There’s a period where I rebelled against Screech. I was like, “Man, I’m an actor.” After giving off the Screech role I wanted to do other things, and people would say, “I like you but we see too much Screech in it.” I’m like, “Well, I can’t change my bone structure.” So I kind of had a love/hate relationship with the character for a while. I thought that it held me back a lot, even though I was so proud of it. I matured later in life. I’ve had a job since I was 8, you realize, so I never grew up with everyone else. So instead of having rebellious teens, I had my rebellious 20s. So now in my 30s I’m full circle and back in the embrace mode.

I think the type cast situation really damaged his ego, which made him extremely negative and instead of humbling him he took it to the next level and figured he can shake it off by being an asshole and making shit up. What was once a situation that would have gotten sympathy from the public turned into a runaway screech train of idiocy. I believe nothing that comes out of his mouth these days, its all a ploy now.