Fact: Actor Sam Rockwell's first acting job was as a Care Bear at a birthday party for filmmaker George Lucas' son.
Quote: "I'd go dressed in character - I've done some weird stuff. I showed up for an Er audition in a lab coat... and had, like, a hypodermic (syringe), but no needle." Actor Sam Rockwell reveals he has gone to great lengths in a bid to land movie and Tv roles - although his efforts failed to score him an appearance on the hit medical drama.
Quote: "I've been boxing on and off for 15 years. I would never call myself a boxer. I'm just a sissy actor, but I'm kind of obsessed with the ritual - the jumping rope and the shadowboxing... People aren't afraid to hit me. I've gotten two bruised ribs. I'll mix in with guys who know what they're doing, though. They won't try to kill me." Actor Sam Rockwell likes to keep fit by stepping into the ring with trained boxers.
Quote: "I dressed up as a Care Bear for George Lucas' daughter once. Yeah. For $50. I don't know what I got out of that. I haven't gotten a Star Wars movie, so I don't know if it helped me, but it was cool." Actor Sam Rockwell on one of his many odd jobs during high school.
Fact: America Ferrera, Paul Rudd, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Rock and Sam Rockwell were among the famous faces who participated in a charades championship in New York City on Monday (14Jan13). The Hollywood stars took part in the silent guessing game to raise money for the Labyrinth Theater Company's acting programs.
Quote: "She dresses up our dog Sadie, this German Shepherd, and it's really humiliating for Sadie; it's like waterboarding. It's cruel." Actor Sam Rockwell is not a fan of actress girlfriend Leslie Bibb's penchant for putting their pet in costumes.
Quote: "When you're a child actor, you have a conduit to different things. You're aware of things in a different way, though when you go back to school and try to co-exist with normal kids, it's a little odd. You feel superiority and inferiority at the same time: you know stuff that they don't know, but you don't quite fit in, so you feel inferior. It's a weird juxtaposition." Actor Sam Rockwell on his childhood stardom.
Fact: Actor Sam Rockwell had a small role as a street thug in 1990's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Quote: "I'm actually donning a moustache right now. It's kind of a handlebar with a soul patch. It's just for my personal use. People are terrified of it. They're taken aback. They don't f**k with me." Actor Sam Rockwell finds his facial hair gives him a tough new look.
Quote: "They're all pretty f**king hot, to be honest with you. They all have different qualities." Sam Rockwell can't choose between his CHARLIE'S ANGELS co-stars Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu and Cameron Diaz.