“It's this constant falling in and out of love with what you do. We're ...” — Mike Faist Quote

It's this constant falling in and out of love with what you do. We're always trying to find a project or a role that we deeply connect with, and there's chunks of time where it's not really there and you start to wonder whether you really want to keep doing this. Actors are always disrespected in a way.

I lived in New York for 13 years. And when you're here, it's just like constant adrenaline. Which I love. But I think when you're here, you don't realize the toll that it takes until you leave it.

It's always from lower-income neighborhoods, people that don't have opportunities, so when a group comes along and says, 'Well, we'll take care of you,' people jump at that.

I moved to New York at 17 to pursue theater. I didn't know anyone and I didn't have any sort of way in, so I was fighting for what felt like my life every single day just to get my foot into the industry.

I get at least six hours each night, meaning I am generally in bed at 9pm. Then, to top up my sleep, I take a nap as soon as I get home from the studio each morning at 9.30am. Although my sleep is broken into two chunks, this makes up a seven-hour total that keeps me going.

I have huge chunks of time when I'm not working.

If you start doing a television or a film job and you suddenly think it's a mistake - the director's horrible or the people you work with aren't very kind, or whatever - it's much easier to deal with because it's in bite-sized chunks. You do it, you go home.

It's hard to find a way forward. When you're 18 it happens in huge chunks every day, but after 20 years, growth is much more costly.