Jonathan LaPaglia
Jonathan LaPaglia
Jonathan LaPagliaborn 31 August 1969, is an Australian actor known for his roles as Frank B. Parker in the television series Seven Days, Kevin Debreno in The District and Det. Tommy McNamara in New York Undercover...
NationalityAustralian
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth31 August 1969
CountryAustralia
focused gets great matter people subject tv
As an actor, you want new challenges. U.S. TV can be very formulaic. So when something gets a reaction, as 'The Slap' has, that's great. The sense I get is that it's not about me or my performance. More than anything it's the subject matter that people are focused on.'
behaved school
In primary school I was terrible. I don't think I was particularly well behaved in high school, but I started to apply myself.
cable collapsed filling ground huge less middle million types
The movie industry has collapsed into two types of film - the $100 million blockbuster or the small independent film of $1 million or less - and the huge middle ground has been lost. Cable is filling that void.
answering both facets
Unfortunately, I have two facets to my makeup, and that is both scientific and artistic. By doing medicine, I was only answering one of those sides.
either everybody felt odd
When I was at school, you had to choose; there was a lot of pressure to assimilate. You were an Aussie, or you were one of 'the wogs' - which was everybody else. But I didn't want to be in either group, so I felt like an odd one out.