Everybody involved made me feel so welcome. It's just like one big family. They really eased my nerves.

I was excited to get the role. But I knew it was a job and I had to be able to give the director what he wanted, so I was nervous.

My agent called me Wednesday [July 13] and asked how I liked Los Angeles. I said that I liked it fine and then my agent asked if I'd like to live [in Los Angeles] because I got the part [as Garrett Wells].

I had the blessing or curse to be born into an activist family. My mom and dad were into the protests way before I was born. And once I was born, they raised me in that activist environment.

This is obviously a bittersweet time for our family.

Every night I was in the hospital, my family read it to me. My Aunt June started crying when she heard it.