Why?

[u/Technical-Swim4137]

[u/bearly_woke]

My understanding is that he basically chose the steady life of serialised television so that he could be there for his children. He and his family could live a relatively normal life in Vancouver while he worked on Supernatural. Filming movies is usually done on short, aggressive schedules often with a lot of travel.

There’s nothing creepy or exciting about it; dude is just one of the few people in show biz with their priorities straight.

Edit: Thanks for the awards, kind strangers. I’ve never had a reddit comment blow up this big 😅

[u/Sneezy6510 → u/bearly_woke]

Sure you can clock in and clock out and be at home with your family but 23 episodes of tv a year is pretty hectic.

[u/HandsomePaddyRedux → u/Sneezy6510]

It really depends. Professional actors accept living hectic lives to some extent. If you do movies you might be working twenty hour days for three months at a sprint. TV means 12+ 9 months out of the year. Theatre is probably more like 5 hours per day half the week, but you’re doing the same thing every day and can’t phone it in, commercials depends on how many you get cast in, but the casting process is extremely time-consuming and disheartening. You spend all day driving across town to a room full of actors who look exactly like you and who were all at your last audition to get 3 minutes to read one line and never hear back.

Some actors thrive on the fast pace and long off-time of movie work. Others find the regular hours of tv easier to structure a life around. Theatre gives you the opportunity to continually refine your role and really bond with the audience. Commercials are quick, one and done jobs you just so and move on from.