Jonathan Roumie

“I think God has a purpose in everything that He does.”

“I mean, I may not go around reciting scripture everywhere, but Jesus isn't a character or a person or a figure that a person who has devoted his life to wants to let go. Life only gets better with more of him in it.”

“In a few years, I'd play Jesus, like, fivesix, seven times. And I started to think, 'Well, there must be something to this. I don't know what it is yet.' And then when I got the call for 'The Chosen,' the penny dropped. It was like, oh, all of that was preparation for this.”

“I've realized that just because I play Jesus on a TV show, doesn't mean I can or should stop being Christ to everyone I meet when the cameras turn off. We all have the opportunity to represent him in our own lives, through our actions and choices.”

“There are people that have not been to a church in 30 years that are like, 'I haven't believed in God. Now I want to know who he is,' and they start asking the questions.”

“I'm a huge Iron Maiden fan! 'Number of the Beast?' I'm like, Well, I can't wear that T-shirt so much anymore.”

“I was broke. I literally was out of food and I had no options. All my side hustles just dried up. I couldn't get arrested to drive for Uber. I'd get in a car and I'd sit there for an hour and not a single call would come in.”

“I think there are a lot of people that are afraid to surrender. They're afraid to give things over to God - whether it's their personal life, their health, their finances, their career - and the way it works, I found with him, is that when you completely rely on him, he takes care of you because that's what he's promised to do.”

“Most of what I do throughout the day is more like a running dialogue with God. I bring my challenges to Him, listen for guidance, and try to feel where the Spirit is leading me.”

“Jesus's message is timeless, and his truth is for all of humanity. At times it's a difficult truth to hear, but it's true. Whether or not you recognize it or accept that truth, it doesn't change.”

“Even six months after booking in 'The Chosen,' nothing was guaranteed. We didn't have seven seasons guaranteed. But I didn't worry.”

“There's not a day that goes by that I don't start with prayer and give gratitude for where God's brought me through this journey.”

“So, I was working on different side jobs. None of them would really pay the bills. So, I went from six or seven different side jobs all at once that I was bouncing literally, to having no work in any of them.”

“People have been trying to depict our Lord and Savior because that gives us an opportunity to reference what it is and who it is that we're putting our belief system into.”

“My title isn't important. The need to have a title isn't important, none of it matters.”

“You have no idea how over the moon my Egyptian father is that his son who has a BFA now has a doctorate. It doesn't matter that it is honorary. He just hears the word 'doctorate' and we are good. I might as well be wearing a stethoscope at this point.”

“God loves everyone and he wants people to be reminded of that and because I've been given a platform to tell them that, that's part of my own personal mission.”

“Because I'm playing Jesus, because I'm committed to it, God has given me a career that is now starting to reach outside of it. It's all in His time.”

“This is how I have found myself really going deeper into my faith - through the sacraments.”

“Just in case it wasn't clear, I'm not Jesus, not Jesus incarnated. That's not a thing!”