When I was 16, I was in a film called 'The Patriot.' I spent every second I could on the set watching the director and his team bring America circa 1775 to life. From that moment on, I was hooked.

Gregory Smith

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I've gone through several cycles. When I was little, I was the cute kid with missing teeth and funny one-liners. Then I moved on to be the young guy who wanted to be a grownup.

teeth missing cute funny

I don't have a cell phone.

cell phone cell-phone

The character I played on 'Everwood' was so serious and melancholic that after doing it for four years, it really started affecting my soul. I was becoming Ephram.

my-soul serious soul character

I'll tell you one big misconception. Cops never say 'Freeze!' It might be misinterpreted. They might think you were, like, ordering fries. Or that you had fleas.

say never think you

I am not a morning person.

person i-am morning-person morning

I drive an old Camaro that I got when I was 16. And I've been known to do stupid things with my time, like Friendster.

drive things stupid time

I don't cook.

Some projects feel like the stars are aligning for them from the very beginning.

feel beginning like stars

I backpacked all around the world and kind of found myself. Then I settled back in L.A. and found 'Rookie Blue.'

back myself blue world

A couple of my favourite cop movies are 'I Love a Man in Uniform' and 'The Long Goodbye.'

man goodbye love long

I didn't watch a lot of cop shows growing up, but I am a huge fan of 'Southland' now.

i-am now up growing-up

We've all been there, right? When you meet someone personally and then you find yourself working with them professionally, it's awkward.

meet yourself someone you

It's hard to reinvent the wheel with a cop show. But 'Rookie Blue' has a pure emotional center that's not cynical.

pure hard emotional blue

Odd, interesting names are good to me.

good me names interesting

My career will come full cycle one day when I play the father of a cute little kid missing teeth who spouts one-liners.

will day cute father

That's basically how I learned everything as an actor. I was just a kid, and I worked with these actors, and I'd ask them questions, and then something would work for me, and I'd try to move forward with it.

questions try me work

Acting is such a strange thing, it's different for everybody.

everybody strange different acting

I'm not a very good interview, usually.

interview very good