John Gallagher Jr. Quotes


There's a screen direction in the script for the pilot where it says, 'Jim Harper, mid-20s, enters,' and it said something to the effect of: 'He's confident without being cocky. He has no idea that he could be considered attractive, because he saw All The President's Men when he was thirteen and never looked up.' It was just a great little gem of a screen direction, and I felt immediately from just that, that I had a good idea of how to play this guy.


Citations

Radish, Christina. "John Gallagher Jr. Talks THE NEWSROOM, Auditioning for Aaron Sorkin, and the 10th Anniversary of THE WOODSMAN." Collider, 22 June 2012.

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John Gallagher Jr.
John Gallagher Jr.
  • Born: June 17, 1984
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actor, Singer, Songwriter

John Howard Gallagher Jr. is an American actor and musician known for originating the role of Moritz Stiefel in Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater's rock musical Spring Awakening, which earned him a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical. He also played Johnny in Green Day's Broadway musical, American Idiot, Lee in the 2011 Broadway production of Jerusalem, and Edmund in the 2016 Broadway revival of Long Day's Journey Into Night. He portrayed Jim Harper in Aaron Sorkin's drama series The Newsroom, starred in the HBO mini-series Olive Kitteridge, and played Emmett DeWitt in 10 Cloverfield Lane.