52 Quotes by James Van Der Beek

I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.

You know, I'm not big on conspiracy theory. It does really kind of get my blood going when I find out there really are conspiracies that actually happened.

You buy a house and you get it checked out and you feel like you've kind of made your mark here in some way. And then an act of God just comes up the coast and has the potential to just completely wipe it clean. Weather like that is certainly humbling.

Being the lead of the show and working a lot of hours - all good stuff, a tremendous education, incredible opportunity, it changed my life - it was a marathon, and by the end of it I was pretty beat.

I've never really had a problem with the imagination level of an audience. They're always smarter and savvier than any studio exec will give them credit for.

I've only dyed my hair blond once, after 'Varsity Blues.'

At a young age, acting was so inspiring and exciting, because to me it was play - make-believe, pretend.

The more you make fun of yourself and don't try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you.