I read 'Whiplash,' and I wanted to do it. J. K. Simmons readwantwhiplash Change image and share on social
When I got out of college, I moved to Seattle because it was the nearest big city and still didn't know if I wanted to be a composer, conductor, singer, actor. I just got day jobs and auditioned and took what came, and the theater doors were the ones opening the most. J. K. Simmons actorauditionbig share on social
I started out as a singer and a musician, and I was taught that your job is just to get out of the way of Brahms or Arthur Miller or Shakespeare and convey the brilliance that they created. J. K. Simmons arthurbrahmbrilliance Change image and share on social
There's another film - a little Greek movie - that hopefully is going to get some distribution here in the U.S., called 'Worlds Apart,' where I also play a 60-year-old guy who looks a lot like J.K. Simmons, who has a romantic relationship with an appropriate woman. J. K. Simmons calldistributionfilm share on social
I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting. J. K. Simmons actaspectbusiness Change image and share on social
I would like to find, or I would like a part to come to me that is like the part that Dennis Franz was fortunate to be able to play on 'NYPD Blue,' a sort of similar-looking actor to me, a generic, bald white guy who you would often think of as playing the authority figure. But he was the disgruntled middle-man. That would be a fun character. J. K. Simmons actorauthoritybald share on social
My general philosophy of playing bad guys, which I've sort of done, you know, half the time is, you know, very few people who we view as bad guys get out of bed and think, 'What evil, terrible thing am I going to do today?' Most people see their motivations as justified - as, you know, justifying whatever they do. J. K. Simmons badbedevil share on social
By the time I started doing TV and film, I was in my forties, so I wasn't going to do the young up-and-comer. J. K. Simmons comerfilmforty Change image and share on social
It's OK to turn down stuff that isn't really interesting and spend the summer with my family. J. K. Simmons familyinterestspend Change image and share on social