“My dad's an amazing carpenter and he does painting and decorating.” — Phoebe Fox Quote

My dad's an amazing carpenter and he does painting and decorating.

I remember my parents were always around, and that was glorious, but as an adult and as an actor I look back now and see, no, they were at home for long stints because they were unemployed.

My parents are actors as well, so I grew up around that world. It was always a very romantic, mythical world. They did a lot of theater, so to me an actor was getting to come backstage and dressing room mirrors with bulbs around them and trying on people's costumes. It was very exciting to me as a child.

My first play was 'A Month in the Country' at the Chichester Festival Theatre.

I was offered a series by John Carpenter after I did the movie 'Christine,' and I would've been a leading man after that. I would have played a private investigator. And I was offered a great deal - I would be involved in the direction, casting, everything, and whatever. It was whatever an actor wants, and I didn't take it.

As I mentioned, I was a carpenter for a time.

I worked as a carpenter for a few years. I began writing. I wrote a book about my time in Africa - that came out in 1988 - called 'The Village of Waiting.'

My dad was a carpenter and I would work with him during the summer and umpire on the nights I wasn't playing.