A biography for Jason Priestleyhasn’t been written yet.
“Never categorize yourself, society does that to you, don't do it to yourself.”
“I love being a husband and a father. That aspect of my life has been a joy.”
“Obviously musical theatre is not my thing, but dramatic theatre is much more up my alley.”
“I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada.”
“If people think I am gay, yeah, hey that doesn't bother me. Not at all. What would people think? To me I am such a heterosexual guy. It doesn't even, I don't even think about it.”
“It's a really big deal to have a star on the Walk of Fame; it feels like an incredible achievement.”
“I never exceed the posted speed limit.”
“I think it's great now that we seem to be in an era where it's OK to be gay and I think that the society in North America has had more of a problem with it than any other society.”
“By the time I graduated from high school in Vancouver, I already had a whole support network set up for me in Los Angeles, so I just moved down.”
“My kids are my greatest achievement.”
“I'm definitely not a song-and-dance guy, and if you've ever heard me sing, you would understand that, 'No, maybe that's not your thing.'”
“I was a rugby player, I was a hockey player. You know, I just love to challenge myself, and I love to compete.”
“I come from a very blue-collar family, and a very hardworking family, and I think that my work ethic is maybe the thing that kept me on the straight and narrow.”
“Nothing scares me, because I used to think I was indestructible. Now I know I'm indestructible, not to mention my spine is indestructible. It's all titanium.”
“I think the sooner that all of us in society stop accepting any type of bullying or harassment from other people - in spite of people's social standing or net worth or whatever it is - the sooner it will stop.”
“I try to be smart with my comedy. Generally, it devolves into bathroom humour. I describe my comedy as, 'I have the best intentions, but usually it fails.'”
“No one gave me a cake or a going-away party on my last day of 'Beverly Hills 90210.'”
“I played hockey my whole life until my ambition outstripped my ability, which happens to most Canadians around 15 or 16 years old.”
“Los Angeles is a one-horse town. It's entirely driven by the entertainment business and that's what it is.”
“I think the moral majority and religious right have been shrinking and having not quite as loud a voice in America, and all of a sudden people are coming to their own realizations going, 'Joe down the street is gay and he's a great guy.'”