“In order to be able to work with somebody in acting, you've first got to think that person's a good actor before you can enjoy working with them. I guess that goes with the trust.” ThinkingFirstsPersonsAbleOrderActorsEnjoyActingGood Actors Author:Tim DeKay
“About once a month or so, my daughter and I go out on what we call a Fancy Dinner Date, just the two of us.” TwoMotherMonthsDaughterDinnerFancyMy DaughterTwo Of UsDinner Dates Author:Tim DeKay
“I feel very fortunate to be an actor on a network whose tag line is Characters Welcome and not Procedurals Welcome.” FeelsCharacterActorsLinesWelcomeFortunateTag Author:Tim DeKay
“For a good workout, I go to At One Fitness in North Hollywood, where my trainer, Jon Allsop, puts me through it all. I like it because it's a small gym and I've known the people for a long time. Jon will have me do cross-training where I'll lift weights, jump rope, throw around a medicine ball and I never get to stop.” PeopleLongKnownLong TimeTrainingCrossesHollywoodWeightBallsMedicineLiftsGymGood WorkWorkoutRopeTrainersGood WorkoutJump Rope Author:Tim DeKay
“Doing 'White Collar,' quite often my character goes undercover, so therein lies the compounding of the imagination. I get to play Peter Burke and then someone else when Peter Burke goes undercover.” PlayCharacterLyingImaginationWhitePeterCollarsUndercoverWhite Collar Author:Tim DeKay
“To be honest, I don't think there's anything more exciting than an empty stadium. When you see it empty like that, all you see is possibility.” ThinkingHonestPossibilityEmptyExcitingBeing HonestStadiums Author:Tim DeKay
“As actors, if you get a pilot on HBO or on USA, your odds are good that it's going to get picked up.” IfsActorsUsaPilotsOddsHbo Author:Tim DeKay
“I think USA has a great handle on programming and content. They know their viewers and they know what works... Character driven programming!” ThinkingKnowsCharacterDrivenHandleUsaProgrammingViewers Author:Tim DeKay
“I was young enough to certainly realize the excitement of how popular 'Seinfeld' was.” EnoughYoungRealizingExcitement Author:Tim DeKay
“I would just love to do 'It's a Wonderful Life.' I think that movie is fantastic.” ThinkingWonderfulFantasticWonderful LifeIt's A Wonderful Life Author:Tim DeKay
“I've always admired Gene Hackman, Jack Lemmon, Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck. I'm showing my age here.” AgeGenesJimmyJimmy Stewart Author:Tim DeKay
“I do have comfort, because as an actor you don't want that anxiety of wondering if you're going to continue with a certain role or if you're going to be employed the next year. It's nice to be comfortable with that and then you can concern yourself with the stories and nothing else. There's no other agenda than putting out a good product.” IfsWantYearsStoriesCertainNextActorsWonderRolesNiceProductsComfortAnxietyComfortableConcernAgendasEmployedNext Year Author:Tim DeKay
“I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.” IfsKnowsLittlesSchoolBitsPlayerPositionCollegeLittle BitHigh SchoolBaseballBallsIf I CouldBaseball PlayerCatchers Author:Tim DeKay
“In the evening, since I have a lot of friends in theater, we might take in a Deaf West production in North Hollywood, or, since I'm a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, they have screenings that are really great.” ArtMightTelevisionMembersHollywoodTheaterWestProductionsEveningReally GreatDeafAcademyScreeningLots Of Friends Author:Tim DeKay
“It is quite different, but I love doing a series because you get to live with a character for a much longer amount of time. And the other aspect of it is that you have a steady job.” DifferentCharacterJobsAmountAspectSeriesSteady Author:Tim DeKay
“There tends to be this hierarchy of film and television, and theater is somewhere else in its own milieu. However, as actors, yes, we love to do theater because it's our story. Nobody can edit it, the curtain goes up, and it's ours for two hours or three, or whatever. And we tell it.” TwoStoriesFilmThreeActorsHoursTelevisionTheaterCurtainsHierarchySomewhere ElseEditsFilm And TelevisionMilieu Author:Tim DeKay
“White Collar' is a show about the unlikely pairing of an FBI agent and an ex-con solving smart, glamorous, interesting and provocative crimes in a sometimes very funny way.” WaySometimesShowsWhiteInterestingCrimeSmartAgentsExesUnlikelyFbiGlamorousCollarsProvocativeWhite CollarFbi Agents Author:Tim DeKay
