James Van Der Beek

“I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once, then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further. So, I just keep my private life to myself.”

“I've been through quite a few hurricanes. I worked in North Carolina, where there's a housing development whose name was Landfall.”

“Being the lead of the show and working a lot of hours - all good stuff, a tremendous education, incredible opportunity, it changed my life - it was a marathon, and by the end of it I was pretty beat.”

“I started out doing theater in N.Y.C.”

“I've only dyed my hair blond once, after 'Varsity Blues.'”

“You start thinking the world is a certain way and forgetting that there's another world outside of the campus boundaries that has nothing to do with what is your world at the time.”

“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.”

“אני לא דובר עברית, אני יודע מילים שקשורות בתפילות אבל זה הכול. ישראל זה מקום מיוחד במינו ואני משתדל לשוב בכל הזדמנות שהיא.”

“כשהייתי ילד, חשבתי שהחופש יהיה להשיג את הדברים שחלמתי עליהם. זה לא היה זה. ואז חשבתי שחופש יהיה להיות משוחרר מהכול. זה לא היה זה. עכשיו אני מתחיל להרגיש שהחופש הוא התעוזה לאהוב בכל ליבך, והאומץ לשים את מה שאתה אוהב בראש מעייניך. אני עובד על זה.”

“אני אוהב את העיר ניו יורק. כל אחד עסוק בחיים שלו – ואף אחד לא מעוניין באיזה ידוען הוליוודי שיעבור במרכז מנהטן. זו הסיבה שזו העיר האהובה עליי. אתה יכול לעשות מה שאתה רוצה מבלי למשוך קהל של צופים סקרנים.”

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

“I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan.”

“I remember one day during my freshman year of high school, when as usual I was obsessively listening to a cast recording: it may have been 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' And I remember sitting there, totally absorbed, saying to myself, 'I can do this.'”

“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.”

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

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

“I've always been a clown trapped in a leading man's body.”

“I can intellectualize myself out of anything.”

“It's a free country and I can keep my mouth shut whenever I want.”