The 37-year-old actor did what hardly anybody does: He left a hit network series (Grey’s Anatomy) at its peak because he felt that it was time for him to move on.
“It was time to go,” Knight says of his decision. “Looking back, I learned so much and it was so valuable. But there are times in anybody’s job where you feel the best decision is to move on. It doesn’t detract from the knowledge that I gained, and it doesn’t detract from my gratitude. … People like to add up all the dollar signs and how much you’re walking away from, and let them. That’s cool. I’m the one that’s walking in my shoes.”
He is currently appearing on Broadway with Patrick Stewart in a David Mamet play in A Life in the Theatre.
“I’m in some amazing company and very lucky to be included,” Knight says. “You set your expectations low so you’re not disappointed and then something like this happens and it’s fantastic. So then you go to the next job and it’s like, ‘Now I’ll never work again.’ We choose a job where we’re rejected 99 percent of the time. We have to be just completely bonkers in order to do that.”
On a more personal note, he isn’t sure yet how publicly coming out has changed his acting. “As far as the effect of it, I really think that I’m just too in it,” he says. “I’m too close to it. That’s for others to decide. And everyone has an opinion.”
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