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Josh Peck, born on November 10, 1986, is a renowned American actor. He gained widespread recognition for his role as Ray Heffernan in the teen sitcom 'Malcolm in the Middle'. Peck has starred in numerous films and television series, including 'Drake & Josh', 'The Suite Life on Deck', and 'The Big Time'.

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“Acting's not therapy, but it can be therapeutic.”

Acting Therapy Therapeutic

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“Anytime where you're challenged, physically or mentally, you rise to the occasion in different ways.”

Way Different Occasions Different Ways

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“Gratuitous fat jokes always hurt, no matter what.”

Matter Hurt Jokes No Matter What Fats

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“I always had a weight issue since I was a young kid.”

Kids Young Issues Weight

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“I grew up as a really sick kid; I had really bad childhood asthma and was at home all the time in New York.”

Home Kids Childhood New York Grew Grew Up Sick Asthma Sick Kids

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“I have a respect for the 3-D computer-generated action movies, but my first love is stuff like 'Lethal Weapon.”

Firsts Action Stuff Love Is Computer Weapons First Love Action Movie Lethal Weapon

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“I know about hip-hop culture, whether it's graffiti writing or DJ-ing or being an MC.”

Knows Writing Culture Hip Hop Hips Hops Djs Graffiti

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“I play a lot of basketball.”

Play Basketball

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“I was raised by a single mother.”

Mother Raised Single Mother

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“I'm forever in debt to Nickelodeon. It made me who I am today.”

Made Today Forever Debt Who I Am Nickelodeon

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“In life, I'd much rather have people laughing at me than booing me.”

People Laughing Booing

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“Inherently, making a movie is tough because there's so much anticipation when it happens - even if everything goes well.”

Ifs Wells Happens Tough Anticipation

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“My favorite actor is Sir Ben Kingsley - nobody is as good as him, in my opinion. I think he's so good as an artist.”

Thinking Artist Actors Opinion My Favorite

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“Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.”

Art Real Artist Sadness Misery Translate Sadness Of Life Real Artists

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“To me, there's nothing greater than making people laugh.”

People Laughing Greater Making People Laugh

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“When you're an actor or any kind of artist, you use your life as something to draw from in every experience.”

Kind Use Artist Actors Draws

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“All the things you can do to prepare for a role that free you, in the moment, are great. You have this muscle memory for things. You don't have to act it as much, once you've done it enough.”

Done Enough Moments Can Do Memories Roles Muscles Muscle Memory

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“I do work too hard sometimes, but my mom is such an inspiration. She tells me to 'chill out' and not take things so seriously. She will say: 'Go and have a massage.'”

Sometimes Hard Inspiration Mom My Mom Chill Massage Chilled Chilling Out

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“I think as working actors, it's like sales. You're only as good as your last sale, so you put your all into something and you just hope that from that you can get your next job.”

Thinking Jobs Lasts Next Actors

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“I think whether you're a movie critic and have seen a million movies, or you're just a normal popcorn movie watcher, you can tell the difference when someone is just laying it on too thick.”

Thinking Differences Millions Normal Critics Thick Popcorn Watchers Movie Critic

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“Not getting girls is the story of my life. I have always had a bit of a tough time with the ladies. I don't know whether it's that I don't have game or just don't feel comfortable in my own skin, but females pick up on that.”

Knows Feels Stories Girl Games Bits My Own Comfortable Picks Tough Female Skins Tough Times Story Of My Life

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“With drama, you need to be laughing, in between takes, 'cause you're going to those recesses of your soul and those dangerous parts. Normally, if you're not an actor or some crazy artist, you don't feel the need to run around in those areas. You keep them separate because it's painful.”

Ifs Needs Feels Soul Running Artist Actors Causes Laughing Crazy Dangerous Drama Areas Painful Your Soul Recess

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“When your body is your instrument, it needs maintenance and it needs to be held in a certain way. That's a universal thread, whether you're an athlete, a dancer, an actor or a singer. It's all about maintaining your body because that allows you to do what you do.”

Way Needs Body Certain Actors Universal Instruments Athlete Your Body Singers Dancer Thread Maintaining Maintenance

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“You can bring truth to anything, whether it's a dance movie or an incredibly poignant indie drama or a really broad comedy. As long as you show up to play, I don't think you can go wrong.”

Thinking Long Play Shows Comedy Drama Broads Poignant

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“There is a challenge of doing something new. Sometimes you have to suspend whether you believe in yourself doing it and just give yourself over to the idea that they believe in you.”

Giving Believe Ideas Sometimes Challenges Believe In Yourself Something New Believe In You

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“I would love to start directing. I just hope to find the right thing and, if I was afforded the opportunity, I think it would be something great. It would be really hard, but I think it would be a great privilege.”

Ifs Thinking Hard Would Be Opportunity Privilege Right Thing

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“I had to battle it out with all the usual suspects and whatnot and go to the callback. I was lucky that (writer-director) John (Levine) and I were sort of these two white-boy hip-hop-heads from New York. I think that alone got me in the door.”

Thinking Two White Boys Doors New York Battle Lucky Directors Hip Hop Hips Hops Suspects Usual Callbacks

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“I mean, the great thing about being an actor is you can investigate parts of your brain that might have otherwise gone dormant.”

Mean Might Actors Brain Gone Great Things Dormant

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“Method Man, for him to offer me the spot as the first Jewish member of the Wu Tang Clan, you know, was an honor.”

Knows Men Firsts Honor Offers Members Method Spots Clans Wu Tang Clan

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“Just to be part of a process where you hit no professional speed bumps and you're just sort of going on and on. I'm surrounded by these people that are all so collaborative and all bring things of their own to the process. For them to be alive in the scenes so you don't have to worry.”

People Process Worry Alive Scene Speed Bumps Speed Bumps

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“Sometimes, you run into trouble as an actor when you're not working with someone who is collaborative or doesn't bring themselves to the piece, and you sort of have to start worrying about yourself and protecting what works for you in the scene. I never had to do that in this movie because it was sort of this trapeze act.”

Sometimes Running Actors Worry Pieces Trouble Scene About Yourself Trapeze

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“Every time you sort of let go of the bar, you knew someone was there to catch you, and vice versa. And, I mean, come on. It's Method Man. It's been a dream to meet him forever.”

Men Mean Dream Forever Letting Go Method Vices Bars Vice Versa

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“I don't think it's very difficult to bring a virginal, angst-ridden, hip-hop grunting white boy to the screen. Not that I have any experience with that. I don't know man. I understood where his head was at, because he was this 18-year-old cat that thought he was a man, but didn't really know what it meant to be a man.”

Thinking Knows Men Years Difficult White Boys Understood Cat Hip Hop Screens Hips Hops Meant To Be Be A Man Angst

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“I love the phrase, 'Somebody's going to have a good day today, so it might as well be me.' I feel like you bring everything to the character, I hope.”

Feels Wells Character Might Today Like You Phrases Good Day Have A Good Day

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“I need to gain a lot more experience. I think so much of being a director, other than the technical aspect and the artistry of it, is the confidence that you are, I think in many ways, you're the captain of the ship.”

Thinking Way Needs Directors Gains Aspect Ships Captains Artistry

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“I don't know, being able to work with Meth was pretty damn cool, but even that day, John, the director, gave me one of the best notes I've ever had. I walked into the scene just completely excited. I just couldn't believe I was going to work with Meth.”

Knows Believe Able Scene Directors Notes Excited Damn Going To Work

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“The best notes are action-based and less, I don't know, heady, theoretical, because, as actors, we're too much in our heads anyway.”

Knows Action Actors Too Much Notes Theoretical

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“Sometimes I don't want to go out and socialize; I just want to watch my favorite shows and comedians. But then I have to remember that it is important to participate in life if you want to portray real life on screen.”

Ifs Want Important Real Sometimes Shows Remember Watches My Favorite Screens Real Life Comedian

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“I have never seen any of my work, I can't watch it because I am ultra critical. We all have little mannerisms that people may love about us, but can be embarrassing. Perhaps we got teased about them as kids and we may not like them ourselves. That is what it is like for me, I can't look at myself on screen even if the audience loves what I am doing.”

People Ifs Looks May Littles I Can Kids Watches Audience Critical Screens Embarrassing Ultras Mannerisms

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“I do hang out with girls, I do relax. But I am a hermit sometimes and get a bit too introverted, too 'Jean-Paul Sartre' and intellectual in my head. And it's like a Kafka novel in there, things get nuts. Then I have to remind myself to get out and I will go and play ice hockey with my friends.”

Sometimes Play Girl Bits Novel Intellectual My Friends Ice Relax Hanging Out Hockey Nuts Hermits Ice Hockey Introverted Paul Sartre

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“I am happiest when I am working though, when I am being creative. I realized at a very young age what I loved doing. I think it is so important for people to pursue the things that they love and not give up on their dreams.”

People Thinking Giving Important Dream Age Young Creative Giving Up I Realized Pursue Be Creative Not Giving Up Young Age

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“I don't really understand why I should be a role model but I know that children do look up to me, so it is my responsibility to motivate people and be inspiring. I hope that I can do that for kids.”

People Knows Should Looks Children I Can Kids Can Do Responsibility Roles Models Look Up Role Models

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“It doesn't matter what you look like really though, it is who you are that matters of course.”

Looks Matter Courses Who You Are

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“If you include quotes with your Instagram photos, you need to look at your life.”

Ifs Needs Looks Instagram

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“I may be Jewish, but my religion is hip-hop.”

May Hip Hop Hips Hops

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“Some people won, some people lost [the Grammys] but Taylor Swift gets to wake up as Taylor Swift so she's winning.”

People Winning Lost Wake Up

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About the Author

Born: November 10, 1986
Known for: Actor
Quotes: 46

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