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by
Tom Hens
"I left the business, went back to
high school, joined the swim team, became vice president of
my class, did everything. I tried to be a normal teenager."
He now describes it as "probably
one of the best decisions I ever made", even though
his fame initially made life difficult for him in school.
"In high school I was sneered at a lot.
I was the teen magazine guy, half the kids followed me around
like disciples and the other half were going to kick my ass".Even
though Chad had been accepted as a student at New York University
when he finished high school, he decided to put off college
when he was offered the part of Matthew Cooper on Dr.
Quinn Medicine Woman, and so became one of
the few former child stars to successfully make the transition
to a career as an adult.
When
Dr. Quinn was cancelled after its sixth season, Chad said:
"When we shut down I wasn't so sure
that we were going to come back, I wasn't so sure I was wanting
to come back. In six years, we had done ten months out of
every year-- which is a lot of work -- in a remote location
with a lot of dirt. But over the course of our hiatus everybody
had been planning on it. They'd been writing scripts and stuff.
So it was just a surprise. I'll miss the people.It was a fun
part for me. I had a great time. We put
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so
much into it for so long, and to not have the opportunity,
as actors, to say goodbye to each other has been really gut-wrenching.
And to not be able to say goodbye to the fans has been hard,
too." Despite being busy on Dr. Quinn, Chad was
one of the co-founders of The
Creative Outlet theatre company in 1995,
and has appeared in several theatre productions during the
summer breaks. He was last seen as 'Joshua' in Corpus
Christi at the Lillian Theater. He considers theatre
to be "my first love, without a doubt". He has also lent his
support to a large number of charities over the years, including
The American Diabetes Association, The March of Dimes, ProjectAngel
Food, the Autistic Children's Foundation, the American Cancer
Society, AIDS Project Arizona, AIDS Project Los Angeles, and
the Gay & LesbianVictoryFund.
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