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.

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

With these big superhero movies, everybody is so tight-lipped about everything, there's a certain amount of just going on faith.

With these big superhero movies, everybody is so tight-lipped about everything, there's a certain amount of just going on faith.

J. K. Simmons

I play tons of authority figures, whether it's the dad or the cop or the boss. I think it's a combination of how I look, who I am.

I play tons of authority figures, whether it's the dad or the cop or the boss. I think it's a combination of how I look, who I am.

J. K. Simmons

I don't think I've ever watched a movie to prepare for a role.

I don't think I've ever watched a movie to prepare for a role.

J. K. Simmons

I'm just glad to be able to work.

I'm just glad to be able to work.

J. K. Simmons

I actually have a degree in music and was aware that music was a tool used in therapy. I didn't realize how far it had come since I was in college in the mid-seventies.

I actually have a degree in music and was aware that music was a tool used in therapy. I didn't realize how far it had come since I was in college in the mid-seventies.

J. K. Simmons

I read a very romantic book when I was young, when I was in college: Rilke's 'Letters to a Young Poet.' And I've always felt that if you are in any kind of an artistic, creative endeavor, and you feel there's something else you can do for a living and be happy, I think you should do something else.

J. K. Simmons

I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.

I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.

J. K. Simmons

The first thing I did that was at all in the public eye, other than on stage, was 'Oz,' in which I played the head of the Aryan Brotherhood in a maximum-security prison.

The first thing I did that was at all in the public eye, other than on stage, was 'Oz,' in which I played the head of the Aryan Brotherhood in a maximum-security prison.

J. K. Simmons

If the awards buzz is happening, and it's coming from critics and people in the business and all of that, that's only more good news.

If the awards buzz is happening, and it's coming from critics and people in the business and all of that, that's only more good news.

J. K. Simmons

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