Most recently cast as the sexy sheriff sweeping a cast-off divorcee Jill Scott off her feet in Tyler Perry's Why Did I Get Married, DC native Lamman Rucker can be seen in Perry's current film Meet The Browns. SOHH, caught up with Rucker to get the scoop on the grind it takes to make it from a soap star to the big screen.

Don’t Take Things Personally
I think it’s something really spoiled and arrogant when people go into a situation when something happens like “They’re hating on me" "I can’t believe they didn’t like what I did" "How dare they tell me I’m not a good actor” or "What do you mean I didn’t get the part?"

People complain and there are always these emotional reactions and responses to them not getting what they wanted. It’s a skill you have to develop. It comes with maturity and it’s also an active choice. There’s a book called the Four Agreements and one of the four agreements is not to take things personally. You can make an active choice on how to interpret the things that happen to you and how you are going to react to certain experiences you have. I’ve found it in my personal relationships, my romantic relationships, my business relationships and in particular when it comes to being an actor. At different times you have to deal with whether or not you get a role and even if you do get a role, whether you get to do certain types of things somebody else might get to do in the same movie, or play or tv show. Sometimes you see people questioning, "Why did I get this role instead of that role?" Even when they do actually get the job, people are still complaining because they’re not happy with the job they got, they want somebody else’s job. It’s very very important to not take things personally, to understand that it’s a business and that certain decisions are made strictly as business decisions. You have to learn that, for business, it has nothing to do with if someone likes you. You can even be the most talented person in the room and they still may not choose to give you the role because sometimes for business purposes giving the role to someone else is a better idea. Maybe another name is going to sell more tickets or fill more seats or garner greater investments based on the fact this other actor has a more billable name or demonstrated they can carry a film and you haven’t quite demonstrated that YET. Maybe in time you can, but meanwhile how can you blame them? You are talking about other people’s mone, they want the highest possible return on that investment. That’s extremely important when it comes to acting.