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(Laughs) I'd like to think that I'm a pretty good driver! I'm certainly a responsible driver. Working on the show has actually given me a deeper appreciation for law & order, the rules, obeying traffic regulations. And it's something that I've gotten to participate in, as far as stunts on the show for the last four years because there have been car chases and car crashes and that's been kinda' fun because it's always in the most safest possible environment that I'm allowed to participate in these climactic adventure chases!
The last time I was here, I was in Shanghai & we were taking a boat trip up & down the river, I was meeting fans & signing a few autographs and a young woman gave me a book & she wanted me to sign it. I look down & realized that the title was very familiar but I couldn't place it for a second and then I realized it was my senior thesis from Princeton. It was a paper that I wrote during my senior year. She'd actually bought a copy online and had taken the time to read it, which must have been incredibly dry and boring but I thought it was very sweet and a hallmark of her appreciation for me and my work.
Well, after wrapping up Prison Break, and actually my last day of work was this past Friday {March 13}, I was looking forward to coming to China. Of course I'll be back here in April for the car show for Chevy Night. In between those trips, I've got my independent film and then I've been thinking about maybe doing a play, perhaps off Broadway or maybe even the West End in London. This is the first time, in a long time, that I've been able to kinda' relax and take a breath and pick and choose projects as opposed to having a project picked for me. Prison Break, in a lot of ways, was like being at school. Ten months out of every twelve, it dominated my life and that's where I put all of my time and energy. Now I'm free to kinda of pick and choose where I want to put my time & energy.
I usually think about going back to work! (Laughs) I am a workaholic. I always have been. When I'm not on set, which is very rarely. Shooting a TV series, we're often working 5 days a week, 12 hours a day. I'm studying my lines for the next time I'll be on set. I'm reading scripts for other projects. I'm thinking about Michael Scofield. Now, of course, I'll be able to put all that to bed for awhile and move on to other projects. And hopefully I'll be able to spend my free time on something that doesn't involve work. It would be nice to maybe take up writing or take a few art classes, perhaps do some more traveling.
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