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" I always wanted to go into the military or something like that - my whole family, all my friends are either Air Force, Navy, or Marines. "
RJ Mitte
Navy
Friends
Family
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" I wouldn't say in all situations, but a lot of times kids can be the most reasonable people around because they don't have the deal with all the drama that goes along with being an adult. "
RJ Mitte
Deal
Drama
People
" My parents got divorced when I was nine months old, and my father would only pop in and see me once a year, if that. I don't have much contact with him. "
RJ Mitte
See
Father
Him
" One time I semi-wrecked my uncle's truck. He told me to back it up into a ditch, but my foot slipped and I gunned it a little too much. But now I use one foot, and I do not run into stuff - at least I try not to. "
RJ Mitte
Uncle
Time
Too Much
" I have my real name and RJ. I've gone by RJ since I was eight, but I was named Roy after my grandfather. They called me Little Roy, which sounded like Leroy with a Texas accent, but my mom didn't want to have a Leroy as a son, so it went to RJ. "
RJ Mitte
Me
Mom
Son
" Breaking Bad' gave me a career. It gave me more work than I could possibly imagine - I started filming it when I was 14 years old, and I finished when I was turning 21. "
RJ Mitte
Career
Bad
Work
" I would love to switch on my TV and see a disabled person talking about something they are genuinely interested in or acting out a part that doesn't just focus on their impairment. "
RJ Mitte
See
Focus
Just
" I don't really say too much to my parents. If they ask me to do something I just do it and get it out of the way. "
RJ Mitte
Way
Me
Say
" I try to bring awareness, not just to CP but to all disabilities in the sense that it's knowledge. My disability gave me so much knowledge that I was able to take into 'Breaking Bad' and to grow and to learn. "
RJ Mitte
Knowledge
Bad
Disability
" The people that you have around you are your biggest influence. "
RJ Mitte
Around
You
Influence
" I'm actually very active. "
RJ Mitte
Very
Active
Actually
" I was eight when I found out I was adopted. My step-brother told me. He'd overheard my mum and my stepdad at the time talking about it, and he threw it in my face. But I didn't really care. It didn't seem relevant, because I never once in my life felt unloved or like I was a burden. "
RJ Mitte
Life
Time
Care
" I spent a long time away from my parents when I was younger. I would go hunting and fishing with my uncle, and we would go for weeks at a time. I also spent a lot of time in Texas with my grandparents. "
RJ Mitte
Parents
Time
Fishing
" I didn't know anything was wrong with me when I was growing up. I thought everyone went to occupational and speech therapy, I thought these were common things. I thought I was quite normal until I went to school and someone told me it wasn't normal to have a disability. "
RJ Mitte
School
Growing Up
Know
" When it comes to money, I provide for my family, and that's important to me. "
RJ Mitte
Important
Money
Provide
" Nothing I do will ever compare with 'Breaking Bad.' "
RJ Mitte
Breaking
Will
Nothing
" I feel bad for people in wheelchairs and people who have to use crutches. "
RJ Mitte
I Feel
Bad
Who
" The more you travel, the more well-off you'll be, I think. "
RJ Mitte
Think
I Think
More
" People used to call the Paralympics the 'Special Olympics.' These men and women are athletes. They are warriors. They are people who are not confined by what they have been given. It's amazing to see where, and how far, the human body can really go. "
RJ Mitte
Body
Women
See
" I try not to look back at anything I do. I avoid it like the plague. "
RJ Mitte
Look
Anything
Avoid
" I don't really eat breakfast that often. I'm a bacon guy. I like breakfast food, but I don't really eat food until after noon, so by that time, that's not really breakfast. "
RJ Mitte
Breakfast
Time
Like
" I grew up with a marine grandfather. I was never allowed to say 'can't' or 'no', and I was never allowed to back down. "
RJ Mitte
Say
Grandfather
Never
" Anything you rely on can become a crutch. And disabled or not, when you rely on something, that is what will cripple you. "
RJ Mitte
Anything
You
Rely
" I'm always looking for roles to challenge me and ones which I'll enjoy playing. "
RJ Mitte
Me
Challenge
Enjoy
" I say, 'You can never use excuses because they always run out.' "
RJ Mitte
Never
Run
Say
" It's difficult to learn to play these different disabled characters - Campbell in 'Switched At Birth' was paralysed from the waist down - but it's nice to be able to step into their world and live in these characters' shoes and to be able to play them, because it gives you a different look at life. "
RJ Mitte
Step
Live
World
" My sister is a mess. I love her to death, but she is a mess. "
RJ Mitte
Sister
Death
Her
" My grandparents would take me out fishing in their boat once a week from when I was about two or three, growing up in in Texas and Louisiana. I loved it. "
RJ Mitte
Me
Week
Boat
" I personally don't like school, but you have to do it if you want to get through life, so pretty much I put up with it. "
RJ Mitte
You
Want
School
" You can do anything if you set goals. You just have to push yourself. "
RJ Mitte
Goals
Push
You
" I like to work. "
RJ Mitte
Like
Work