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EVAN WILLIAMS Photography ARTHUR GALVAO

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04 Letter From The Editor 05 BELLO Obsessions

60 BELLO Model of the Month EDUARDA MOREIRA 68 Paris Un Jour Paris Toujours

06 Cover Story EVAN WILLIAMS

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22 BELLO Spotlight JASON GEORGE

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SEPTEMBER 2018 Even tho summer ends on September 22nd, it already feels like it is time to leave all those sunny and warm souvenirs into our very own time capsule aka Instagram.

As this issue comes out, I am in NYC for fashion week. it’s rainy and cold and I am missing the days I spent with my husband on the Amalfi coast just a couple of weeks ago. This trip in this particular region in Italy was a long time dream but a last minute decision. We get so caught up in making sure what’s next is part of of present that being in the moment requires some discipline. We will come back to this amazing trip to Capri, Positano, Sorrento and Naples in our very own BELLO Destination soon.

September means a new beginning for me, even more than January 1st. It is like a reset button for everything I do. Making sure that what I do remains organic and enjoyable. At BELLO we never go for the obvious and the “on brand” language that defines many publications. I actually do not like hearing people say “this is not on brand for me”. Just say, "I do not like this". But we live in a world where giving an opinion is seen as a negative thing. A world where people have to have goals and achievements. This will only create frustrations in the long run, because even the experience of success will not feel the way you expect it to feel.

BELLO likes to speak to different audiences even if that means losing some. Otherwise it’s like talking to yourself. What’s the point of that? This way of working has led us to be where we are today. Always presenting to you things and people we love. Publication is not about doing a catalogue for one particular group of people. Just like in life, if you try to please others, you end up doing the wrong thing for you.

If you force or control things and make sure you stick to the plan, the unexpected will never happen, the change will not come into your life. Change is constant, so show some ability and acceptance in order to be happy where you are now.

Ciao Aleksandar Tomovic Editor in Chief

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RENOWNED MYTHOLOGIST JOSEPH CAMPBELL FAMOUSLY WROTE IN THE HERO'S JOURNEY, "FOLLOW YOUR BLISS AND DOORS WILL OPEN WHERE YOU DIDN’T KNOW THEY WERE GOING TO BE." FEW CAN ATTEST TO THIS SAGE WISDOM MORE THAN 34-YEAR-OLD ACTOR EVAN WILLIAMS, FOR EVAN'S OWN JOURNEY IN LIFE AND LOVE IS THE VERY DEFINITION OF A HERO'S JOURNEY. IN HIS BELLO FEATURE INTERVIEW, THE GORGEOUS AND TALENTED ACTOR AND MUSICIAN SHEDS LIGHT ON THE INTERCONNECTEDNESS OF THINGS, THE POWER OF CREATIVITY AND NATURE, AND HOW THE LOVE DOCTRINE CAN OPEN ANY DOOR YOUR HEART DESIRES. Photography ARTHUR GALVAO | Styling SEBASTIEN HOHL Interview BRENT LAMBERT

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"I think it's easy for us to forget we're animals." And Evan Williams should know. Having grown up surrounded by the beauty of the Canadian wilderness, he understands how vital Mother Nature is in the quest for achieving balance. "We get so cerebral with our technology that we forget the psychological and physiological benefits of communing with nature," he says. "I get a lot of inspiration in nature, even on a storytelling level. If you look around in nature there are so many stories going on all the time; little moments of genius." Evan gives us one example from a recent trip he took to the Sierra Mountains near Yosemite.

"My friends and I found a big spider in our cabin so we captured it in a glass and put him outside. As soon as we did that a blue jay came swooping down from the tree and almost got him. It's all about scale -- when that spider was inside he was aggressing us, but as soon as it was outside in a different context it became another animal's food. Everything is intimately connected, and I draw on that in my understanding of storytelling." Evan adds, "As an artist I try to shine a light on how we are all interconnected in this highly disconnected world. That's why I make the music I make, and it's why I tell the stories I tell as an actor."

Evan's passion for acting began at an early age, so it was a natural choice for him to pursue it as a profession.

But as with all of the most valuable aspects of life that shape us in the most profound ways, the experience was challenging from the beginning. "I moved away from home in Alberta and headed across the country to go to theatre school at Ryerson in Toronto," he tells us. "So not only was it my first crack at a post-secondary education, but it was also my first opportunity to be an independent individual in the world, with full agency in deciding who I wanted to be without any strings attached. That experience was invaluable yet difficult at the same time. Like any young kid, it was a challenge to try and figure out what was important to me and what I wanted to say."

Almost from day one of his acting education, his professors made it clear to everyone the road would not be a breeze. "Immediately we were told, 'If you can possibly do anything else you better do it, because this career is

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bonkers.' In a way we were like monks -- we studied six days a week and we left our blood, sweat and tears on the floor in the pursuit of figuring out what was worthwhile saying and how to say it."

Evan's search for identity, meaning, value, and a voice has most certainly paid off. In BELLO's entire history of meeting the brightest young stars in the business, we can say with full honesty that few match the wisdom, grace, intelligence, and inner beauty of Evan Williams. A 30-minute conversation with him feels like a masterclass on the importance of love as the governing force for the human experience. As he tells us, this was a lesson he learned primarily from his parents.

"I grew up with parents who have very disparate beliefs -- my father is an atheist and my mother is a devout Christian. So I grew up with the opportunity to learn from both pots." That rich soil gave Evan his trademark oldsoul wisdom and he says, "For me, what resonated in that religious and secular upbringing is that nothing gets done without love. The 'Love Doctrine' has always resonated deeply with me and I see examples of it countless times everyday -- the way that human beings can become greater than the sum of their parts when they engage in loving one another. That's a big part of how I've learned to be happy in my daily life -- how love matters." Evan has a perfect understanding of how focusing on the 'letter of the law' means the 'spirit of the law' is destroyed. "I don't necessarily consider myself a traditionally spiritual person because with too much dogma you tend to not see the forest because of all the trees, and you forget that we're all in this great big beautiful forest together."

It's this kind of attitude that makes Evan the consummate professional actor, especially so for his three-year run playing the Chevalier on the TV series Versailles, which premieres its third and final season on the network Ovation on October 6th. We asked him what he will miss most about playing such an intense character. "To play a character with such unbridled opinions was such a joy for me -- the Chevalier is far less polite than I present in my own life," Evan says to us, laughing. "He doesn't take crap from

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anyone, and I'm going to miss playing him." He describes the how the process of getting into character evolved over the course of three years. "You might have seen those sci-fi movies where a person becomes infected by an alien being and you see it moving through their veins and overtaking their body," he says. "It feels sort of like that. I could tell because when the show first started, my process of playing the Chevalier was very deliberate -- I had to do certain rituals in order to step into his skin, such as the process of putting on his costume, and other secret little things I would do to fire my imagination. But by the end of the show the Chevalier was there pawing at the gate as soon as the wig was put on. I couldn't help but notice my mannerisms would instantly transform into this other version of myself."

But unlike other actors who might find themselves on a soundstage in the middle of nowhere, Evan took full advantage of the show's stunning filming locations in the very same French chateaus that his character walked in real life so many centuries ago. "It was such a wild privilege to be working in a context where such little acting was required," he says. "The atmosphere in those buildings was real, thick, and authentic. To get to walk on the same floors that our characters had walked meant the electricity was already in the air waiting for us. We could harness it so readily and put it straight into the work." He adds, "Whenever I found myself alone in those chateaus, while I was in full costume, I noticed there was almost no discerning between fiction and reality -- I was breathing the same air in the same hallways as my character." The privilege was certainly not lost on Evan.

"It inspired a sense of responsibility to get it right, and also led to countless pinch-me-now moments. And quite simply, to get to live in Paris and be surrounded by that culture, I was constantly surrounded by real people who could easily have been straight out of the 17th century. I would watch the way people carried themselves, the way they conversed, and it all went right into the mixing pot that I would draw on to do the work."

Acting is by no means the only passion of Evan's. One of the most mean-

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ingful dimensions of his life at the moment is his charity work for Build On, a remarkable organization he has worked with for years. Right now he's in the middle of a year-long fundraising campaign for a series of projects in Malawi and California. "We're doing a three-pronged 'attack' where we're building an elementary school in Malawi, as well as underpinning an adult literacy program because a lot of people there can't even write their own names which means they can't vote or get prescriptions so they're dying of diseases that are easily curable, and the third is an after-school outreach in some of the most challenged communities in Oakland, California where the graduation rates are extremely low." Evan tells us, "In areas where Build On operates, the graduation rates rise to around 97% from 53%. This kind of work is so effective in the Internet age because it not only engages those who are on the ground helping, as well as the ones getting the help, but the story itself is broadcast around the world and people are affected by it and end up getting involved." One of his favorite experiences with Build On happened a few years ago when they built a school, "in Nepal back in 2015, with the help of Versailles fans and folks from all over the world, and now the school we built is thriving, with a full enrolment of 157 students and equal opportunity enrolment between boys and girls." To give you a sense of how transformative this work is, Evan tells us, "The life expectancy of a young girl in Nepal changes dramatically with just one year of education."

Evan's life, he has a strong philosophy of how it connects to the bigger picture. "Music is another form of therapy. From a physics perspective, every particle in the Universe reveals its character because of its unique vibrational frequency," he explains.

"It's no surprise that vibrations from music have been shown to affect not only our mood but also our physiology." So how did music enter Evan's life, exactly? "I came upon music naturally," he tells us. "I've always gravitated to making music at points in my life when I wasn't able to make sense of the world. It allows my subconscious to communicate in a non-limbic sense. The music I recently made in Nashville was the result of years of attempts and machination -- trying to find my voice, find what I want to say, and how I want to say it. It's a total dream come true to be finally producing my own music at the scale I am now. It's been a long time coming."

For someone who's been working on music for this many years, his Nashville recording experience was a personal triumph. "I think I wrote my first song at 7-years-old, and have since written hundreds. I'd always kept them close to my heart, and to have finally reached a moment where I feel they're fit to be shared is exciting for me and makes me excited about what's to come in the future."

When he's not immersed in mother nature, or his latest character, or his beautiful works of charity, you will almost certainly find him with his music. Fans might not be aware yet, but Evan recently recorded a brand new body of music in Nashville, a culmination of a creative journey years in the making. And like everything in

You can watch Evan Williams in the third and final season of Versailles when it premieres on the Ovation network on Saturday, October 6th, 2018.

And to help Evan meet his fundraising goal for Build On visit www.Act.BuildOn.org/fundraiser/1380114.

We're excited for your future, too, Evan. In following your bliss, you're not only opening doors for yourself, you're also opening them for everyone you've ever loved, inspired, and connected along the way. There truly is nothing more heroic than that.

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by Alexandra Bonnet JASON GEORGE IS THE EMBODIMENT OF A HERO. ON AND OFF SCREEN, HE DISPLAYS COURAGE, PATIENCE, AND LOVE FOR THE GREATER GOOD. WHETHER IT BE BEING A GREAT FATHER TO HIS KIDS, HIS CHARACTER AS A FIREFIGHTER ON "STATION 19," OR BEING THE CHAIR OF THE DIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR SAG-AFTRA, JASON TAKES ON ANY CHALLENGE THROWN HIS WAY. 23

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Tell us more about your experience as the “through-line” character starring between “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Station19.” Describe your character, the challenges he has faced in his transition and similarly yours as an actor playing Ben Warren.

It’s been an crazy but fantastic journey playing Ben Warren for the last several years, capped off with the transition from GREYS ANATOMY to STATION 19. One of my first questions about the transition was how we justified Ben’s move creatively. Shonda Rhimes, Betsy Beers and Stacy McKee broke it down for me. It was just a logical progression for the character. He had been an anesthesiologist who was inspired to go back to school and become a surgeon and then he was a great surgeon. With each move Ben was getting closer and closer to the action, to the source of peoples pain and problems. Becoming a first responder...it’s just the next part of the progression. Previously, Ben was a bit of an adrenaline junkie and had gotten into trouble for drawing outside the lines, performing surgery outside an OR. Now that adrenaline is one of the tools he needs to get the job done, and Ben challenges himself trying to see how close he can come to performing full on surgery in the field. The dopest part for me as an actor is playing this grown man with a family who’s gotten very far in life by being laser focused and buttoned down but now is able to get his swag on. He’s embracing this adrenaline fueled part of his personality. It’s subtle changes but changes I’m very conscious of and really enjoy playing, being a bit of an adrenaline junkie myself.

The other immediate question I had was what happens to Ben’s relationship with Bailey? I’d become very invested in playing a grown, successful, happy couple of color on television—there aren’t that many on TV. As a fan, I didn’t want that story to end just to make the transition work. The cool part is how their relationship would actually be part of the connective tissue for the transition

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between the two shows. Being a first responder, seeing horrific things and risking your life can be extremely stressful in relationships. Whether or not Ben and Bailey are able to navigate the problems, they will continue to have to deal with each other because Ben’s fire station brings patients directly to Bailey’s hospital. They will always be in each other’s lives (and appearing on each other’s shows).

How do you balance being part of both shows simultaneously? Was it difficult having to adapt to a new role?

I wouldn’t say it was too difficult playing this new role because it’s Anne’s old role. I’ve been playing Ben off and on for years. This transition just reveals new facets of him and that’s what actors are always looking for in their characters—some new aspect to reveal.

Balancing both shows, however, is way more complicated and happens on a couple of levels. The scheduling part is easy: the powers-that-be in each production office talk (and/or do battle) to figure out which show gets me when. I just try to get good sleep and show up to the right set. The hard part for me is tracking my character’s story arc throughout an episode. That’s hard enough to track when you shoot out of order on one show. Tracking it out of order across two shows...it can get very confusing remembering where your character is coming from, where they’re going, what they know and when they know it.

arc. That’s also what I love about performing in the different mediums.

Film has a closed story arc with a distinct beginning, middle and end. I can use the fixed pieces of information in the script to make choices that establish a range for my character’s arc. For example, in my upcoming film, INDIVISIBLE, I play an Army soldier in a dark place. He drinks heavily and fights with his family until a tragedy during his deployment to Iraq helps him realize what’s truly important. That information is set and won’t change. I could make choices that make a more interesting arc; like my character being much more comfortable—even funny—with his “other family” of soldiers in Iraq. That’s a gift to have all the pieces to the puzzle and be able to put them together in your own unique way.

In television, you don’t have all the pieces of the puzzle—the puzzle pieces are always subject to change.

In the Season 13 finale of GREYS ANATOMY, Ben grabs a firefighters’ jacket to run back into the building to find a friend in trouble. It honestly had no deeper meaning at the time. Months later, STATION 19 would be created and, even then, it wasn’t until the creators decided to move Ben onto the new show that taking that firefighters’ jacket took on greater meaning. Would I have played that moment differently if I knew where it would lead? We’ll never know and, for me, that’s part of the fun of television—it’s always moving and, just like life, you never know what’s going to happen until it happens on camera.

You act for television as well for film as we have seen you in BARBERSHOP, PLAYING THE FIELD, and more. What is your favorite part of playing a role for a film? A television series? Any drastic difference?

A true jack of all trades, you act for television as you do for film AND you are a classically trained theater actor.

When did you discover you wanted to make that transition into on-screen acting and vice versa as you starred in “12 Angry Men”?

I love both film and television for different reasons. Now that there’s less and less of a gap in the levels of production values, the fundamental difference between film and television is the kind of story arc and the length of that

When I earned my Masters of Fine Arts in Acting I was doing Shakespeare and Chekhov, voice and diction, dance and stage combat—I always assumed I’d have a career in theater long before television or film. Doing film and tele-

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vision first was less a decision and more fate throwing me the perfect curveball—an open audition in a mall that resulted in me getting a three year contract from Aaron Spelling.

I love television, but I always want to do more film and theater as that will always be my heart. It’s the damn scheduling that makes it so hard. A television hiatus is a pretty tight window to fit in a film or a movie. And the project has to be worth sacrificing time with the family when you’ve been doing fifteen hour days, five days a week for most of the year. 12 ANGRY MEN is an iconic piece about how the decisions—and assumptions—made by twelve people decide the fate of a young man accused of a crime. When the Pasadena Playhouse made a conscious choice to spark conversation by casting the show half black and half white, I knew I had to be a part of it. The best part of that show—and there were a lot of great parts—was the talk-backs after the show with the audience and community leaders. It was a testament to the fact that art can change minds and hearts and make a real difference.

You act in front of the camera, on stage, are a father of three and chair of the Diversity Advisory Committee for SAG-AFTRA.What is your secret to balance and success?

Balance? Not sure if that’s a real thing. On the real though, it’s not easy finding balance, because I put fatherhood above anything and everything else, and my three kids have pretty hectic schedules of their own. God bless cell phones and FaceTime because it makes multitasking a real thing again. I can do conference calls and meetings for SAGAFTRA, Get Out The Vote or anti-gun violence groups while I work out and even do interviews while I am waiting to pick kids up from school (like I’m doing right now).

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ate about the things you’re involved with. Passion gets you up and off your ass pretty quick because you care. And pretty soon you realize that the things that keep falling through the cracks are things you’re just not as passionate about. And so you respectfully reduce your involvement down to levels that match your passion. It just so happens I’m a pretty passionate guy about a number of things and issues: fighting for Equality, inspiring people to be a part of the political process, putting an end to senseless gun violence. There’s stuff that needs to get done What is one of the most important lessons you have passed onto your children?

Money and success are two different things. Money is great but it magnifies the hell out of who you are. If you’re insecure or angry, wealth will make you become paranoid and full of rage. Success, however, is about being the best you can be at whatever you’re doing (actor, athlete, hell, even janitor) and success generally breeds a pretty happy life and a means of supporting yourself. Once upon a time, nobody knew that being a success at skateboarding or video games could provide a living but that’s a real thing now.

How would you define the word “hero”?

Hero’s an interesting word especially in the times we live in right now. I think in order to be a hero, by definition, you have to be brave. But not fearless. Fearless is bullshit. Doesn’t exist. Fearless is about other people‘s perception that you’re not scared of anything. Brave comes from inside you. Brave means you do what needs to be done despite the fact that you’re scared out of your mind.

However, I think being a hero also requires making some kind of sacrifice without regard for glory or reward. Firefighters don’t save people because they make tons of money. They don’t. Firefighters don’t save people because they’ll get their faces in the news . They won’t. Firefighters see people because people need saving. And it’s the right thing to do. That’s why firefighters are heroes.

Have you ever thought of writing your own play/ tv show/ film? If yes, what would you name it?

If you’re asking me if I’ve thought of writing TV shows or films, the answer is most definitely yes. But I won’t tell you what they’re called until I get them produced. However, if you’re asking me what the title of my autobiography or biopic would be...I think maybe “Better To Ask Forgiveness (Than Permission)” or “How to Break the Rules Without Anybody Knowing You Broke Them”

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interview by Alexandra Bonnet BEAUTIFUL AND FIERCE, THE YOUNG ACTRESS ISABEL MAY IS TRULY AN OLD SOUL WITH A LOT OF PASSION. RECENTLY HAVING PREMIERED ON THE NETFLIX COMEDY SERIES ALEXA & KATIE," ISABEL HAS ALSO JUST FINISHED WRAPPING UP THE PRODUCTION OF HER INDIE FEATURE LET'S SCARE JULIE TO DEATH.

Tell me more about your role on the Netflix comedy series “Alexa and Katie,” which was just nominated for an Emmy in the Children’s Programming category. How does it feel to kick of your career in Hollywood with such an important role in the series?

I play a young, awkward optimist named Katie Cooper. I really enjoy that my first acting experience was portraying a genuinely kind, flawed person who just wants the best for others. Hopefully, it inspires young boys and girls to be a similar friend to one another.

What advice would you give to someone going through a hard time in their life?

I’m still very young and learning a new lesson everyday, so I don’t feel entirely certain any advice I give won’t change tomorrow, but considering my own little bumps in the road…know that there’s always another day and however you feel right now won’t be that way up ahead. I think we get so stuck in the past and present, we lose sight of things. Even at my age, I look back and laugh at how melodramatic I may have been, and how far away that moment in time seems now.

You are starting off your career as a young adult: how do you balance the “growing pains” of both the entertainment industry and your personal life.

I don’t even think I can be categorized as a young adult quite yet! As for the “growing pains”, I have such an amazing family and a pretty private life (plus I’m so new to all of this) so I haven’t experienced any of those. Really, being able to do what I’m doing as of now is such a blessing, I don’t think too much about any of the negative sides. I’m a homebody, what can I say? Getting to work in this industry and then race back home to a good book is my cloud-nine.

The production of your indie feature LET’S SCARE JULIE TO DEATH has just finished wrapping up. Can you tell me more about the feature and your experience on set?

Let’s Scare Julie to Death was such an interesting experience. It’s a 90 minute uncut take - no stopping, one shot. Really, really fun and creative and strange. I loved it! It’s about five girls who make a plan to scare the new girl-next-door and begin to disappear one by one. Everything about it was so different to Alexa and Katie. We had just wrapped Season 2 a week before starting the project and it was my first feature, so all aspects of the experience was brand new.

How do you feel about horror movies? Given the outcome of the feature’s scenario, were you nervous to shoot it at any point?

I love thrillers, and I feel this falls more in that genre. I’m not so into the “blood, guts, gore!” trope. But a good thriller with a tad of horror? Sign me up. The whole thing (sign onto project, rehearse, shoot, finish) was so fast, I didn’t even think about nerves.

Everything was always in motion since we didn’t have too much time to shoot. Plus we didn’t have to rely on the script, so we got to improvise which was a dream. It felt so real.

Do you have any hidden talents and/or hobbies most people don’t know about you?

Hmmm. I can speak some French. I play some piano. I love to cook and bake (when it’s convenient). And I’m a marathon reader, I can go all day and all night.

If you could travel to anywhere in the world, right now, where would you go and why?

I stayed with my family in a little village in France one summer and the experience was so wonderful, I’d love to go again someday.

Really, there are so many regions of France that are stunning with fascinating culture and history (and style). Also Croatia, that’s on my bucket list! I’d love to go to any region of the world with a significant population of endangered wildlife and offer my support in any way…I just love animals so much, they deserve all our love and respect. So, if I could do that one day, I’d feel very lucky.

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interview by Alexandra Bonnet THE HANDSOME DAYTIME AWARD EMMY WINNER, BRYAN CRAIG, WOWED HIS AUDIENCE WITH HIS PERFORMANCE IN "GENERAL HOSPITAL," AND HAS BEEN CLIMBING UP IN THE WORLD OF FILM AND TELEVISION. NOW WORKING ON MULTIPLE PROJECTS SUCH AS HIS ROLE IN THE SERIES "GRAND HOTEL," AND TWO MAJOR FILMS ABOUT TO BE RELEASED- RIDE AND AMERICAN FIGHTER,WE ARE EAGER TO SEE HIS WORK! BRYAN CRAIG IS READY TO FACE ANYTHING LIFE PUTS ON HIS PATH AND WE CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHERE HE GOES NEXT. How do you feel about your role in the new primetime series “Grand Hotel,” premiering on ABC later this this 2018/2019 and your role in two major films coming out--RIDE and AMERICAN FIGHTER? How did you manage to balance working on different sets and playing different characters?

I'm extremely excited and proud of all the projects I have coming out. "Grand Hotel" is a dream job from the people I'm getting to work with to the character I'm playing. Ride and American Fighter were creative playgrounds and I had the opportunity to work with some really talented and amazing people on those as well. Balancing working on different sets is fun, you just got to go into it with what you know and adapt to it as you go along because they are all very different. As far as characters go, my goal is really to build as colorful of a portfolio as I can. I really enjoy playing different people and taking on as many challenging roles as my brain can handle. I end up falling in love with each character I play until the next one comes along.

You started your career as Morgan Corinthos on “General Hospital,” before moving out to Los Angeles at the age of 17. What prompted you to move and how did it feel leaving home?

To be completely accurate I left high school in Florida at age 16 and moved to Los Angeles to pursue an acting career. Morgan on General Hospital was my first lead role on a TV series. What prompted me to leave high school and Florida was just a craving for something more, something creative and fulfilling that I could really make my own. I knew I had at least some talent with acting and really loved doing it so I was like hell... let's see how far we can go with this and moved to L.A. Leaving Florida and high school was exciting, It felt rebellious and unknown, and I liked that.

Being a two time Daytime Emmy Awards winner and winning a Gold Derby Award, to what do you owe your success? Has anyone or anything in particular inspired you to become an actor?

I owe my success to just the hunger of always wanting to be better, never being satisfied with my work, and anyone who pushed me to be better or work harder creatively. It might be strange to say but when the switch kicked on for me I was very young, really loved performing and doing theater and then at a point I lost interest in it. I remember when the interest came back and when I was like yea this is what I want to do. I watched the Dj Caruso movie "Disturbia" haha and that's when the real fire for all of this started.

Tell me about the earliest memory you can recall in regards to your first encounter with film/television. What was your favorite movie/series/character growing up?

When I was really young I almost played the son in the original "Punisher" movie and that got me pretty pumped. I use to watch a lot of the Nickelodeon series "Drake and Josh" I remember thinking those dudes looks like they are having a pretty good time and probably getting paid well for it.

When you were a kid and adults asked you what you wanted to be when you grow up, what would you answer?

I honestly don't remember.... I probably said like Tony Hawk or something.

What is something most people do not know about you?

That I'm half Cuban. My mom was born in Havana, Cuba and her whole family is from there. Most people think I'm just a white boy ;)

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If you could be anyone in this world for a day, who would you be?

That's a tough question because a day isn't a very long time.......Maybe like the Rock? Just to see how it would feel to be that big and eat like 10 of everything..... I don't know Who is Bryan Craig when he is not acting?

A super normal guy haha. I like wearing T-shirts and jeans and hanging out with my friends, traveling, eating unhealthy food. Im extremely spontaneous, like to an extreme. Some people like it and some don't, but that's how I find my excitement.... by just doing things and not thinking too much about it.

Do you have a particular quote or saying that has inspired you to move forward every day?

I'm a big fan of Charles Bukowski's work. There's a quote he has which is one of my favorites and its "What matters most is how well you walk through the fire." To me, it means how we act or react under stress or in bad situations really kind of defines who and what we are as people and I think that's important.

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