A biography for Rege-Jean Pagehasn’t been written yet.
“I've listened to a couple of Dungeons and Dragons' podcasts in my time.”
“As a teenager, the idea of running around, screaming at people was very appealing to me.”
“Also I wanted to be an explorer when I was a kid. That was my first idea of what would be a really great thing to do in the world: to discover unknown things and pick around in them and see what you could bring back home to go, 'Look! The world is bigger than you thought it was.'”
“I've been involved in more Georgian period duels than I ever thought I would in my life.”
“I like the fact that, as an actor, one day I can be the president. I can be an astronaut.”
“Simon is clearly in the tradition of romantic archetypes, your Darcys, your Heathcliffes.”
“The idea of romantic heroes - When you say the word hero,' it implies it's someone you look up to. We talk a lot with Bridgerton' about it being female-centric, but also, what are men looking up to? What am I doing with this icon of masculinity?”
“Ultimately, you have to meet a realistic setting on screen with some imagination as a viewer, as that is what creates a story.”
“'SNL' is all about discovering the unknown, the unexpected.”
“I'm a huge fan of romance as a concept.”
“If we've endured white Jesus for this long, then folks can endure a Black Duke.”
“If you're open, you're vulnerable - but vulnerable to being changed and to being a better man.”
“When I got involved in the punk scene, my notion of what a career was changed. I realized that a career in the arts was actually about having the people and community to support you making your art.”
“It's a great way to spend your time as a human: learning about other humans and then sharing that knowledge.”
“Oh man, I always try to avoid anything that I can already imagine. I want the thing that I don't even know exists.”
“It's just so much fun when you're working with folks who are not just at the top of their game but reinventing the game. It's like a whole new machine.”
“We all know how to focus on trauma. This is the struggle. We have the opportunity to respect our journey and focus on joy.”
“It's perfectly possible to spotlight Black joy over Black suffering. Setting the story in the past doesn't mean that Black folks do nothing but suffer.”
“Everyone is worthy of finding love and enjoying escapist fantasies of a life of dancing, romance, and ambition.”
“Every single time I step on stage or on screen, I am contributing to a culture in which there's a dearth of people representing folks that look like me, or that have our context.”