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" I'd play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I'm playing are authentic. "
David Walton
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" I had no idea how to make it as an actor. But I knew I wanted to. "
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" Once I started working as a professional actor, it was like, 'Bye-bye waiting tables, bye-bye bartending, bye-bye all the cliched jobs actors do.' But after a year of not getting work, there's this really difficult conflict, like, 'Do I have to go back to being a waiter when people recognize me from a show?' "
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" The first season of a show is kind of like an extended pilot. You're only really on the map if it goes a second season. "
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" I've been in a talent show, yeah. They are terrifying. The most nerve-wracking experience of your life, I'd say. "
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" I lived in Koreatown for five years, and I lived blocks away from about seven karaoke bars. "
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" I always try to be cautiously optimistic. "
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" Boston has a lot of European qualities to it, and one of them is the charm of its above-ground trollies. "
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" I love Boston, and at some point, my plan is to have a home back there. "
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" Everyone can write jokes and makes things clever. "
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" My first series, I wouldn't even know where to get a clip of it. It was called 'Cracking Up.' It was on 'FOX' in 2004. "
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" When I watch a comedy that's just hitting you over the head with jokes constantly, some really hit, but if they miss, you're like, 'Eh.' "
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" Jason Katims creates truly relatable three-dimensional people you fall in love with right away. Jason always puts a lot of heart into what he does. He has a way of touching your emotional core in a life-affirming way. And he's a great show runner. "
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" I've always felt like I've been in good shows. "
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" I grew up around a lot of feminine energy. "
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" In this fragmented world, with such short attention spans, you've got a couple of episodes to make an impression. And if you don't, you start to lose your audience in a big way. "
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" I have straight married friends that other friends think are gay, and I have gay friends who don't throw that vibe at all. I know there's a full range out there, but I feel that gay men who aren't flamboyant are underrepresented on-screen. "
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" Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren't true. "
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" I love tennis. I've played it my whole life. Loved it since the age of three. I had an injury, so from the age of 13 to 24 I didn't play much. Then when I moved out to L.A., there were so many tennis courts that I rekindled the love. "
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" It's always the most fun to play that guy who, like, doesn't have a filter - that really speaks exactly what they're feeling. "
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" With a lot of comedies, the characters go on a journey, and they come back, and they're the exact same people. "
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" I actively avoided responsibility for as long as I possibly could. "
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" I'm trying to think how I impressed my wife. We had an on-stage kiss, and I really went for it. Because I liked her. Usually you can get away with it being just technical, but it was a problem when I ended up kissing my wife on the set. I'd say I stopped acting and kissed her on set. "
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" I love being around cool, fun guys, so I've always enjoyed talking to gay men. Maybe it's because I'm an inherent flirt, but it just feels very natural. "
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" My wife likes the hockey smell because it's the smell of a warrior. "
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" I graduated from Brown in 2001, moved to New York, and spent a year and a half just looking up 'Backstage' magazine auditions and grinding. "
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" I played the guitar in ninth grade. My sister's friend went on a semester abroad, and she left the guitar at our house for nine months. "
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