Jason Priestley

Actor

86 Quotes

One of the fun things about being an actor is stepping outside yourself and outside of your own experience. It's challenging yourself to totally commit to something that in your core is so wrong.

Part of the fun of working on 'Beverly Hills, 90210,' for me, was that I got a lot of freedom from our executive producer, Chuck Rosen, to add things, change things. I got a lot of freedom to be creative.

No one gave me a cake or a going-away party on my last day of 'Beverly Hills 90210.'

My kids are my greatest achievement.

Well, any time you're faced with fame on that level, it's - it can be somewhat unnerving because you're never taught how to manage it and how to deal with it. So you're sort of left out there on your own, trying to navigate those waters for yourself.

By the time I graduated from high school in Vancouver, I already had a whole support network set up for me in Los Angeles, so I just moved down.

Nothing scares me, because I used to think I was indestructible. Now I know I'm indestructible, not to mention my spine is indestructible. It's all titanium.

I'm definitely not a song-and-dance guy, and if you've ever heard me sing, you would understand that, 'No, maybe that's not your thing.'

Everything about Canada makes me proud to be Canadian.

I've always aspired to Cary Grant's level of coolness and failed miserably.

Nothing scares me, because I used to think I was indestructible. Now I know I'm indestructible, not to mention my spine is indestructible. It's all titanium.

Obviously musical theatre is not my thing, but dramatic theatre is much more up my alley.

I'm from Canada and my wife is from St. Albans, so I feel a great kinship with the Brits.

Sitcoms are fun. The whole multi-cam genre is always a lot of fun. You throw a live audience in the mix, and it's even better.

I've always aspired to Cary Grant's level of coolness and failed miserably.

Well, I've been a professional racer for nine years. And if I could get it to pay me as much as acting, I'd give up all the rest in a second. Working in television, however, has made me accustomed to a certain lifestyle that I'd like to maintain.

I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.

I love a Coffee Crisp, and they are nowhere to be found in America.

I love being a husband and a father. That aspect of my life has been a joy.

I try to be smart with my comedy. Generally, it devolves into bathroom humour. I describe my comedy as, 'I have the best intentions, but usually it fails.'

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