NICO TORTORELLA

I worked at the Northlight Theater in Skokie, and the Mercury Theater on South Port. I actually did a show there for three years, called 'Over the Tavern.'

I don't really get nervous in front of people. I kind of walk into every situation like I'm walking in to meet my peers, and they either like me or not.

I went to art school in Chicago for a year at Columbia College. I had this whole master plan of getting into sustainable development and green architecture and construction, so I wanted to go to business school and then get my masters in construction and development.

I remember the 'Scary Movie' series coming out for sure, and I was a big fan of those.

I've been acting since I was 8 - I used to play hockey and there was a kids' theatre down the street from my house and one day I just walked in and signed up for auditions for 'The Wizard Of Oz.'

I love the consistency of working on television. You don't get that in working on film.

I believe in sexual monogamy, but I don't believe in emotional monogamy.

I refused from the beginning to restrict myself to any sort of lifestyle.

I am the least jealous person I have ever met.

It's so funny - my mom when I am dating someone new, all she will get is the name, first and last, and within an hour, I will get an entire life report of the person.

I am driven by love and I have been in love with a handful of different people, men and women. It's like, if you go to a bookstore and you know exactly what kind of book you want, you have to look it up in the system because it's in a specific section of the bookstore. I fit into a handful of sections in the bookstore.

As long as my work continues to speak for itself outside of what I look like, I'm okay.

Look, a lot of people don't think that the way that I live my life is a real thing, that it exists, that having a broad spectrum of sexual orientation is even possible.

I need different people to tap into different energies for different things.

I'm not trying to redefine sexuality or humanity or say that my answer is right and yours is wrong. I'm just happy with who I am.

My mom actually took me to get my first tattoo when I was 15. She highly regrets that choice now, as I have a lot more.

I have a handful of people that I have dated that I don't follow, but I will go and see what they are up to.

I've learned so much from just being in film industry. I definitely want to stay in front of the camera and learn more from as many people as I can. Somewhere down the line, writing, directing and producing would be fantastic.

I love the consistency of working on television. You don't get that in working on film. But, it's all about the right projects. I'm reading different stuff, every single day. I'm actively seeking.

Everybody knows what love is in one way or another, and everybody has an answer of what love means to them.

I think it's kind of written in stone that men are supposed to have strong feelings about age, but I've never really thought about it.

Movies are thankfully about real people nowadays, and I don't necessarily always look like a real person.

I feel like the last tattoo you got is usually your favorite.

I wear my heart on my sleeve and live my life as openly and honestly as I can.

My whole thing is, if you love this person as much as you say you do and you spent this much time together, you owe it to that person to have a conversation with them about opening up the relationship one way or another before you go and you act on it.