I always worked hard, but was always behind the “star” players and an injury combined with an opportunity to travel, certainly helped me in leaving volleyball behind. I had teammates who played professionally in Europe and that sounded great, but I don’t think I was ever that good of a player to get signed. Steven: I started with the acting, transitioned into athletics and specifically volleyball for a period, but eventually returned to my true passion. PC: For a period of time you were consumed by an interest in Volleyball, was this something you would have liked to have made a career out of, or was acting always your one and only true desire? That was confirmed by seeing a production of THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW early on that established a credo for me that applies to life as well: “Don’t get strung up by the way I look. I enjoyed not just the rush, but the idea of making the audience believe you are someone you are not. I would dress up in drag as Betty Boop! I’d say that was “bold as brass” and certainly hooked me into performing. Steven: Merrily, merrily skipping down of course! I really loved being in the theatre in Calgary during those formative years, but it was probably the school assemblies in my elementary that hooked me into performing. PC: Your first tentative steps into acting began as a youngster, (maybe they were not tentative maybe you were as “Bold as Brass”) at what age did you realize that this was the path you wanted to skip down? Now that I’m a father, I’m certainly curious to see how my son will view his childhood. It really was a normal suburban-like childhood that was replete with Dad at work and Mom preparing the meals. I certainly had a great childhood though family around me, house over my head, backyards and fences to run over and through, Stampede Wrestling to watch after bowling on Saturdays, Hockey Night in Canada and back alleys to pee in as I walked home from school. Sometimes it could just be the romanticized version of it. Something we thought or felt looks so different through that prism of age – not always distorting in a bad way, but that “growing up” certainly looks different from grown up eyes.
Steven: I find it interesting as we get older and look back at our childhood how our perspectives seem to shift. PC: You were born and raised in Calgary, how was life for a kid growing up in 70’s Canada?
I am very fortunate to have been able to discuss with Steven, not only his music tastes but also his acting career and, of course, his involvement in GTA V.
He also has a role in the much anticipated HBO’s Westworld due for release later in the year. He recently appeared in the final episode of season six on The Walking Dead and is currently filming season seven. A total pleasure to interview actor Steven Ogg (The Walking Dead, Westworld, GTA V) an actor in demand.
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