“I've never gone through an audition process or anything. In most of my decisions like that, I just kind of feel it out: You know, do I feel comfortable with this person?” KnowsFeelsKindPersonsProcessDecisionGoneComfortableAuditions Author:James Mercer
“I was a regular dork. I was a kid who was scrawny and all that, and probably kind of dumb or something. I wasn't unordinary; I wasn't extraordinary.” KindKidsExtraordinaryDumbDork Author:James Mercer
“I kissed my first girl when I was 15, and then I lost my virginity when I was 17. So that's pretty good. It was just that when you're in high school, you're sort of forced into the normal world, where you're competing with the football players, just kind of in that world where somebody like me didn't quite fit in.” WorldFirstsKindSchoolGirlLostPlayerFootballFitNormalHigh SchoolLike MeCompetingVirginityFootball Player Author:James Mercer
“I think that what's funny is that I seem to be taking up the roles that I remember my dad having - for some reason, I'm the one who makes the coffee, and my dad was always that guy. It's kind of shocking how closely I compare to my dad.” ThinkingKindReasonSeemsRememberGuyRolesDadMy DadCoffeeCompareShockingThat Guy Author:James Mercer
“I tend to [have] a lot of ideas but then just leave them in that infant form and kind of move on.” KindIdeasMovingFormInfant Author:James Mercer
“There's something artistic about skating. A psychologist could tell you exactly why that is, but I think there's something much more expressive that gives you a lot of room for unique and individual expression. Whatever you're interested in can become something you kind of own in your group of skater friends.” ThinkingGivingKindIndividualRoomsGroupsExpressionUniqueArtisticPsychologistSkatingExpressiveSkaterIndividual Expression Author:James Mercer