19 Quotes by Jon Tenney

Everyone has a different colour as an actor. And the composite of all those colours hopefully creates something that's fun to watch.

That's something that's really rare and special and what any actor would love - to have somebody that's specifically writing for you.

I was close with some of my old professors.

I toured around the country and met all these Broadway producers who put me in all these Neil Simon plays like 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' and 'Biloxi Blues.'

Just because you're laughing, it doesn't mean the audience will, necessarily.

Ten years of character development affords you a lot. You get a chance to dig deeper and deeper and deeper into a person.

Whenever you're working on a film or TV set, the hours are very, very long.

I feel very, very lucky to have been involved with a project that's gone on as long as 'The Closer' has. You really don't get to do that in this profession.

I feel very connected to New Jersey.