tCmag: Who were some of your ear ly role models and heroes of the Old
West that shaped your life and you subsequent career?
BC: Oh, there are so many. J ohn Wayne, Will Roger s, it’s a long list.
tCmag: You’re a pretty big, burly guy, known for strong, tough roles. Is it
true you studied ballet?
BC: I did. It helped my movement incredibly. But here’s the real truth,
there was an oil man in Lubbock and his daughter wanted to be a ballerina so
he went to Russia and hired the best ballet teacher there, brought him back to
Lubbock to teach his daughter ballet. Problem was he was having a real hard
time finding boys who would take lessons and he needed boys to lift the girls.
There was a girl I was interested in in the ballet classes and I ended up in her
ballet class. Come to think of it, a lot of my decisions usually involved getting the girl!
tCmag: Your ear ly career was pr imar ily theatre; Shakespeare, classic
plays and one man shows. Did the theatre experience serve you well as you
moved into film roles?
BC: I star ted studying Stanislavsky and Chekov ver y ear ly on in my
career and I still love theatre and live performance. It also improved my
voice and posture. I didn’t like to get hurt so I Y