“I remember watching all the other actors that I looked up to being a part of that club, being a part of SAG-AFTRA, being a part of this community,” he explained. “And I was like, ‘Man, I want to be that one day.’ So I remember when I got my SAG-AFTRA card, I was like, ‘Man, I’m like an entry level member.'”

“And those guys that were on stage with the awards and the nice suits talking—being in fancy places like that—that’s what I always wanted,” he continued. “And that kid from Newark, New Jersey, is standing here right now.”