<p>‘“I love underdogs,” says Donal Logue, the versatile character actor who steps into that role in the new ABC comedy series “Knights of Prosperity,” which premieres Wednesday.’</p>
<p>Excerpt from interview:</p>
<p>Though you’re a Harvard grad, you are generally cast as a blue-collar guy in such films as “The Groomsmen” and TV series like “Grounded for Life” and now “Knights of Prosperity.” Since you grew up in a working-class family, do you feel a special kinship with these characters?</p>
<p>My parents are Irish immigrants. My parents actually were from very small villages, but because they were educated they worked their way out. They worked hard, but we never had money by any means growing up.</p>
<p>I went to a public high school on the Mexican border where we had 1,000 kids freshman year and, by the end of it, less than 300 graduated. My whole thing was that I had a chip on my shoulder against people with privilege. I am not saying that’s a fair thing, but that’s what drove me in high school to achieve and succeed.</p>
<p>Was it hard for you to relate to your peers at Harvard?</p>
<p>[I realized] people are people. There are a lot of great people who have privileged backgrounds, and conversely there are people who aren’t cool who don’t have privileged backgrounds.</p>
<p>I did janitorial work at Harvard. I did this thing called dorm crew where you clean the bathrooms while you are in school as a student job, which I had no problem with, and I don’t think anyone at Harvard had a problem with it. Harvard is one of those places where it’s cool not to be privileged or people try and hide their privilege. But it is always kind of honorable to work.</p>
<p>Full interview at:</p>
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