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" 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

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" People with disabilities can grow up thinking they have a weakness because they are told,You will never do this properly; you will never walk properly or talk properly.' That's all they hear. But you have to look past that. "

" With moderate physical training, you can control anything in your body. You don't have to be an athlete to do it, and this isn't just about people with disabilities - it's about everyone. You just have to have the willpower, the mindset, and the desire to want to better yourself. "

" 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. "

" My sister is a mess. I love her to death, but she is a mess. "

" When you have a disability, people think you are weak. They think they can prey on you. "

" I like to dirt bike ride, four wheeler, go-kart. "

RJ Mitte

Ride

Four

" 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. "

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Mom

Son

" I hate being immobile. "

" I feel bad for people in wheelchairs and people who have to use crutches. "

" The people that you have around you are your biggest influence. "

" I'm always looking for roles to challenge me and ones which I'll enjoy playing. "

RJ Mitte

Challenge

Enjoy

" Nothing I do will ever compare with 'Breaking Bad.' "

" 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. "

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Way

Say

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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Time

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" I've always treated money with respect, but I don't really think about money - I try to avoid it, because I don't like what money does to people. I find if you get too much money involved, people get corrupted. "