A biography for James Tupperhasn’t been written yet.
“I knew I wanted to be an actor the first time I thought it wasn't going to be possible and decided to go another way. I was filled with this incredible sadness - and every time my life led me away from it, I fought to get back to it.”
“My family and friends back home can't believe this boy from Dartmouth is on the TV. They sit there and say, 'What's he doing up there? Good Lord.'”
“You can't train a penguin to act. You kind of have to take what you get.”
“It is very important to be loving with animals.”
“Since we had our son, all TV is negotiable.”
“I've done a lot of different characters, but people never recognize me. I'm not joking.”
“I told you, I have done a lot of projects and as often as I run into someone who recognizes me from something else, I run into someone who is like 'You're on Grey's Anatomy' and I have only been on for seven episodes. It's kind of amazing.”
“My dog's name is Harold.”
“There's hardly a single show that doesn't have a Canadian on it.”
“Frankly, I see myself as a bit of a clown.”
“I like to dance disco.”
“When people are supporting each other and trying to get the most creative energy, it just creates a much better project and there is a feeling of success there.”
“I've watched people in these movies like Bradley Cooper in 'Yes Man' become these giant stars themselves.”
“When you think you're a really good person, you're actually capable of doing some real harm to people, either knowingly or unknowingly. It's the big little lie that we all live in.”
“I think Hallmark is doing this really exciting thing right now, where they buy a series of books, they're books for young adults, or adolescents, and they're really fun Agatha Christie-style mysteries. I actually signed on for three of them.”
“I got really into 'North of 60,' and I'll still watch reruns of 'Da Vinci's Inquest.'”
“I have the thickest accent of any Nova Scotian you've ever imagined.”
“I went to drama school.”
“I was working on this bedroom, and from where I was, in the beating hot sun, I could see Madonna's castle on the next ridge over. It was hilarious - there I was, this Maritime carpenter, staring at Madonna's castle. So it's been a windy road.”