Jason Ritter

“I don't have to have any special skills or martial arts in my back pocket.”

“I think as far as I've been able to understand from my friends that I went to college with and things like that is that it almost seems like Russian Roulette when you're coming out of the closet to your parents.”

“I knew I really made it when my dad saw me in London and after the performance he had no notes to me and just said 'You are doing your own thing and I am proud of you.'”

“I think one of the reasons that we like conspiracy theories is I think that we like to feel like there is a group of people who are so smart and powerful that they can pull the wool over an entire country or in fact even an entire world's eyes. That certainly makes us feel like somehow we're protected, even if it's not in our best interest.”

“I like being challenged. That's the only way you grow.”

“Fake relationships and fake people coming up to me and all of a sudden wanting to be my friend.”

“The only reason I ever do an independent film is that I believe in it, and I think it has something special to offer. I'm certainly not doing it to be a millionaire.”

“I love the feeling of having as close to a steady job as you can ever have as an actor. I'm not an extravagant spender, so when I work on a TV show for a season or do a bunch of episodes as a reoccurring, I try to spread the money that comes from that out so that I can do these movies that are important to me.”

“I love doing television.”

“I don't think my spirituality has affected my character. I feel like my character is much more cynical about his beliefs, and I think I have to kind of drop what I believe in order to play him.”

“Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.”

“There's a few conspiracy theories that I believe in, but not too many.”

“I do exercises on my Wii. It's nice to have games that keep you active. It's an excuse to play video games.”

“I feel like sometimes people on television shows can start taking things for granted, or they don't want to be here or something like that.”

“A lot of times I would go into a room and audition for whatever sitcom it was and they would expect me to do sort of what my dad was doing and I am not him so they would be disappointed and I would feel nervous and not know exactly how to do it.”

“I think at a certain point actors need to start taking responsibility for the kinds of stories they want to tell.”

“Both men and women are really vast and boundless and yet in many films we're told that they're not. We're told they can only be one thing - like handsome and charming and that's it. Nothing more.”

“I spend a fair amount of time on my computer, but I don't hack into anything. I have to open the manual and follow instructions.”

“Even if I tried to be my dad, it would be a mediocre, slightly embarrassing version.”

“I've certainly auditioned for big budget studio films. I don't know if it's because there's so much money involved, but a lot of times the pressure overwhelms me and engulfs me. I end up falling apart in the audition.”