As an audience member, I live vicariously through the characters I watch or read about. There's something very relatable about comic-book characters. They're never perfect. They're flawed people put in extraordinary circumstances. James Badge Dale audiencebookcharacter share on social
The biggest regret I have about 'Rubicon' is that we didn't end it. Sometimes you do these shows and you don't have the opportunity to get closure. Stories are supposed to have a beginning, middle and an end. James Badge Dale beginbigclosure share on social
Kids will tease you for just about anything. James Badge Dale kidtease Change image and share on social
The older I get, the more vegetables I eat. I can't stress that more. Eating healthy really affects my work. You not only need to be physically prepared, but mentally and spiritually. James Badge Dale affecteathealthy Change image and share on social
I got beat up by the comic-book kids when I was younger! They were cooler than me. Talk about levels of geekdom, I was a couple rungs below the kids who read comic books. Yeah. Not so cool, man. James Badge Dale beatbookcomic Change image and share on social
My experience as a young actor on network television was that I couldn't make it work. I was drowning as an actor. James Badge Dale actordrownexperience Change image and share on social
I always like playing the bad guys. They have more fun! James Badge Dale badfunguy Change image and share on social
You want to work with good people. When you're working with good people, it frees you up. There's nothing worse, as an actor, to show up and then feel like you have to protect yourself somehow because you don't feel like you're in good hands. James Badge Dale actorbadlyfeel share on social
I was really lucky that, through my 20s, I got to work with some amazing people, and I tried to sit back and watch and learn. James Badge Dale 20samazeback Change image and share on social
I want to show up to work and take risks. I don't ever want to play it safe. James Badge Dale playrisksafe Change image and share on social