By Kevin Bacon has told 'The Observer' newspaper that he had a prosthetic disguise made "because I wanted to see what it would be like not to be recognised".
Ironically he felt lonely and unnoticed. "I didn't like it very much – no one was nice to me. People didn't bother me, but they also looked right through me.'' 
Kevin Bacon (Credit: Wenn)
Actors want to be famous, he insists. "That's what drives us. Don't believe people who say: 'Well, you know, he's an actor, but he's actually really super-shy.' Nonsense."
"My family survived losing money to Bernie Madoff incredibly well compared to others," he revealed. "We looked at each other and said: "Well, we're still healthy, we still have each other. Let's roll up our sleeves and get the f*** back to work."
In a 30-year film career, Bacon, 54, takes his first-ever TV lead as a dysfunctional FBI on the trail of a gang of serial killers in 'The Following'.
