“My experience as a young actor on network television was that I couldn't make it work. I was drowning as an actor.” Quote by James Badge Dale
“As an audience member, I live vicariously through the characters I watch or read about. There's something very relatable about comic-book characters. They're never perfect. They're flawed people put in extraordinary circumstances.” PeopleBookCharacterPerfectWatchesAudienceCircumstancesMembersExtraordinaryComicComic BookFlawedRelatableBook CharactersComic Book Characters Author:James Badge Dale
“I got beat up by the comic-book kids when I was younger! They were cooler than me. Talk about levels of geekdom, I was a couple rungs below the kids who read comic books. Yeah. Not so cool, man.” MenBookKidsLevelsCoupleBeatsYeahComicComic Book Author:James Badge Dale
“I grew up in a family of actors. I grew up onstage. The choice for me wasn't, 'Do I want to be an actor or not?' I always felt like that's just ingrained in you, the need to perform. The choice was, 'Do you want to do this professionally or not?” WantNeedsChoicesActorsFeltGrewGrew Up Author:James Badge Dale
“I'm a little bit superstitious, and I think that just comes from playing hockey. I won't avoid the number thirteen. A big one for me, though, is walking under a ladder. I've always felt like that's tempting fate. That's just throwing it right in their face. Check me out. I just walked under a ladder. What are you going to do about it?” ThinkingLittlesBigsFacesFeltBitsNumbersFateWalkingLittle BitChecksHockeyThrowingLaddersThirteenSuperstitiousTemptingOne For MePlaying HockeyTempting Fate Author:James Badge Dale
“I've always thought that I'm kind of a cross between a young Bill Clinton and Lyle Lovett. And I just want to say I'm proud of that. Those are two good looking guys.” WantKindTwoYoungGuyProudCrossesBillsClintonLooking GoodGood Looking Guys Author:James Badge Dale
“The biggest regret I have about 'Rubicon' is that we didn't end it. Sometimes you do these shows and you don't have the opportunity to get closure. Stories are supposed to have a beginning, middle and an end.” EndsSometimesStoriesShowsOpportunityMiddleRegretClosure Author:James Badge Dale
“The older I get, the more vegetables I eat. I can't stress that more. Eating healthy really affects my work. You not only need to be physically prepared, but mentally and spiritually.” NeedsI CanHealthyEatingStressPreparedVegetablesEating Healthy Author:James Badge Dale
“You want to work with good people. When you're working with good people, it frees you up. There's nothing worse, as an actor, to show up and then feel like you have to protect yourself somehow because you don't feel like you're in good hands.” PeopleWantFeelsShowsHandsActorsLike YouProtectGood PeopleProtect Yourself Author:James Badge Dale
“I try to make the majority of my audience laugh. That's my audience. They'll laugh at the dead terrorist.” TryingAudienceLaughingMajorityTerrorist Author:Jeff Dunham