Michael John Bergin (born March 18, 1969) is an American model and actor.
I wasn't even 20 at the time, but it taught me something about drugs. They can take a good man, a warm, funny, loving family man, and turn him into a loser and worse.
We're all pretty ordinary on paper.
I'd been around women who put me down, made me feel bad, or said things to fuel my insecurity.
I didn't know a damn thing about style.
I'd gone to Manhattan to become a model.
I spent two weeks prancing around a studio in Queens in my underwear with nine other guys. They were long days. But what the hell, it was Calvin Klein.
New York is tough on lonely people.
I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.
I guess that's what I was: a set of abs. And they lit the abs and shot the abs and sent the abs on their way. The photographer didn't look at my face once. I was humiliated.
The fact is, my parents loved me, and I wanted to be worthy of their love. I wanted to make them proud.
We live in a kissy society.
I like parties, but I'm shy, and I often find myself standing around, feeling awkward.
It struck me that what I'd heard about certain celebrities was true: they had It, whatever the hell It was. Star power isn't a myth; it is tangible and forceful.