Acting helped 'Justified's' Dillahunt overcome tragedy

TribLIVE: When actor Garret Dillahunt was about to celebrate his 17th birthday, tragedy struck that was to change him forever. His older brother, Eric, was killed in a drunk-driving accident. He was a passenger in the car. “That threw me,” Dillahunt says.

“That throws your whole family ... That also helped me react about giving up. I was just determined, and you know how kids think. I was determined, ‘Well, I can never die. I saw what that did to my mother. If I get hit by a bus, I'll pull what's left of my body out of the wreckage and continue living so my mom doesn't have to go through that again.'