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that blend comedy and drama.
"What drew me to Dan was the
opportunity to build a character over a
period of time."
So far, we've seen Charles' character
campaign for a goatee and stand up to
the network suits, but his softer side
,..tnerged as he offered support to his
co-anchor, who is going through a
divorce, and to associate producer
Natalie Rosen, after she was attacked
by an athlete.
"I think on the surface [Dan's] very
passionate, rebellious, loyal, mischie-
vous, and I would like to see, as we
slowly ger to know him, that there is a
complex individual with an interest-
ing, troubled past," says Charles. "I'd
like to see that get
explored."
Charles compares
"Sports Night" scripts to
"Good film comedy" and
says the show's words are
"real" and "truthful." The
series has scored rave
reviews from a slew of
magazines and newspa-
pers, including the Neu ,
the Baltimore School for Performing
Arts. His film feature debut was in
John Waters' cult film Hairspray.
"I think right now — more so in
my life than ever — I've had to ask
myself why I became an actor," he
says. Though it can be exciting and
financially rewarding, he says, it can
be very tough and trying.
"It's difficult not to be able to do
things you want to do. You go from
ecstatic highs to low lows. The key
thing is [keeping a] balance and not
letting the highs get too high or the
lows get too low. When you start so
young, you put so much pressure on
yourself to succeed quickly," he adds.
"It's a continual learning process. I
}ro rk Times. Entertainment
lVeekly called it "a home
run, a hole in one, a
touchdown — at once the
most consistently funny,
intelligent and emotional
of any new-season series."
Playing the role of a
Charles in charge: Josh Charles plays co-anchor
vouna successful and sin-
Dan Rydell on ABC "Sports Night."
gle Manhattanite, Charles
senses that his character is
lonely.
think ultimately acting is a great thing
But in real life, Charles, 27, is far
and I really love it and it is something
from a recluse.
I do well."
He spends his free time hanging
While he's enjoying working on
out with friends, doing Pilates with
"Sports Night," come hiatus, Charles
his girlfriend of almost two years,
will be looking for movies to do. "Mak-
reading, and watching sports and
ing movies is my first love," he says.
movies. He says he eventually wants to
He's most proud of a film he did
settle down and have kids. A passion-
with Anne Heche, John Goodman
ate Orioles fan, he keeps up with the
and Christine Lahti in 1994, called
team via satellite and trips to Balti-
Pie in the Sky.
more.
It was a hit at the Sundance and
While Charles considers Los Ange-
Telluride film festivals, says Charles,
les home, he says his roots are in Bald-
but the studio never got behind it to
more, where he has many relatives,
release it. The quirky romantic come-
including his father who is Jewish.
dy is now out on video.
"I'm really close to my family," he
"That's what's frustrating — mak-
says.
ing these movies you are really proud
"I was a bar mitzvah and I'm happy
of and then not having them released.
I did that," says Charles, who consid-
But I have to remember it's really
ers himself a spiritual person. His par- ,
about the work," he says. "And the
ents are divorced, and his mother lives
work is good." H
out West.
Charles remembers wanting to act
"Sports Night" airs 9:30 p.m.
since he was 7 or 8. Growing up, he
Tuesdays on ABC.
attended theater camp and studied at
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