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Different films, different genres show the different things I do. It's nice because it brings different groups of people to following what I'm doing. So hopefully, it kind of reiterates that I'm not just a one-trick pony as well.

You can't stay the same. If you're a musician and a singer, you have to change, that's the way it works.

I never pictured myself as just a rapper; I always wanted to act and do whatever else I could do. I always felt like I could do a lot of different things.

I have done comedy and romance. So I thought why not try negative roles too.

As an actor, you get hired for what you last did. And I guess it just becomes your choice or obligation to do different things.

All my albums are evolutions, one on top of the other.

I learned so many roles so quickly as a young singer, I thought it was time to come back to them and make them better - deeper, more nuanced.

I just try to keep it fresh. I try to keep it interesting. The truth is my roots are independently spirited dramas that are small, and I will always go back to that well, because that's where I broke out of. But I'm going to keep doing as many different movies as I possibly can.

If you only play metal, it's going to be very apparent that you're a one-dimensional drummer.

On every album you can see my growth.

I think as you get older, you find you can play more things because you're moving to a different category. You play a certain thing as a younger man, playing action roles like I did. Then I moved out, and I kept trying to do different things all the time.

I've had to take roles that on purpose were not Will-like so that someone like 'The Hollywood Reporter' would write, 'McCormack shows great range; no Will Truman here.'

You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project.

My music's gonna evolve as I get older.

I have been doing action roles for a while and really wanted to explore the other side of my personality on screen.

It's a difficult thing as an actor not to repeat one's self.

I think all of our records are a progression of some sort.

What I am always careful about is not to repeat the same kind of roles.

It is very important for me to do different things so that people see that my range is more than just comedy.

I'm definitely a character actor. I've tried to limit anything with a uniform because I've done it so much. There's a lot more I can offer. It's just getting people to see something else.

As I'm growing, so is my music.