Sensational Newcomer!

"I enjoy having a girl over and cooking a romantic dinner for her with candlelight, music, whine, the whole deal. Once, I took someone out to the desert in California. We brought a picnic basket and had a wonderful dinner on top of a rock right before the sun set in a place called Joshua Tree. It was amazing"

What's your most prized possession?

"My dog, Cody. He's a really loving animal. And my photo collection. I have huge books of photos going all the way back to when I was very young. I've put them together in a storyline form, so you can look through them and they almost tell stories about my friends and I growing up together. Pictures are really worth a lot to me"

If you wre stranded on a desert island, what CD's would you have?

"That would be really difficult for me because my music collection is ridiculous. People look at it and go, 'Where are you from? You have everything.' Hank Williams, Jr., Phish, Big Bad Voodoo Daddy...I even have Snoop Doggy Dogg!"

What's your greatest achievement?

"Being a working actor."

What would people be surprised to know about you?

"I can tap dance and play the piano. I write songs on my own time, but I don't really do anything with them. It's more of a meditation for me. When I have a long day, I'll sit at my synthesizer and relax with the music. It's Enya-type stuff."

What can't you live without?

"Friends and family" .. .. ..

Page taken from the June 30 edition of Soap Opera Digest.