🔗 Photos: On the Record and Speakeasy 1 Year Celebration Event Shane attended his first event of 2020 (hopefully the first of many) on January 18th and although we only got 2 photos, they are adorable and it’s always nice to see Shane’s handsome face <3 I have added them to the gallery and will update if any more get released.  A late Happy New Year to you all, I promise lots of exciting new things coming to the site this year, and please make sure to follow our sites twitter, @shanewestcom for all the latest news and info on Shane. And don’t forget to bookmark the site too!  

We took Shane from Shannon. We thought about Shannon West, but it was actually taken by a girl. I did actually go by Bruce in high school because when I moved from Louisiana to California, I started to get teased in junior high that I had a girl’s name. So trying to fit in, here I’m a Southern boy with long hair and an accent and coming from no money, I wanted to fit in.

Actors Shane West and Aaron Paul attend “T-Mobile Sidekick II” Launch Party at The Grove, Los Angeles. (August 4, 2004)

I’m pretty much an open book from what people know about me. Besides you know, reading, watching movies, I play the guitar, I go to the gym a lot, I run. I think those things people already know. I started rock climbing [in] Toronto. With a rope. Aaron Stanford, one of the actors on [Nikita] , is getting really into it. He just started bouldering, so wants me to go with him and do that with no line or anything. I’m trying to find time for that because it’s a great way to stay in shape. And it’s not boring, that’s for sure. It’s a great combo.

Shane West attending Matt Smiley’s “Dreams Fizzle Into Space” Solo Art Exhibition – Opening Reception - May 11 2017 | 5 HQ Pictures

My whole family is musicians, so we were always musically inclined. It was a little bit of a no-brainer for my sister and I. In high school, we started learning how to play instruments…writing songs, doing the things we enjoyed and thought we would actually do for a living. I had always been a huge movie buff, but I never really thought that that was the life for me. At the time, my mom had moved us to LA, and I was seeing teenagers pop up in commercials, and little TV guest spots, and it was an eye-opening moment for me. It made me wonder if I could do that, and make it my own. That’s how I got into it, and it took a really long time for me to find work, and become even somewhat successful and make it a real career. It quickly became a passion of mine.