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" Just because you get a show and it gets on the air doesn't mean jack. It certainly means that you'll be considered for stuff, but you've got to fight and claw to get every job. "

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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.' "

David Walton

You

Head

Comedy

" Everyone can write jokes and makes things clever. "

" From the age of 4 or 5, I loved to make people laugh. "

" I always try to be cautiously optimistic. "

" I definitely had a wild phase. "

" I like to think everyone is pretty weird but they don't show it. "

" Public perception is obviously important to an actor's career. "

" My family took me to church when I was like 4 years old, and I had to be in a pageant, and I was playing Jesus. "

David Walton

Church

" I love Jim and Pam at 'The Office.' "

" 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. "

" People only see you as your last role, so it's hard to break out of that. "

" Sports movies are a genre that I really respond to, but they can be done really poorly and really fall short. The good ones are just so good and inspiring and make you feel good. "

" Chemistry's a funny thing. It can be instantaneous, but it helps when you know someone. "

" I kind of go where the wind blows, and TV has just been how I make a living so far. "

" I have a psychology degree, but I was a real theater rat. "

" The first movie that made me cry was 'Dead Poets Society.' That one gets me. 'O Captain! My Captain!' That moment kills me. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I lived in Koreatown for five years, and I lived blocks away from about seven karaoke bars. "

" 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?' "

David Walton

Work

Conflict

" I love Boston, and at some point, my plan is to have a home back there. "

" 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. "

" I grew up around a lot of feminine energy. "

" I'd play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I'm playing are authentic. "

" Boston has a lot of European qualities to it, and one of them is the charm of its above-ground trollies. "

" I've always felt like I've been in good shows. "

David Walton

Always

Shows

" Being on stage was all about the palpable energy of a rapt audience hopefully buying into a life onstage. The immediate connection with the audience was the best part for me. The camera is not as fun, but your work is preserved forever. There's immortality to it. "

" I think me having kids is helpful. It opens up a new little area of your heart. "

David Walton

Think

Heart

" Hockey on roller skates is like MMA in a bounce house: the elements are there, but the medium makes the whole thing ridiculous. "

David Walton

Bounce

House

" Teasing was big in my family, and there is a wonderful way to tease and make people feel more loved. "