‘Frasier’ star Kelsey Grammer says religion guides his career

Kelsey Grammer portrayed pompous psychiatrist Dr. Frasier Crane for decades, first starring on "Cheers" and then receiving his own spin-off, "Frasier."The complicated character,

who provided talk therapy on his radio show, earned Grammer multiple Emmy Awards and Golden Globes until the sitcom was canceled in 2004.His new role as Pastor Chuck Smith in the

movie "Jesus Revolution" hit home for a myriad of reasons, but mainly Grammer's own connection to religion."It strikes me, you know, I probably have been preparing for [this role]

all my life, honestly," Grammer said. "It was a pretty seamless transition into playing Chuck. "I'm kind of a Bible guy. I've been reading the Bible all my life. I turn to it for

prayer, for reflection, for information, and I just always have. It’s just always been sort of at my fingertips throughout my life, ever since I was a boy."‘FRASIER’ STAR

KELSEY GRAMMER ON WHY HIS SEVEN KIDS WILL GET HIS INHERITANCE Kelsey Grammer talks religion, the "Frasier" reboot and playing a pastor in "Jesus Revolution." (Fox News/Lionsgate)He

added, "So I have a relationship with the Word of God, as they call it, that it was probably akin to what Chuck Smith's relationship was with it."Based on a true story, Pastor

Chuck makes friends with a hippie preacher making waves in the '70s counterculture movement, much to the dismay of his aging congregation.KELSEY GRAMMER'S DAUGHTER SPENCER GRAMMER

ON WORKING WITH DAD: ‘IT WAS FUN TO MAKE HIM LAUGH’"I lived it. I lived in that same time," Grammer said. "I lived throughout that period in the '70s and stuff and what he

accomplished. I saw on some of the faces that I met in my life. I didn't know it was, you know, his footsteps, but I was walking alongside him in many things. When this role came

along, it was just … slipping into a nice suit."He hoped audiences would be able to receive a few messages from the movie."There might be something to it, might be something to

this movement that happened then, and maybe it's worthwhile to think about … the way we're positioned in terms of faith and society," he said. "A great society can embrace a

great faith, and probably enhance both. That's what I'd like to see happen." Kelsey Grammer stars as Pastor Chuck Smith in "Jesus Revolution." (Dan Anderson/Lionsgate)Grammer's

confidence in humanity evolving comes from his own experiences."I've always been a bit of a prude, and people wouldn't think that about me," he said. "I'm also sort of famously …

famously a wild man as well, you know, that’s been part of my life. So I've been out in the desert, let's say, some of the time I made my way back in time."I think that my focus