A biography for Jason Priestleyhasn’t been written yet.
“I love a Coffee Crisp, and they are nowhere to be found in America.”
“You never appreciate your anonymity until you don't have it anymore.”
“That's the power of television. You come into people's homes every week, and that creates a familiarity and a false sense of intimacy.”
“I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.”
“I miss my boats, and I miss having the ability to be out on the water during the daytime and then go skiing at night.”
“When you say '90210,' everyone knows what you're talking about. So why not make use of that? And they certainly have. I think the show looks beautiful, and all the actors are doing a great job. It's a tangled web they've created thus far. It's great.”
“Everything about Canada makes me proud to be Canadian.”
“One of the fun things about being an actor is stepping outside yourself and outside of your own experience. It's challenging yourself to totally commit to something that in your core is so wrong.”
“לי אף פעם לא הייתה הזדמנות, אבל הייתי מאוד רוצה להגיע אליכם ולחוות את הארץ הזו.”
“מגיל מאוד צעיר ידעתי מה אני רוצה לעשות. תמיד יצא שלמדתי דרמה או משחק, בבית הספר היסודי ובתיכון, והייתי ממוקד במטרה כבר מהרגע הראשון. בגלל זה היו לי הכלים הנחוצים להתמודד עם כל מיני קשיים וצמתים בקריירה.”
“כולם חושבים שהחיים בעבודה הזו הם הרבה יותר זוהרים ממה שהם באמת, בסוף היום קוראים לזה 'Show business' (עסקי השעשועים) וזה באמת עסק, לא קוראים לזה 'שעשועי־כיף', או 'מסיבת־שעשועים'.”
“כשחקן, אני תמיד מחפש אתגרים חדשים.”
“Part of the fun of working on 'Beverly Hills, 90210,' for me, was that I got a lot of freedom from our executive producer, Chuck Rosen, to add things, change things. I got a lot of freedom to be creative.”
“Any time you get to do a David Mamet play, it's a great opportunity. His writing is such that I think it's a big challenge, but when you get it right, it's a great opportunity to play every night, really.”
“Well, any time you're faced with fame on that level, it's - it can be somewhat unnerving because you're never taught how to manage it and how to deal with it. So you're sort of left out there on your own, trying to navigate those waters for yourself.”
“I love filming in Britain.”
“I've always aspired to Cary Grant's level of coolness and failed miserably.”
“Theatre was the first thing I fell in love with.”
“As an actor, your focus is very finite. All you're worried about is your character and what you have to do, what your goals are in this scene and in this piece of material. Whereas, as the director, everything is your responsibility. I enjoy carrying the load like that and being the responsible party.”
“When I was 16, everyone else got a car; I got a motorcycle.”