RJ Mitte

“I hate being immobile.”

“My sister is a mess. I love her to death, but she is a mess.”

“We know lots of progress is being made, but the industry must do more to help disabled people work both in front of and behind the camera.”

“As a child, I was taught that you can achieve, and you can do anything you want.”

“I like to dirt bike ride, four wheeler, go-kart.”

“I want to get my Masters in business.”

“I always wanted to go into the military or something like that - my whole family, all my friends are either Air Force, Navy, or Marines.”

“'Breaking Bad' - I've heard that question phrased in many directions, and it always means the same thing. It's when someone can't... when a decent person can't take it any more. They just kind of turn and go in the opposite direction.”

“I feel bad for people in wheelchairs and people who have to use crutches.”

“I don't really eat breakfast that often. I'm a bacon guy. I like breakfast food, but I don't really eat food until after noon, so by that time, that's not really breakfast.”

“I try to bring awareness, not just to CP but to all disabilities in the sense that it's knowledge. My disability gave me so much knowledge that I was able to take into 'Breaking Bad' and to grow and to learn.”

“I'm always looking for roles to challenge me and ones which I'll enjoy playing.”

“A lot of people don't want to hire disabled actors. They think you're going to take twice as long over a shot, or they don't want have to put up a ramp for disabled access. They think, 'Why would I do that when I can just hire an able-bodied actor to play the disabled character?'”

“The people that you have around you are your biggest influence.”

“I'm actually very active.”

“I personally don't like school, but you have to do it if you want to get through life, so pretty much I put up with it.”

“I didn't know anything was wrong with me when I was growing up. I thought everyone went to occupational and speech therapy, I thought these were common things. I thought I was quite normal until I went to school and someone told me it wasn't normal to have a disability.”

“You can do anything if you set goals. You just have to push yourself.”

“I like to work.”

“Anything you rely on can become a crutch. And disabled or not, when you rely on something, that is what will cripple you.”