My Mom Is The Best. She's So

My Uncle Who Helped In A Big Part Of Raising Me From When I Was Young, Had Moved From California, And Would Just Tell Me These Legendary Stories Of These Motorcycle Clubs That He Was Around And That He Used To Ride With.

For Joy, I Live By The Mantra Of Surrounding Yourself With People Who Make Your Life Better... People Who Enhance Your Life And Motivate You To Be The Best Version Of Yourself. It's Not Always Easy, But I've Had To Make A Conscious Effort To Remove People Who Are A Lot Of Work And Drain My Energy...you Know, Those Energy Suckers We Each Have In Our Lives.

Basically, The Way You Get Into Any Role Is Just Doing Research On The Type Of Character You're Playing.

What I've Learned, More Than Anything, As A Young Actor Who Has Been In The Business For 10 Years, Is Just To Be Around Guys And Girls, Like Ron Perlman, Bill Lucking, Kim Coates, Tommy Flanagan, Katey Sagal, Who Have Been In This Business For A Very Long Time, And To Learn What To Do And What Not To Do From Them, Every Day, And To See How They Navigate Through Their Hollywood Life.

The Reason I Went To An All-boys Catholic School Was Because They Had The Best Football Team. We Won The State Championship My Junior Year. It Was Super-competitive. We Lost In The Semifinals My Senior Year, And It Still Haunts Me.