James Lafferty Quotes

Being an actor is often very tedious, which is why it helps hugely if your fellow cast members are also good friends.

We really have a lot of fun at these sessions, we all get along and kid around with each other throughout the job.

I was always out playing sports in situations that didn't matter with my friends.

I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships.

It's real time intensive so there's not much time for goofing around, but we are really close and we have a good time with each other. It's a great group.

I love to work with friends.

People can be great competitors on Sunday and mates on Monday.

There's nothing like working with your mates - it's the way it should be, as far as I'm concerned.

I learned how to play football and I got pretty good at it. I enjoyed being on a team with other girls. In Hollywood, girls are always competing against one another, so it was nice to be on a team with other girls for a change.

Look around. There are no enemies here. There's just good, old-fashioned rivalry.

I think the thing that makes 'NCIS' so special is the team and the group. And there's our fearless leader, Mark Harmon. We all really enjoy working together, so it would be a shame if we weren't all there having fun together.

There's nothing like the camaraderie of being around the other players.

If you can break bread with a guy, you will actually go the extra mile on the court; that just happens.

I believe sport brings people together and allows them to feel united for a common goal.

When you're around a sport awhile and sort of get to know everybody, you start to appreciate people more instead of just seeing a number and a sponsor and a competitor.

One of the things about K-Love, he knows I pass the ball.

I've always loved basketball. When you're playing pick-up basketball, you just kind of get used to being one of the guys.

Sport used to play a phenomenal part in my life, because I used to play a lot of county sport, a lot of sport for my school. I love team sports. Talk about being with the boys. I love the camaraderie. That's why I like acting.

Basketball is sharing.

When you're part of an ensemble and share the screen with so many people, you become close to them because you're hanging out all the time. Obviously you have your ups and downs, but that kind of brings you closer in many ways.

For me, football always meant that we came together as a family and, in the summer we played football outside.

TV is like high school because you go into these series, and the people that work there have been doing it for seven years, like 'One Tree Hill,' so you are going into what is already a family - if you are accepted by that family, then it's fantastic fun.

Baltimore was like a small town when I got there - the Colts, the Orioles, guys like Frank Robinson, we all knew and respected each other. Everyone would cross paths at one point at Lenny Moore's Sportsman's Lounge, trading stories and having some fun.

Playing with friends is a victory.

I think almost every player has a few very good friends on tour. Mine are: Yves Allegro, Roger Federer, Michael Lammer, and Ivo Klec.