know how he couldn't. I do. It's not jealousy as much as it's fear of the unknown."

It's been a new experience for Paige the actor as well as Paige the person_ "I've never played one role this long," he says. "I’m ready to get back to the world of my life. And, yes, I'm a little scared. I hope my life is essentially the same."

Still, he has no regrets. “I'm always drawn to edgy, interesting, controversial stuff," he continues. "I knew this would be heated. I knew it would be dangerous. I knew it would piss people off in every direction. I understand people being uncomfortable with some of it. I get uncomfortable sometimes. Sometimes I read a script and say, 'Oh, my God, I can't believe I'm doing this,' or, 'Boy, does this not show this character in his or her best light.' But I also knew it was human and true.   If I thought for one moment that this was slanderous or dishonest or denigrating to the community as a whole, I wouldn't be involved with it in a million years."