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 don't respond to authority figures who abuse their authority. J. K. Simmons abuseauthorityfigure Change image and 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
I like to act. Every other aspect of show business I find uninteresting. J. K. Simmons actaspectbusiness Change image and share on social
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. J. K. Simmons collegedadeducator Change image and share on social
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 callextrafeature Change image and share on social
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 bookcomicextent Change image and share on social
If you're doing a prison show, HBO is the absolute best place in the world to be doing that because you're not going to have to do all that, you know, 'Prison Break' stuff where you can't really behave and speak like people do in a maximum-security prison. J. K. Simmons absolutebehavebreak 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