9 Quotes by John Kapelos

Big breaks come from small fractures.

Kids haven’t changed – you have.

I do think that failure begets success sometimes, but it’s often looked upon in Hollywood as not a good thing.

Looking back, I have to say that I’ve been fortunate to work with a lot of great people. Unfortunately, a lot of them are gone. But I look back and, yeah, I have had a really great career!

Sometimes writers or writer-directors can get nuts about words, but you know and I know that it’s the thought process behind the words that motivates the words, that conveys real communication and meaning.

I did some films in college, and I remember working with this director that wanted to shock me so that I’d give him an expression of shock, so he poured scalding hot water on my arm during the take. He splashed it on me. He got his expression of shock, but I also got, like, second-degree burns!

Acting time is like flight time: You can work on a simulator, you can rehearse, but unless you’re really in front of the camera or on a stage – that’s when you really learn how to work it.

It’s always good to work where you’re wanted. The times I’ve been where I wasn’t wanted – that’s just never a good experience.

I’m usually not the straight guy. I’m sometimes more the funny guy, depending on the situation.