@RickSpringfieldOfficial was the teen sensation, rock singer and guitarist who scored a Grammy with his 1980s hit Jessie's Girl, and at the height of his fame, was watched by millions as Dr Noah Drake in daytime TV's General Hospital.
In Australia in 2015, promoting his upcoming film Ricki and the Flash, he sat down for an at-times emotional chat with the ABC's Jane Hutcheon.
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Springfield plays the role of Greg, a musician who is the love interest to rock singer Ricki Rendazzo, played by Streep.
"He's got the biggest heart in the movie. It's written like that, and I think that's why Diablo Cody, the writer, wrote him in," Springfield said of his character.
"Everybody has an element... Even Meryl's character has some very unsympathetic moments which is what human beings are like. I think she wrote Greg as the good guy, he really is a good guy.
"My wife actually likes Greg better than she likes me which... that's a problem. I can be Greg."
00:42 -- Rick Springfield talks about when he was happiest
2:00 -- on acting opposite Meryl Streep in Ricki and the Flash
7:04 -- on his early years and how he fell in love with the guitar
9:20 -- on his suicide attempt, aged 17, and his early battle with depression
13:00 -- on the two deaths of his father
15:52 -- on making it big in music and the insight it gave him into human nature
18:10 -- 'I think my gift is perseverance'
19:14 -- on Mr D, the inner critic, and Rick's quest for healing
22:45 -- on the time when he was playing Dr Noah Drake and there was a medical emergency on a plane
24:16 -- on his Star Wars toy collection
25:20 -- on fatherhood
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