JASON PRIESTLEY

Los Angeles is a one-horse town. It's entirely driven by the entertainment business and that's what it is.

You never appreciate your anonymity until you don't have it anymore.

Well, I've been a professional racer for nine years. And if I could get it to pay me as much as acting, I'd give up all the rest in a second. Working in television, however, has made me accustomed to a certain lifestyle that I'd like to maintain.

I never exceed the posted speed limit.

Never categorize yourself, society does that to you, don't do it to yourself.

I think the moral majority and religious right have been shrinking and having not quite as loud a voice in America, and all of a sudden people are coming to their own realizations going, 'Joe down the street is gay and he's a great guy.'

If people think I am gay, yeah, hey that doesn't bother me. Not at all. What would people think? To me I am such a heterosexual guy. It doesn't even, I don't even think about it.

I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada.

One of the fun things about being an actor is stepping outside yourself and outside of your own experience. It's challenging yourself to totally commit to something that in your core is so wrong.

I miss my boats, and I miss having the ability to be out on the water during the daytime and then go skiing at night.

Well, any time you're faced with fame on that level, it's - it can be somewhat unnerving because you're never taught how to manage it and how to deal with it. So you're sort of left out there on your own, trying to navigate those waters for yourself.

Nothing scares me, because I used to think I was indestructible. Now I know I'm indestructible, not to mention my spine is indestructible. It's all titanium.

I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.

I think it's great now that we seem to be in an era where it's OK to be gay and I think that the society in North America has had more of a problem with it than any other society.

I love filming in Britain.

When you say '90210,' everyone knows what you're talking about. So why not make use of that? And they certainly have. I think the show looks beautiful, and all the actors are doing a great job. It's a tangled web they've created thus far. It's great.

I'm from Canada and my wife is from St. Albans, so I feel a great kinship with the Brits.

No one gave me a cake or a going-away party on my last day of 'Beverly Hills 90210.'

I've always aspired to Cary Grant's level of coolness and failed miserably.

Sitcoms are fun. The whole multi-cam genre is always a lot of fun. You throw a live audience in the mix, and it's even better.

I was a rugby player, I was a hockey player. You know, I just love to challenge myself, and I love to compete.

I think the sooner that all of us in society stop accepting any type of bullying or harassment from other people - in spite of people's social standing or net worth or whatever it is - the sooner it will stop.

I try to be smart with my comedy. Generally, it devolves into bathroom humour. I describe my comedy as, 'I have the best intentions, but usually it fails.'

From an early age, I knew I wanted to pursue a life in the arts, and so I was acting in plays all throughout high school.

As an actor, your focus is very finite. All you're worried about is your character and what you have to do, what your goals are in this scene and in this piece of material. Whereas, as the director, everything is your responsibility. I enjoy carrying the load like that and being the responsible party.