I knew nothing about hockey when I came to Chicago and then became the biggest fan - went to every playoff game.

Having my parents be divorced, you're forced to realize, Sooner or later I'm going to be on my own and have to figure it out. I have so many brothers that are younger than me, so I have to have that mindset of, Okay, what am I going to do now? I have to show them what growing up is - it's not me living at dad's house until I'm 25.

I kind of hid acting from my dad because I knew what he thought about acting at the time. His advice was Don't do it, basically.