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" The first movie that made me cry was 'Dead Poets Society.' That one gets me. 'O Captain! My Captain!' That moment kills me. "
David Walton
Society
Captain
Cry
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" People only see you as your last role, so it's hard to break out of that. "
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" I've always felt like I've been in good shows. "
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" There are a lot of techniques for developing a character. "
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" To be perfectly honest, I've gotten attention from gay men for a long time. "
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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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" I'm not jaded yet. I'm still at the point where, if someone comes up to me with great energy, I'm happy to meet them. "
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" There's a lot of young actors and people who have success very quickly who kind of expect it or don't have the experience to really appreciate it. "
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" It's just nice to be employed. "
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" It's funny how when your kids get sick, they get even cuter when they have a stuffed nose and they mouth breathe. "
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" Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren't true. "
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" Teasing was big in my family, and there is a wonderful way to tease and make people feel more loved. "
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" In TV, you may think your character's one thing for two episodes, and then the third episode it could be something different. "
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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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" If you do good work, you start to make a name for yourself and things can come around. Weird little happenstances happen. "
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" At one point, I was seriously considering playing Huck Finn in a production in Northern Maine in the dead of winter. "
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" 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. "
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" I actively avoided responsibility for as long as I possibly could. "
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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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" 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 definitely had a wild phase. "
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" I grew up around a lot of feminine energy. "
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" Everyone can write jokes and makes things clever. "
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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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" That's what I like about acting. You don't know where you'll be in year. "
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" The idea of doing a tennis movie is truly unbelievable to me. Well, first of all, they don't really exist. "
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" When a character does something appalling but you still want to root for them, I find that the most exciting challenge to play, if you can pull it off. You're not supposed to like it, but you can't help it. "
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" I kind of go where the wind blows, and TV has just been how I make a living so far. "
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