First Memory of Childhood:
"Before my parents had my sister, we lived in an apartment in Cleveland. I remember them teaching me to swim in this huge swimming pool, which, in retrospect, was probably really small. Even at age 2 and 3, they had me learning to swim. Isn't that weird?"

First Best Friends:
"Randy Worthy and Andy White were my best friends. We all lived within a couple of houses of each other. When we were about 5 years old, we got lost in the woods behind my house. The first couple of hours it was a great adventure. Then it started getting dark and scary. It was like something out of Stand By Me."

First Day Of School:
"I remember thinking it was really cool that we got hot lunches and got to eat with the other kids. I liked it. I had a lot of fun. For me, it was like a big recess. I remember nap time, too. We napped on little rugs that we grabbed from a stack. That kind of bummed me out, because I liked to play."

First Odd Job Ever Done To Earn Money:
"I think the first thing every kid does to earn money is rake leaves and shovel snow. I bought my first baseball cards with the money, and I still collect them. And I'm an alumni of Golden Arches - I worked at McDonalds and decided it was not for me. I was much better at eating food than serving it."

First Ambition:
"To become a doctor. I had an uncle who was a big influence when I was growing up and I wanted to be a surgeon like he was. My grandfather was a doctor, too. When I was a little kid, he sent me a package of tongue depressors, surgical masks, all sorts of stuff that I had a great time playing with."

First Karate Thrill:
"I broke a cinder block. I didn't break it quite right, so I hurt my hand. But because I did break it, even though my hand was black and blue, the feeling of accomplishment was great. It is really good technique and focus, and a lot of it is believing that you can do it."

First Times Doing Standup Comedy:
"It went fairly well. I was 15 and the club was in Fort Lauderdale. When I was 16, I did it on the boardwalk in Atlantic City. It was a rush. I loved being the center of attention. I had all these adults around watching me, and it was exciting. I do a lot of impersonations. Sean Connery, Marlon Brando, Don Knotts - I can do pretty much anyone you name."

First Wheels:
"A station wagon that had this barn-siding stuff all over it. I think subconsciously I wrecked it on purpose. I hated it. My mother wasn't too upset because she got a nicer car. But I wasn't allowed to drive it."

First Pets:
"The first was a cockapoo named Scamp; he got hit by a car. Another, a brown chow named Mischa, was a real pain. I got him when I got Karate Kid III, which was brilliant on my part. I lived in a one-bedroom apartment and worked 18 hours a day. I left the dog alone in the apartment and he completely trashed it."

First Crush:
"My third-grade teacher, Miss DeCarlo. She had a great body. She had smoldering eyes. She was pretty hot, now that I think about it. I loved her from afar."

First Time He Wanted To Act:
"I started doing plays when I was a little kid. I remember thinking, 'This is fun. I think I can be pretty good at it.' There's a photo of me playing Mercutio, Romeo's hot-blooded friend in Romeo and Juliet. That was in fifth or sixth grade. It was an incredible feeling. It was an awakening."

First On-His-Own Apartment:
"A one-room dump in a rat-trap building...but it was all mine. It was minimalistically decorated. I was a minimalist because I couldn't afford furniture. There was a bed, a couch, a TV - and that's about it."

First Big Fad:
"When I was in junior high, we all wore pointy shoes and these atrocious fedora hats, and we thought we were really, really stylin'. The whole Miami Vice look: silk suits and T-shirts. I bought into that hard."

First Day At GH:
"I was so nervous. I wanted so badly to do well. But it was exciting and new. I was very happy and proud to be a part of such a great cast. Stuart Damon (ALAN) called the night before and left a nice message about how glad he was that I was joining the cast. So I felt immediately that I was working with someone I had some connection with. And Steve Burton (JASON) was in my first scene. Playing brothers with Steve comes pretty easily."