"We're all pretty ordinary on paper." — Michael Bergin

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.

I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.

My father was a sergeant with the Connecticut state police. My mother was a hairstylist.

By the time I was 8 years old, sports had pretty much taken over my life.

Thank God for little miracles, right?

A father's disappointment can be a very powerful tool.

Calvin had finally taken a look at the ET tape, and he had reacted just as she had expected he would. He loved it; he loved me. Suddenly he was thinking of me for everything: underwear, jeans, suits, even the Escape fragrance campaign.

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.

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We're all pretty ordinary on paper.