Nicholas Brendon Quotes

United States, Actor
April 12, 1971

Nicholas Brendon is an American actor and writer. He is best known for playing Xander Harris in the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–2003) and Kevin Lynch in Criminal Minds (2007–2014). Since 2014 he has been writing on the Buffy Season 10 comic book.

Also known as Writer

I had a stutter 'till... I still do today. I just work on it a lot. I obsess, if you will, with it, but I stuttered throughout my childhood.

Nicholas Brendon
- Work
- Childhood
- Stutter
I would like to have the superpower of being able to touch a book and then gain all the knowledge out of that book without spending hours and days reading it.

Nicholas Brendon
- Book
- Reading
- Superpower

When I first started auditioning I would stutter a lot because I was so terribly frightened.

Nicholas Brendon
There are so many different phases of stuttering, and it always breaks my heart. I always wish I could say, 'When I'm done hugging you . . . your stuttering will be gone.'

Nicholas Brendon
It was nice to make things right, and I went to prom and actually had a good time in the TV world - the real world wasn't so much fun.

Nicholas Brendon
Constant repetition of tongue-twisters was like lifting weights for me, but patience and persistence have paid off.

Nicholas Brendon
It's funny, when you become an actor and you're successful, they don't want to talk about acting any more. 'Hey let's talk about that stuff you were fired from.'

Nicholas Brendon
- Actor
- Talk
- Fired
I try to maintain the perspective that life is meant to be laughed at.

Nicholas Brendon
- Life
- Laughed
- Meant

My brain is just always going and going and going.

Nicholas Brendon
- Brain
- Going
I always wanted to be an actor, but with a speech impediment it's kind of tough. I decided to roll the dice and take an acting class, which was very, very nerve-wracking... my stomach would just be in knots.

Nicholas Brendon
- Acting
- Class
- Speech