James St. James Quotes

I'm glad I'm getting to do interesting films.

After studying art, I was a painter for a while and was asked to audition for a movie randomly. I hadn't thought of acting before that.

Work in nightclubs was interesting. There were interesting people and places, but by and large, the commercial music experience.

My sister and I created a show called 'The Real Life Brady Bunch,' which was sort of a theatrical sensation that got us attention in L.A. and New York.

I like everything about acting.

What I'd really like to do is do a film or two a year and then do theater in New York the rest of the year.

Acting is the easiest money you'll ever make in your life, and directing is probably the hardest money.

'New Girl' is how I make my living, and if I'm going to do a movie, it's because I really, artistically, want to do it.

This whole celebrity racket, it's not really my bag. I don't really do that stuff, and I am not looking to get famous myself. I would love it if my characters get famous, my work was well known and appreciated. But I'm an actor, not a spokes model or a celebrity or whatever that is. I don't know how to be that.

One of the great things about my job is I get to do all of these things that I may not experience had I not been an actor.

I want to do movies, television and theater. Whatever comes along.

As an actor, you're supposed to take jobs that will challenge you or force fans to see you in a different light. By the '90s, I wasn't really an actor anymore. I was someone who went on the road with these gigantic concerts.

I started acting almost on a whim to help my music career.

No, I always wanted to be an actress.

Acting manifested as the primary focus over the years but now I am stirring the pot once again with my voice.

By the time I started doing stand-up, the club scene had died.

I'm not in the business of trying to be a celebrity. I like entertaining and being in movies. I like when people leave a movie and talk about it with friends. My biggest struggle is the press... its an odd thing and something I've had to learn a lot about.

I think any actor just wants to keep working, and for me, I want to work on projects that are with fun people.

Everyone wants to be a writer, director, producer. I don't have the imagination for that, but, hopefully, I can continue to act.

Neil and I have always been big fans of drag, emerging theater, and anything that is really 'out there' in terms of performance.

I've been offered a few movies lately, but I don't want to do a movie just for the sake of saying, 'Oh, boy! There's popcorn involved in this.'

I went to the Experimental Theater Wing at NYU and wrote and directed a small amount of stuff there.

I did theatre when it was not considered prudent for film actors to be seen on stage.

As a musician-turned-actor, you ordinarily face one of two scenarios. Either all the pressure of success or failure is on your shoulders, so if the picture does poorly, you might never get another movie role, or you have a situation where you already have an anchor, which allows you to work your way up the ranks.

I'm going to continue to try to strike a balance, because I really, really do love doing stand-up, and I don't see why it should affect the acting. And again, I'm not going, "I've got to become a dramatic actor now." I just want more interesting jobs. I just want to keep doing stuff that's different.