Top 15 Quotes by Jefferson Mays

About Jefferson Mays

These are some quotes by American author Jefferson Mays Actor, who was born on June 8, 1965.

I always dress up for recordings.

I always dress up for recordings.

Jefferson Mays

I was offered jobs impersonating everyone from Cher to Madonna.

I was offered jobs impersonating everyone from Cher to Madonna.

Jefferson Mays

There was a lot of playing by myself, wearing last year's Halloween costume and wandering around the yard talking to myself - which may account for my fondness for doing different voices.

There was a lot of playing by myself, wearing last year's Halloween costume and wandering around the yard talking to myself - which may account for my fondness for doing different voices.

Jefferson Mays

I'm kind of a reluctant Anglophile. My mother's a children's librarian, and all of the children's literature I read was from her childhood - E. Nesbit and Dickens, which isn't children's literature at all, but I was sort of steeped in English literature. I thought I was of that world.

Jefferson Mays

I should be one of those actors who has a list. A lot of people do - 'I wanna do this and this and this' - but I don't. I enjoy being surprised - indeed, often ambushed - by a role.

I should be one of those actors who has a list. A lot of people do - 'I wanna do this and this and this' - but I don't. I enjoy being surprised - indeed, often ambushed - by a role.

Jefferson Mays

I try to inhabit each of the characters as fully as I can, however short-lived they are. But most of my show happens offstage.

I try to inhabit each of the characters as fully as I can, however short-lived they are. But most of my show happens offstage.

Jefferson Mays

When I was younger - I don't do this too much now - but sometimes if I couldn't sleep, I would lie in bed and imagine all the characters I've played at a dinner table together.

When I was younger - I don't do this too much now - but sometimes if I couldn't sleep, I would lie in bed and imagine all the characters I've played at a dinner table together.

Jefferson Mays

You can really get your chops in shape in the resident theatres, and I urge anyone to investigate them and to be willing to go anywhere to pursue the great roles.

You can really get your chops in shape in the resident theatres, and I urge anyone to investigate them and to be willing to go anywhere to pursue the great roles.

Jefferson Mays

Some actors start with the right shoes. I start with the right hats.

Some actors start with the right shoes. I start with the right hats.

Jefferson Mays

I don't know what we did without Velcro in the American theater. It's a miracle substance! People had long intermissions, probably.

I don't know what we did without Velcro in the American theater. It's a miracle substance! People had long intermissions, probably.

Jefferson Mays

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