Justin's Answer

As lead actor in a stageplay in NYC, at the Marilyn Monroe Theater. I studied for years in the young people's program at The Lee Strasberg Theater Institute, studying method acting. It has helped me tremendously, in every aspect of my filmmaking.
After the first show, Audrey Meadows came up to me and hugged me, and told me that I "really had somethin', kid". From that same show, Ellen Burstyn hired me for my next acting job, a Ron Nyswaner play at The Actors Studio.