Jessica Pare Quotes

I went from sort of trying to get work to all of a sudden being signed up for the next few years on something, and something of this scale with some of the best people in the business involved, acting and directing. It was a dream.

Breaking Bad' gave me a career. It gave me more work than I could possibly imagine - I started filming it when I was 14 years old, and I finished when I was turning 21.

I'd been going up for things, but I hadn't got anything, and then 'Anne Frank' came out, and there was a sudden flurry. I got a call saying they wanted to see me at the Globe, which was incredible because I'd been coming here since I was 12.

I was working at a restaurant in L.A. when a producer came in. He said I should audition for this movie 'Cellular.' I did, and I got the part. It actually makes me sick to tell that story because it's obnoxious.

Nobody paid any attention career-wise to me in America until 'Bronson.' It gave me a calling card and passage into America, where I've always wanted to work.

Most child actors were lucky enough to get the part in the first place.

A little acting debut in Spin City, with Michael J. Fox, which opened up a whole new door for me.

'Naked' propelled me into a whole other league. America started calling. I went over to Los Angeles and met all those people, and I started doing a few American films of various levels of quality.

My biggest dream and my biggest accomplishment was to be on HBO and 'True Detective.' It was a show that I just fell in love with.

I remember when I got a part on 'Seinfeld' it was like an out of body experience, I was so excited.

Coming back to 'New Girl' was a real reminder of how lucky I am to be on a popular network TV show.

I feel like I've finally made it as an actor. I've been doing this for years and you don't always make a movie that everybody likes.

I don't want fame as far as the tweeting or the image of it. But, the idea of being famous is actually exciting to me, just because then you can have a choice in what you do. I would like to be at a point where I'm not asking for parts anymore, and I'm actually just choosing between a part that I want to do.

I did the whole struggling actor thing and lucked into being in the right place at the right time and getting involved in the first 'High School Musical.'

I did work a lot in Scots theatre, but I was never really successful in Scottish film or TV until I went down to London - and I had to go to the U.S. to get my big break.

You know, one of the biggest thrills I have is when famous people recognize me from Taxi.

Leonardo Dicaprio didn't change his name, Emilio Estevez didn't change his name. But every case is different. I only have one reference of what my career was and I was very, very blessed and very, very lucky, and it got started very quickly after college. And I only know that by going with Roday.

Arrested Development opened a lot of doors for me.

I played a scene at the end of my first year, and that's how I was discovered.

To be the most successful male from 'The X Factor' is a big achievement, and I'm chuffed with that.

I was so lucky and blessed to have gotten 'White Chicks' so early into my career.

Every actor dreams of getting a big break, a big opportunity.

And people are always saying: 'Well, you go to Hollywood and you get yourself a film career or a TV series, and then you can do anything you want. Because then you've got the clout.' That had always sounded like a lot of hooey to me, but now I think it's true, unfortunately.

I guess Tom Cruise - everything he does, everything he touches, is kind of a success.

We went down for pilot season, I got Full House, and we wound up never leaving.