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That got you through that turned your life of drugs into serving your country. no, no. that didn t come until later in life. didn t come until i hit rock bottom. then i cried out to the lord. steve: different priorities. ainsley: i think we have a clip of that. constantly bombarded with this message that said you are a young african-american male you needing to a thug or a hustler. my mom would take my brother and i to the movies. detach from our life michael the rock came out. i was blown away by this portrayal of mane going to sacrifice themselves to save others. i thought if i was to ever turn my life around, that s what i would do. brian: wow, that s powerful. then you got into movies fortuitous moment. someone spotted you. a woman cast me in the tv show. she remembered me when michael bay was casting for transformers. she gave me a call. next thing i know i m in the film. ainsley: did you have any theater training before that ever. when i met her initially, ....
Young man, you were doing some bad stuff? absolutely, absolutely. i was out there just trying to follow the trend and be like my friends. and, you know, be like what was steve: how did you wind up in the navy? in well, i was inspired through films, honestly through two films that inspired me bad boys and the rock. and when i was 20 i was getting involved in bad stuff, i made the decision if i don t leave them i will end up in trouble so i essentially i left and joined the military. brian: took responsibility for your life. ainsley: proud proud of you. tell us about the i am second campaign. i am second is a media ministry where they take common people, celebrities, athletes, and they share their stories of faith of what it took for them to come to christ. i have been connected to i am second since 2010 because i use their films on my second deployment as a lay leader. and so they found out about me and. ainsley: was it your faith ....