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Great article talks about his starting out in acting and his feelings on The Dead Zone. (see below)

Hall is heading into his second season (airing on Sun. July 6) on USA's The Dead Zone a series based on the Steven King novel of the same name. "It came to me as an offer," Hall recalled. "I read the script and I was blown away. I was really excited about it. The first thing I said to myself was, I am not going to emulate on any level what Christopher Walken did in the film. There are enough people who try to imitate him. But I watched the film, and the thing I thought was cool was, he wore a peacoat and carried a cane. I started to figure out what the look and feel of the character was." After completing the show's second season, Hall is thrilled that six more episodes have been ordered. "If it does continue on," he said, "I'm prepared to continue to do the work, and if not, I feel good about what I've done."

Of his craft, he said, "One of the things that I am proud about the show is that we've done many episodes where you're getting these little movies. I made a note to myself early last season to treat each episode like the biggest movie I've ever made. I sort of blurred that line, and I don't draw any distinctions between television and film acting. Fifteen years ago, there was a very different perception about acting on TV. It was like, Ah ha, you've fallen, and you're on TV. Now all the TV stars have film deals. But with this show, I've definitely grown as an actor. It's taught me a lot about what it's like to be a leading man."

He is also developing and writing a project based on a true story about a boxer in the early 1980s, Billy Ray Collins. Said Hall, "I directed a film for Showtime when I first came out here. I moved out here to direct this film called Hail Caesar. It was a little comedy that I did with Sam Jackson, Robert Downey Jr., and Frank Gorshin. That was a great experience, and I would love to direct again. Directing a film teaches you what you don't know about directing. And it gives you a new respect for the screenplay or teleplay. I learned a lot."

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