It wasn’t until after graduating high school that Sizemore discovered his love for acting.

“The first play I ever did wasn’t until probably 1993 — which means that was three years after high school,” he said. I went the hard route. When I went to the Art Institute of Pittsburg I thought it was going to be more about the acting and less behind the scenes but it was a lot more behind the scenes and really nothing about acting. So I was everyone’s guinea pig to be in front of the camera.

“Then I moonlighted for films at night like Hoffa, Innocent Blood and Bob Roberts — whatever films were coming through the town in 1990 and 1991 during that era in Pittsburgh,” he continued. “After I graduated, I decided I was going to go to New York City where I stayed for six months. I did one little job for Law and Order and I just ran out of money so fast because it was such a hard place to live without having a really big job. Next I moved to South Carolina, and while I was there, I was living with my brother and I started doing theatre. I did a lot of theatre very fast.”

Sizemore’s next destination was Nashville, Tenn., where the struggling actor found himself so short on cash he was forced to sleep in his car.