much fiction because I do enough of that reading scripts while working or auditioning. I like to return to the real world when I read. I am currently watching Mad Men, simply because I can only watch The West Wing so many times, and my playlists are just loaded with girl pop. I make no apologies for the fact that I spend most of my time singing at the top of my lungs to Natasha Bedingfield, Katy Perry, and Taylor Swift. Right now I am listening to a lot of Selena Gomez. It%u2019s the truth. Deal with it.in high school. In my third year, I had to write a paper on shifting acting techniques in the Twentieth Century, which may just be the most boring thing imaginable to most people, but I found it fascinating. I had to read a lot of the prominent literature on acting and I just couldn%u2019t get enough of it. The thing I like about it the most is that you are never good enough, you can always be better. I hate being satisfied or complacent. I need to be driving towards something. Since you can never really master acting, it%u2019s like you are chasing this thing that you will never quite be able to get a hold of. I love that. I need that. Plus, everyone tells you not to do it because it is too hard to build a career out of. So that just means that you%u2019ve got to do it.How did it feel the first time you got to watch yourself on TV or in a film? Do you generally like to watch your performances or do you try and avoid them?To be honest, I really don%u2019t like the experience of watching myself very much. I know that is a total loseractor thing to say, but I%u2019m not being a false modest. I really don%u2019t like it very much. I%u2019m super critical of myself and never really think I figured out what the hell I was doing up there. I suppose that is good as it keeps pushing me, but its never pretty to watch. You are also going to naturally concern yourself with which takes the director chose or how the performances were shaped in the editing room which is just about the dumbest thing you can do as an actor. You have no control over it, your opinion is more than likely useless because you are in it so you lose all objectivity, and, oh yea, it%u2019s not your job! I%u2019ll watch things because I am curious about how the entire project turned out, but I usually don%u2019t get a ton of satisfaction watching myself. Photo Credit:Brian Hamilton