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John Corbett Biography

John Joseph Corbett (born May 9, 1961) is an American actor and country music singer. Corbett began his acting career in television commercials. He is known for his roles as Chris Stevens on CBS' Northern Exposure and as Aidan Shaw on HBO's Sex and the City. He reprised the latter role for the film sequel Sex and the City 2 (2010). Corbett also portrayed the male lead, Ian Miller, in the romantic comedy film My Big Fat Greek Wedding (2002) and its 2016 sequel.

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I'm afraid to do theater now.

Afraid, Theater

Look, I've done some low-budget movies and I've done some big-budget movies, and the big-budget movies were always kind of disorganized.

Done, Kind, Look, Looks, Movies

I took an acting class at Cerritos Junior College and I did a handful of plays, maybe five or six plays.

Acting, Cerritos, Class, College, Handful, Play

I really take acting seriously.

Acting, Seriously, Take

I just think you should get married if you want to have some kids.

Kids, Married, Think, Thinking, Want

Acting is a win-win situation. There is no risk involved. That's why I get tired of hearing actors who try to make out that there's a downside to it. Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.

Actors, Downside, Fame, Risk, Tired, Winning

I'm getting out of acting.

Acting

In Hollywood if you're good looking, tall, have OK teeth and nice skin, the odds of being successful are great. If you're short and fat, it's a different story. But as long as you look like a leading man type, half your job is done already

Different, Good, Half, Jobs, Nice, Successful

I feel like a visitor just about everywhere.

Everywhere, Feels, Like, Visitor, Visitors

I'm not going to tell you the movies, but I remember getting halfway through the thing and everything sort of tunnel-visioned on me and I couldn't read the script anymore. I looked at the people and I just turned and ran out in a cold sweat. It took me about a year to study it and feel comfortable going in and reading for people.

Everything, Movies, Reading, Sweat, Tunnels, Years

I thought if I wanted people to take me seriously, I needed to act serious and not reveal too much of my private life so people could seriously accept me in different things.

Different, People, Take, Things, Thought, Too Much

I get offered movies probably twice a month and they are just generally bad.

Month, Months, Movies, Offered, Probably, Twice

I don't want to slam the cute and fun movies out there, but it gets old.

Cute, Fun, Movies, Want

When I was starting out, I didn't know what the hell I was doing and my person who was helping me out, I didn't even have an agent, got me five or six big auditions for leads in movies in 1986 that I had no business auditioning for. I think I ran out of three of them before I'd even finished.

1986, Auditions, Leads, Six, Thinking, Three

I'm not really that private of a person. I live in a small town and I'm very neighborly. I go out to dinner just about four nights a week and sit and talk to people. I'm not that private, so it's not that strange to do an interview and try to share a little bit of your life.

Dinner, Neighborly, Night, People, Strange, Trying

I actually got hurt in a steel factory in 1985 and so that changed my life. I went to a junior college and that's where I discovered acting.

1985, Acting, Changed, College, Discovered, Hurt

Now that people know who I am, I get offered plays here and there. It was so much easier to do it when nobody knew who I was. I can't even imagine that somebody would come and pay money just to come and see me now.

Nobody, Pay, People, Play, Plays, Who I Am

Fame is an odd thing. It bugs you a little bit, but it's really not bad.

Bad, Bugs, Fame, Littles, Odd, Odd Things