Bones actor David Boreanaz on the secret to a hit TV show

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David Boreanaz has been on a winning streak since starring in 1997’s Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The 48-year-old actor played vampire-turned-private investigator Angel so well, a spin-off, Angel, was commissioned in 1999 and it went on for five seasons. A year after Angel ended its run, Boreanaz signed on to Bones, a crime procedural that ended last year after a whopping 12 seasons. But it wasn’t always like that.

“I remember living on a couch and the stress that comes along with finding yourself in Los Angeles doing odd jobs and working in local theatres, commercials and other small gigs,” he shares his early days as an actor with CBS Local.