52 Quotes by James Van Der Beek

In a way, you kind of get caught up in whatever image of yourself you think is out there.

I'm kind of shocked that it's taken Hollywood so long to realize that so many great movie talents can come out of television. One of the reasons they do is that on TV you don't have the luxury of a film's big budget, and people have to compensate with creativity.

I remember one day during my freshman year of high school, when as usual I was obsessively listening to a cast recording: it may have been 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' And I remember sitting there, totally absorbed, saying to myself, 'I can do this.'

I love sports and I love sports movies.

I believe every religion captures a piece of the truth.

You can't really pretend something is rosier than it is and expect people to buy it.

The ego certainly is the biggest obstacle as an artist or performer, so any chance you get to destroy that is really healthy.

The less seriously you take yourself, the better work you’re going to do.

When you’re the lead of a series, things happen around you, and you react to them.