He'd married former costume designer Ida Gearon in '91. So I moved out, spent five or six years doing my own thing." Where'd the acting go? Why aren't you acting anymore? It's like they get tired of it. I watch an actor or actress get to a certain point, then they disappear because they're doing a clothing line and a fragrance. I never understood what that had to do with your actual work. I couldn't tell you the names of three casting agents in this entire city. You know, I never went to Hollywood parties.
"I said, 'I'm going to run my own show, nobody's telling me what to do' Very defiant. "So I moved to Oregon in '98, bought piece of property, made a couple movies, wrote a couple books," he smiles.
His syndicated show "Jack of All Trades," suffered the same fate. Then Campbell, 54, landed a plum role in TV's "The Adventures of Brisco County Jr." but it was canceled after a year. It was up there on orange crates, my stereo system, which I still have from the guys." "Rob and Sam bought me a stereo system for my new apartment because they knew I didn't have anything.
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He worked for a month as a security guard for an Anheuser-Busch brewery until Raimi and Tapert hired him to negotiate the sound for Raimi's movie "Darkman." I just didn't care."Ĭampbell was flat broke then. It freed me up a lot because I didn't care if I got a part after that. You can never be pretty enough or handsome enough or strong enough or have the best body or have the best plastic surgeon. I was, like, 'This is fake,'" he taps the table with his right hand. So I'm not going to worry about where my next job is coming from. And it actually helped, because nothing is as bad as divorce and not seeing your kids as much. "Because it was such a big issue in my life, I stopped worrying about the film business. I'm glad she said no because ultimately we weren't really right for each other, and that's what you have to learn." She wanted a divorce and I said, 'OK, if you want me to get out, I'll get out. "My kids were really young, (and I) got to see her about once a month.
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I hated it."īut Campbell is back in full force as the former FBI informant, Sam Axe, in USA's "Burn Notice." It's a whole new ballgame for Campbell, who actually quit for a while following his divorce from his first wife. In television they'd go, 'How was the camera? Was it in focus? OK, let's go.' I thought, 'What kind of filmmaking is THIS?' So I didn't do TV for years after that. And not a good one because I was used to doing multiple takes, and you'd shoot film till you got it right. I did a 'Knots Landing.' It was my first TV show in '87, two episodes.
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"After the 'Evil Dead' movies were over I had to learn how to be an actor for hire again," says Campbell, over a hearty breakfast in a corner café here. He'd made those with his high school pal, Sam Raimi, and their partner Rob Tapert. At least that's what happened to longtime actor Bruce Campbell.Ĭampbell already enjoyed cult status as one of the stars and creators of the "Evil Dead" movie trilogy. LOS ANGELES - You have to leave Hollywood to be discovered there.
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