James Van Der Beek

I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once, then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further. So, I just keep my private life to myself.

You start thinking the world is a certain way and forgetting that there's another world outside of the campus boundaries that has nothing to do with what is your world at the time.

I'm pretty much your average, energy-saving-light-bulbs-recycling citizen.

I've been through quite a few hurricanes. I worked in North Carolina, where there's a housing development whose name was Landfall.

You buy a house and you get it checked out and you feel like you've kind of made your mark here in some way. And then an act of God just comes up the coast and has the potential to just completely wipe it clean. Weather like that is certainly humbling.

I was dyslexic, so math and formulas were not necessarily my strong suit.

A lot of movies you do because they're fun, they make people forget about their day.

You know, I'm not big on conspiracy theory. It does really kind of get my blood going when I find out there really are conspiracies that actually happened.

I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan. That's why it's my favorite city. You can do what you want without attracting a crowd of curious onlookers.

Ultimately, I'd love to be able to work in film.

I never wear white or black socks.

I believe every religion captures a piece of the truth.

I started out doing theater in N.Y.C.

I've only dyed my hair blond once, after 'Varsity Blues.'

I'm kind of shocked that it's taken Hollywood so long to realize that so many great movie talents can come out of television. One of the reasons they do is that on TV you don't have the luxury of a film's big budget, and people have to compensate with creativity.

At a young age, acting was so inspiring and exciting, because to me it was play - make-believe, pretend.

I remember one day during my freshman year of high school, when as usual I was obsessively listening to a cast recording: it may have been 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' And I remember sitting there, totally absorbed, saying to myself, 'I can do this.'

I love sports and I love sports movies.

I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.

I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once - then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further.

It's a free country and I can keep my mouth shut whenever I want.

The less seriously you take yourself, the better work you're going to do.

The ego certainly is the biggest obstacle as an artist or performer, so any chance you get to destroy that is really healthy.

I can intellectualize myself out of anything.

You are incredibly fortunate whatever success falls on you, which is what happened with me.