Jim Parsons Quotes

• When I first started out in Houston, it was theater or bust. And I loved it. I still love it. And then I went to undergraduate and graduate school for acting.

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• There’s no audience to wonderfully get in your way when you’re doing a single-camera anything, whether it’s a sitcom or drama or film. And I do mean that in the best way.

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• My choices in projects have all been character or role-based, and on a financial level, it’s obvious: as an actor on a TV series, I get a wonderful paycheck, and a consistent paycheck, which doesn’t always happen when you’re doing theater or movies.

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• It’s a shame, but every time I get something scientific in the script, I read up to find out what I’m talking about – but then I’m on to the next script and it’s forgotten.

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• I was very fascinated with meteorology at a young age. I lived on the Gulf Coast and hurricanes blew through there. That is the class I failed in college: meteorology.

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• I was very average in the social label scale going through school. I was neither the coolest person in school, nor did I suffer the slings and arrows of being made fun of to such a degree that I couldn’t get through the day.

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• I try to master every facet of a character in order to build a safety net for myself, so I can go on to take more risks to create someone really distinct.

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• I grew up with two different parakeets – one that lived for five years, and one that lived for 13 years – so I always had a bit of an attraction to birds and it’s an oddly good fit to be in a movie about birdwatchers.

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• I did have a Twitter account that I tried for a couple days, but found I had nothing to say. There are some interesting facts I could share, but I don’t want to share that part of myself.

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• Well, I’m a big believer in ‘never say never.’

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• To have a job you can count on as an actor is so rare, whether that means belonging to a regional theater company or being on TV.

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• ‘The Big Bang Theory’ has completely changed my life.

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• If I ever wrote a script myself, it would be strongly emotional material.

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• I’ve always loved TV very much, and as a child I was so religious with it, but now it’s more when it fits in.

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• I’m also a big ‘American Idol’ fan. I think it’s just great fun.

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• I was a very shy child.

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• I think in any form of acting, you’re always well served if you’ve done theater.

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• I think intelligence is usually s*xy until it becomes irritating. After that, you’re stuck.

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• I love seeing tennis up close.

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• I had a very strong interest in music, specifically the piano from a very small age.

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Jim Parsons (24)

Birth:	24th March, 1973
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

About

Jim Parsons is an American actor. He is best known for playing Sheldon Cooper on the CBS sitcom The Big Bang Theory, with his performance often cited as a significant reason for the program's success. He has received several awards for his performance, including the Television Critics Association award for the highest individual achievements in comedy.

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