Jonathan Tucker Quotes

United States, Actor
May 31, 1982

Jonathan Moss Tucker (born May 31, 1982) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the films The Virgin Suicides (1999), The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003), Hostage (2005), In the Valley of Elah (2007), and The Ruins (2008). He has appeared in the television series The Black Donnellys (2007), Parenthood (2011–2013), Kingdom (2014-2017), Snowfall (2018), and Westworld (2018).

I've always used music for my acting, and I do have a kind of a very personal play list that I create.

Jonathan Tucker
- Music
Whether you're doing Shakespeare or Disney, good work is good work.

Jonathan Tucker
- Good
- Work
- Disney

I'm not looking to be famous, but I want a body of work and a moral character that is deserving of fame.

Jonathan Tucker
- Work
- Character
- Moral
I'm not a horror guy, it's not my thing, but I respect it a lot. I know how hard it is to make, especially to make good.

Jonathan Tucker
- Good
- Guy
- Respect
You can be drinking the wine today, but picking the grapes tomorrow.

Jonathan Tucker
- Today
- Wine
- Drinking
I grew up, as I joke around, in the 'People's Republic of Charlestown' in the city of Boston. And I was blessed to be raised right there on Monument Square in Charlestown, and every morning I'd hop on the bus and go on a 45-minute ride out to the suburbs in Brooklyn for elementary school. And I got to have my seat, really, in both worlds.

Jonathan Tucker
- People
- Up
- School
I can tell you the actor who I admire the most. Billy Crudup. Do you know who he is? He's awesome.

Jonathan Tucker
- Awesome
I have been blessed to have been working since I was 11. I think horror is an underrated genre. When done really well like in 'The Ruins', it pays homage to some of the stuff I really love in the '70s and incurs some of that energy the fanbase really wants to see.

Jonathan Tucker
- Done
- Energy
- Blessed