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David Walton
American
Actor
Born:
Oct 28
,
1978
Like
Love
Me
People
Think
You
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I think what's most fun is playing someone who's sort of selfish and in a lot of ways unlikeable, but there's this really big heart underneath it that you get little glimpses of.
David Walton
You
Selfish
Heart
Big
Think
Ways
Someone
Most
Sort
Underneath
Lot
Big Heart
Get
Little
Really
Fun
Playing
I have a psychology degree, but I was a real theater rat.
David Walton
Degree
Rat
Real
Psychology
Theater
At one point, I was seriously considering playing Huck Finn in a production in Northern Maine in the dead of winter.
David Walton
Winter
Seriously
Considering
Point
Maine
Dead
Northern
Production
Playing
The first movie that made me cry was 'Dead Poets Society.' That one gets me. 'O Captain! My Captain!' That moment kills me.
David Walton
Me
Made
First
Society
Poets
Cry
Dead
Gets
Movie
Moment
Captain
I lived in Koreatown for five years, and I lived blocks away from about seven karaoke bars.
David Walton
Seven
About
Blocks
Years
Five
Karaoke
Bars
Lived
Away
I am not a man in decent shape.
David Walton
Man
Shape
Am
Decent
If you don't know how to play hockey, learn. If you quit, get back out there.
David Walton
You
Back
Out
Know
Learn
How
Get
Quit
Hockey
Play
I think people always respond to real moments.
David Walton
People
Think
Respond
Always
Real
Moments
Chemistry's a funny thing. It can be instantaneous, but it helps when you know someone.
David Walton
Funny
You
Chemistry
Funny Thing
Someone
Instantaneous
Know
Helps
Thing
It's just nice to be employed.
David Walton
Nice
Employed
Just
People only see you as your last role, so it's hard to break out of that.
David Walton
You
People
Out
See
Only
Role
Break
Your
Hard
Last
Being on stage was all about the palpable energy of a rapt audience hopefully buying into a life onstage. The immediate connection with the audience was the best part for me. The camera is not as fun, but your work is preserved forever. There's immortality to it.
David Walton
Life
Work
Best
Me
Stage
Energy
Preserved
Immediate
Hopefully
Best Part
Immortality
About
Onstage
Part
Audience
Camera
Forever
Being
Your
Fun
Connection
Palpable
Buying
I definitely had a wild phase.
David Walton
Wild
Definitely
Had
Phase
Once I started working as a professional actor, it was like, 'Bye-bye waiting tables, bye-bye bartending, bye-bye all the cliched jobs actors do.' But after a year of not getting work, there's this really difficult conflict, like, 'Do I have to go back to being a waiter when people recognize me from a show?'
David Walton
Work
Me
Waiting
Conflict
People
Year
Difficult
Back
Once
Recognize
Jobs
Tables
Like
Cliched
Go
Waiter
Getting
Being
After
Really
Working
Show
Professional
Actor
Started
That's what I like about acting. You don't know where you'll be in year.
David Walton
You
Year
About
Like
Know
Where
Acting
It's always the most fun to play that guy who, like, doesn't have a filter - that really speaks exactly what they're feeling.
David Walton
Feeling
Filter
Exactly
Exactly What
Guy
Like
Most
Always
Really
Speaks
Who
Fun
Play
I graduated from Brown in 2001, moved to New York, and spent a year and a half just looking up 'Backstage' magazine auditions and grinding.
David Walton
Half
Looking
Year
Spent
Backstage
Magazine
Brown
New
Auditions
Up
York
Graduated
Just
Moved
New York
Just Looking
Grinding
Just because you get a show and it gets on the air doesn't mean jack. It certainly means that you'll be considered for stuff, but you've got to fight and claw to get every job.
David Walton
You
Fight
Job
Every
Air
Considered
Stuff
Because
Got
Jack
Get
Gets
Just
Just Because
Mean
Means
Show
Certainly
Sports movies are a genre that I really respond to, but they can be done really poorly and really fall short. The good ones are just so good and inspiring and make you feel good.
David Walton
Good
You
Sports
Feel Good
Fall
Respond
Good Ones
Inspiring
Feel
Genre
Make
Done
Short
Just
Movies
Poorly
Really
My first series, I wouldn't even know where to get a clip of it. It was called 'Cracking Up.' It was on 'FOX' in 2004.
David Walton
First
Know
Clip
Up
Get
Cracking
Where
Even
Series
Fox
I'm not jaded yet. I'm still at the point where, if someone comes up to me with great energy, I'm happy to meet them.
David Walton
Great
Me
Happy
Energy
Meet
Someone
Point
Still
Up
Jaded
Where
Them
It's so hard to make a comedy pilot and have a cool idea.
David Walton
Comedy
Pilot
Idea
Make
Hard
Cool
To be perfectly honest, I've gotten attention from gay men for a long time.
David Walton
Time
Gay
Men
Long
Long Time
Attention
Perfectly
Gotten
Honest
Public perception is obviously important to an actor's career.
David Walton
Perception
Important
Obviously
Public
Actor
Career
I've been in a talent show, yeah. They are terrifying. The most nerve-wracking experience of your life, I'd say.
David Walton
Life
Experience
Say
Talent
Most
Terrifying
Yeah
Been
Your
Show
There's a lot of young actors and people who have success very quickly who kind of expect it or don't have the experience to really appreciate it.
David Walton
Success
Experience
People
Young
Kind
Lot
Very
Quickly
Expect
Young Actors
Really
Who
Actor
Appreciate
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