Jason Priestley Quotes
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From an early age, I knew I wanted to pursue a life in the arts, and so I was acting in plays all throughout high school.
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As an actor, your focus is very finite. All you're worried about is your character and what you have to do, what your goals are in this scene and in this piece of material. Whereas, as the director, everything is your responsibility. I enjoy carrying the load like that and being the responsible party.
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No one gave me a cake or a going-away party on my last day of 'Beverly Hills 90210.'
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Sitcoms are fun. The whole multi-cam genre is always a lot of fun. You throw a live audience in the mix, and it's even better.
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If people think I am gay, yeah, hey that doesn't bother me. Not at all. What would people think? To me I am such a heterosexual guy. It doesn't even, I don't even think about it.
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I come from a very blue-collar family, and a very hardworking family, and I think that my work ethic is maybe the thing that kept me on the straight and narrow.
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I was a rugby player, I was a hockey player. You know, I just love to challenge myself, and I love to compete.
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Dave Foley and I have been friends for a very long time. We both actually have the same lawyer in Toronto.
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I try to be smart with my comedy. Generally, it devolves into bathroom humour. I describe my comedy as, 'I have the best intentions, but usually it fails.'
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I love a Coffee Crisp, and they are nowhere to be found in America.
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Well, I've been a professional racer for nine years. And if I could get it to pay me as much as acting, I'd give up all the rest in a second. Working in television, however, has made me accustomed to a certain lifestyle that I'd like to maintain.
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I'm definitely not a song-and-dance guy, and if you've ever heard me sing, you would understand that, 'No, maybe that's not your thing.'
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I played hockey my whole life until my ambition outstripped my ability, which happens to most Canadians around 15 or 16 years old.
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I love being a husband and a father. That aspect of my life has been a joy.
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I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada.
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My kids are my greatest achievement.
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Nothing scares me, because I used to think I was indestructible. Now I know I'm indestructible, not to mention my spine is indestructible. It's all titanium.
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That's the power of television. You come into people's homes every week, and that creates a familiarity and a false sense of intimacy.
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Well, any time you're faced with fame on that level, it's - it can be somewhat unnerving because you're never taught how to manage it and how to deal with it. So you're sort of left out there on your own, trying to navigate those waters for yourself.
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Everything about Canada makes me proud to be Canadian.
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When I was 16, everyone else got a car; I got a motorcycle.
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I'm from Canada and my wife is from St. Albans, so I feel a great kinship with the Brits.
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I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.
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I miss my boats, and I miss having the ability to be out on the water during the daytime and then go skiing at night.