James Van Der Beek quotes

James Van Der Beek is an American actor best known for his role as Dawson Leery on the television series "Dawson's Creek." His career also includes appearances in films and other TV shows, showcasing his range as a performer. He has become an icon of late 1990s and early 2000s pop culture. Here are 18 of his quotes:

You get a script and you love it. You find a director that you trust, and it becomes all about how do I commit to this as fully as possible? And the last thing you can afford to have in your mind is what are other people going to think of this? (James Van Der Beek)
If a rumor comes out that I'm gay, I could care less. There are so many worse things that they could be saying. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think anybody with an insecurity, which is everyone, appreciates the fact that it's much easier to be a predator than it is to be prey. View quote
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I've always been a clown trapped in a leading man's body. View quote
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When you're the lead of a series, things happen around you, and you react to them. View quote
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You are incredibly fortunate whatever success falls on you, which is what happened with me. View quote
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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. View quote
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I was dyslexic, so math and formulas were not necessarily my strong suit. View quote
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Being the lead of the show and working a lot of hours - all good stuff, a tremendous education, incredible opportunity, it changed my life - it was a marathon, and by the end of it I was pretty beat. View quote
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I believe every religion captures a piece of the truth. (James Van Der Beek)
It's a free country and I can keep my mouth shut whenever I want. View quote
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The less seriously you take yourself, the better work you're going to do. View quote
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Don't ever put anything past kids. They will surprise you in the best ways. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm pretty much your average, energy-saving-light-bulbs-recycling citizen. View quote
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I've been through quite a few hurricanes. I worked in North Carolina, where there's a housing development whose name was Landfall. View quote
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A lot of movies you do because they're fun, they make people forget about their day. View quote
James Van Der Beek

James Van Der Beek

James Van Der Beek - Image
Photo: Super Festivals, CC BY 2.0
Occupation: American Actor
Born: March 8, 1977
Quotes count: 18
Wikipedia: James Van Der Beek

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