The single most important thing in learning my craft was being on the stage. Michael Trucco More Quotes by Michael Trucco More Quotes From Michael Trucco I jumped out of an airplane on my 34th birthday because I promised myself I would. I have an interest in confronting my fears. Michael Trucco airplane interest birthday I really believe that we have the power to manifest our own fates. Michael Trucco manifest fate believe I was talking on the phone in my trailer, and I looked in the mirror and I saw the badge clipped to my belt, a gun with a holster, and the suit and the tie with the jacket off, and it was just deja vu. I remember that image so clearly from growing up. My dad would come home for lunch, take off his jacket, have the gun and the badge. Michael Trucco mirror dad gun home I am part of a circuit called 24 Hours of LeMons, where it's a sort of riff on 24 Hours of Le Mans. It's a poor man's weekend warrior racer event. Michael Trucco i-am man weekend poor I have a coffee mug that my dad gave me years ago that has the San Mateo police logo and my dad's name on it, so I brought it to set and used it in a scene. I mean, you don't see it, it's not prominently featured, but I just wanted that connectivity. Michael Trucco me you dad coffee My friends all tell me I was born with a horseshoe up my butt. Michael Trucco butt me friends born Before I pursued acting full-time, I had every intention of going into some form of law enforcement work. Michael Trucco some acting law work I come back home almost every weekend, or my wife comes up every other weekend to Vancouver. So, in that sense, we make it work. It's just a great city. It's a great country. They've been good to me, and I have no problems being up there. Michael Trucco good me work home Oftentimes, actors don't have the luxury of picking their part. You go from one project to the next, and you hope that you find one that fits you and that you're suited for, and then they see that you're fit for it. Michael Trucco go you luxury hope I don't want to get pigeon-holed into a certain kind of character. I love action roles and the hero, but I want to keep trying something new. Michael Trucco hero action love character That's probably fair to say that there is a certain amount of pressure to deliver your next role when you do have a fan base as potent as the 'Battlestar Galactica' family. There was certainly a lot of curiosity to all of us on that show - what are you going to do next? Where can we see you next? That was a question we got more often than not. Michael Trucco you family curiosity pressure I'm the luckiest guy alive. Michael Trucco luckiest alive guy Guys like scars! They're like war wounds. Michael Trucco scars like wounds war I didn't want 'BSG' to have to rewrite Anders as a sniveling, whining ball of despair who's hiding out in the corner. Michael Trucco corner ball despair want It's an interesting plot device to enter in a third wheel - it always helps raise the stakes for all parties involved. But often, those characters can be one-dimensional. Michael Trucco wheel those always interesting I want to be embraced by the audience, but it's fun to stir up the pot. Michael Trucco up audience want fun For me, a career highlight was being on 'Battlestar Galactica.' Roles like that don't come along very often. Michael Trucco career being like me If I hadn't become an actor, I would've pursued a race-car driving career. Michael Trucco actor career become driving Police work was fascinating, and I didn't imagine that acting was something a kid from San Mateo, California, could really pursue. Michael Trucco something police acting work A lot of shows have couples with issues inside the relationship. Michael Trucco couples inside shows relationship
