Kirk Cameron from the Movie “Fireproof"

With everything that you have going on, where does acting fit in for you now? Is it a passion still or a means to get the message out?

KC: Acting kind of has to come in between everything else I have going on. I love to act, but boy there are other things that are going on in my life. Acting fits in nicely to do the things that I’m trying to do with my life like tell a great story with a great message or like “Fireproof,” which is a movie about restoring marriages. I married my wife who was my on-screen girlfriend from “Growing Pains” she was Mike Seaver’s girlfriend and we’ve been married for 17 years our marriage is real important to us. We run a camp for terminally sick children and their families. I speak and teach a lot at schools, colleges and churches and I do a faith-based reality show called, “The Way of the Master”. So all those things have much more substance to them. I’ve been fortunate enough to act when it fits into what I want to do with my life.

Being happily married for so long, how did you relate to the material, was it difficult?

KC: No, it was not difficult to relate to the material , well some of it was, because I play a guy who’s very different from myself yet I could relate to a lot of, just the challenges of being married for 17 years and having six children and juggling work and family and everything. But, this guy is a real type “A” macho, “I’m gonna do my own thing” bully kind of a guy. It was also kind of challenging for me because of the emotional range that this guy goes through. He’s a guy that’s a real jerk, you really don’t like him in the beginning of the movie. There are a couple of fight scenes in the movie that are uncomfortable to watch. So, that was difficult. I’ve never been that angry with my wife. Also, there are issues of forgiveness and opening up and sharing how you feel. Her not feeling loved and him not feeling respected. He’s addicted to internet porn, which is mentioned in the movie and is dealt with in a very respectful way where you won’t even see anything. So, if your children are watching it they won’t have any idea what’s being talked about. The wife is also flirting with another relationship at work. There are all kinds of marital fidelity issues throughout the movie that are dealt with in a real way and will strike a cord with anyone who is, will someday be or was once married.