A biography for Jim Parsonshasn’t been written yet.
“Being in TV, we get to do it again and again until it's 'right.' There's a part of me that likes the other way, that aspect of theatre where there's no chance to go back.”
“I grew up with two different parakeets - one that lived for five years, and one that lived for 13 years - so I always had a bit of an attraction to birds and it's an oddly good fit to be in a movie about birdwatchers.”
“When I first started out in Houston, it was theater or bust. And I loved it. I still love it. And then I went to undergraduate and graduate school for acting.”
“It's a shame, but every time I get something scientific in the script, I read up to find out what I'm talking about - but then I'm on to the next script and it's forgotten.”
“I think intelligence is usually sexy until it becomes irritating. After that, you're stuck.”
“I was a very shy child.”
“When suddenly everybody is guessing, or some even getting close, to the ballpark of what you're earning - well, that's interesting, that everyone knows what you make.”
“All I can do is keep working, keep auditioning, keep talking to people - and whatever it takes to show other colors.”
“I would be horrible at Twitter. I wouldn't know the answer to fans' questions half the time - and the patience involved! I couldn't imagine. I did have a Twitter account that I tried for a couple days, but found I had nothing to say.”
“I was very fascinated with meteorology at a young age. I lived on the Gulf Coast and hurricanes blew through there. That is the class I failed in college: meteorology.”
“'The Big Bang Theory' has completely changed my life.”
“The TV schedule is essentially four or five days to get in touch with the story you're doing that week.”
“The whole time I've been an actor, from early in Houston, my goal has been to work - to keep doing it. I feel at my most satisfied as a human being when I'm working on a role.”
“My favorite sci-fi movie of all time is 'Close Encounters of the Third Kind.'”
“There's no audience to wonderfully get in your way when you're doing a single-camera anything, whether it's a sitcom or drama or film. And I do mean that in the best way.”
“If I ever wrote a script myself, it would be strongly emotional material.”
“As a human being, you know that there are some days when you'd rather not talk to anybody - but I can't really do that anymore without appearing rude.”
“I've been a working actor for many years, but it's not always been successful for me. I certainly struggled in the past.”
“Apparently, all I do is walk my dogs. In L.A., I have more of a yard existence, and so I enjoy walking my two little dogs in New York - one's a Maltese and the other's a Shih Tzu.”
“I couldn't tell you a good, bad or ugly pilot just from reading it, but I can tell you a character I want to play.”