The hardest part was when I was in high school not having a job and always being broke. I had to get to auditions without a car. I either took the bus or walked.

However during this stage of his career he also began to appear in a series of films which were not critically or commercially successful such as Chill Factor (1999) Boat Trip (2002) Norbit (2007) and Daddy Day Camp (2007) all of which had received extremely negative reviews and with the exception of Norbit performed poorly at the box office. He became a born-again Christian at age 13. Additionally though not well received critically the family comedy Snow Dogs (2002) was a commercial success.

(born January 2 1968) is an American actor who is best known for his Academy Award-winning portrayal of Rod Tidwell in Cameron Crowe's Jerry Maguire. Cuba M.