Top 90 Quotes by J. K. Simmons

About J. K. Simmons

These are some quotes by American author J. K. Simmons Actor, who was born on January 9, 1955.

Generally, if I read something that I think is really good and that I feel a connection with and is right for me, I see and hear who the guy is, as manifested by me.

Generally, if I read something that I think is really good and that I feel a connection with and is right for me, I see and hear who the guy is, as manifested by me.

J. K. Simmons

A lot of the stuff about white-supremacist groups was very family-friendly: 'We just love our people.' One the surface, you go, 'Gee, what's wrong with loving your people?' But when you love your people to the exclusion of everything else that's remotely different, that's when you get into trouble.

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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

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.

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.

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I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting.

J. K. Simmons

I was in New York. I had been doing theater for many years, and then I got hired to a little part - they weren't calling it an extra, but I didn't have lines. It was a 'featured' part.

I was in New York. I had been doing theater for many years, and then I got hired to a little part - they weren't calling it an extra, but I didn't have lines. It was a 'featured' part.

J. K. Simmons

I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite guy.

I was not a giant comic book fan as a kid, but to the extent that I did read comics, Spider-Man was always my favorite guy.

J. K. Simmons

I come from a family of educators. My sister is a college teacher. My dad is a college teacher, but first a junior high teacher.

I come from a family of educators. My sister is a college teacher. My dad is a college teacher, but first a junior high teacher.

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People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood.'

People evolve and it's important to not stop evolving just because you've reached 'adulthood.'

J. K. Simmons

It's OK to turn down stuff that isn't really interesting and spend the summer with my family.

It's OK to turn down stuff that isn't really interesting and spend the summer with my family.

J. K. Simmons

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