James Van Der Beek Quotes

You can't really pretend something is rosier than it is and expect people to buy it.

When you're the lead of a series, things happen around you, and you react to them.

The less seriously you take yourself, the better work you're going to do.

Ultimately, I'd love to be able to work in film.

I think anybody with an insecurity, which is everyone, appreciates the fact that it's much easier to be a predator than it is to be prey.

A lot of movies you do because they're fun, they make people forget about their day.

You know, I'm not big on conspiracy theory. It does really kind of get my blood going when I find out there really are conspiracies that actually happened.

I can intellectualize myself out of anything.

Don't ever put anything past kids. They will surprise you in the best ways.

If a rumor comes out that I'm gay, I could care less. There are so many worse things that they could be saying.

You get a script and you love it. You find a director that you trust, and it becomes all about how do I commit to this as fully as possible? And the last thing you can afford to have in your mind is what are other people going to think of this?

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.

At a young age, acting was so inspiring and exciting, because to me it was play - make-believe, pretend.

You are incredibly fortunate whatever success falls on you, which is what happened with me.

I was dyslexic, so math and formulas were not necessarily my strong suit.

The ego certainly is the biggest obstacle as an artist or performer, so any chance you get to destroy that is really healthy.

Had my first son this morning ... well, actually, my wife had him. I just caught him. Wo. Heart expanding way faster than my brain ... If you could bottle up and distribute this feeling, I swear there'd be no more war.

The more you make fun of yourself and don't try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you.

I've never really had a problem with the imagination level of an audience. They're always smarter and savvier than any studio exec will give them credit for.

You buy a house and you get it checked out and you feel like you've kind of made your mark here in some way. And then an act of God just comes up the coast and has the potential to just completely wipe it clean. Weather like that is certainly humbling.

I love sports and I love sports movies.