Victor Garber Quotes

The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney's fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.

I've been amazed that it's so popular with people. But it's been fantastic. People are very excited when I walk into a place and they recognize me from the series.

It's about these people who are inextricably together for whatever reasons, and they happen to be in the spy world. It's about relationships, and the bottom line is, that's why you care.

I find out more about Jack every week. Essentially, I'm the same character, but I'm having more fun this season because I'm doing more aliases, you know. I like the surprise of not knowing.

When I was a kid, I didn't collect stamps, or weird toys, or anything. I don't even have music - I don't even have a CD collection. So that's not really my thing.

If you were to come to the set of Alias, you'd know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.

What I realized was how difficult an hour show is and how miserable you can be if you're not happy doing it.

I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it's discovering the truth in where you are.

Sometimes, his methods and his motives are questionable and even his morals are questionable in the way he does things. But I think his intention is always to protect his daughter.

The stage is where I feel most comfortable, and I miss it all the time.

I have no skills. The only thing I could possibly do is teach.

The joy is when you work with great actors, it just comes to life in a way that you never even imagined.

I remember the first reading of the script we had and everybody was sitting around the table. I was very impressed with the level of acting that was in the room, particularly with Jennifer who has so much responsibility.

Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've given me more.

Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.

Thank goodness I started getting movie roles and then television shows came along. So I was very fortunate to be able to do all three and I like all of them.

You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.

I don't collect anything. I collect people, I think. I'm very social and I like seeing a lot of people.

When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.

I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.

I find that everything I do is demanding, like Jack Bristow is a complicated man and I do a lot of explaining in the show, it takes a lot of energy and concentration.

The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown.

I'm very serious about acting.

The only set thing I do is that I really, really memorize the lines. I've gotta be so comfortable with the words.

I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.

And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I've done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.

We, some cast members and I, even went on a weekend trip together and spent the weekend at an inn, because we enjoy each other's company so much, and it was so cool.

After you read the script, then you actually just have to be in the moment you're in, in order to make it believable. You can't give it away. You can't tip it off. For me, it's always about being truthful in the moment I'm in. Hopefully, being able to reveal what I'm feeling, you have to believe it.

It's disgusting that a Broadway show can't try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue going on between people damning or praising it.