John Wesley Shipp Professions : Actor Browse All Authors Top 14 quotes by John Wesley Shipp It blows my mind when they call me the O.G. Flash. John Wesley Shipp callmeflashmind Change does happen, you know? John Wesley Shipp happenknowyouchange Inside the magic of the comic book universe, it's just people to people, unguarded humanity overlapping and just getting to interact. The way we get our verdict is going to these conventions. John Wesley Shipp universehumanitybookpeople I think that whole aura of marriage and family is desirable, especially when you're involved in this kind of business. You want that security in your personal life. John Wesley Shipp marriagefamilybusinesslife The stage is bigger than life. There you are projecting to an audience. In television, you're drawing the camera in to you. And with TV, there isn't that immediate feedback from an audience. You do hours and hours of taping and never get that response. John Wesley Shipp camerayoudrawinglife I never want to give up the stage. John Wesley Shipp giveneverstagewant I didn't graduate. I was doing theater in Michigan the summer after my junior year and just moved on to New York. John Wesley Shipp newdoingyearsummer When I first heard about 'The Flash,' I said, 'No thanks.' I thought I'd just be running around in a union suit. John Wesley Shipp suitthoughtthankssaid I don't want The Flash to become a vigilante. I don't want him to abuse the power. John Wesley Shipp becomeabusepowerwant If tolerance is the best we can do in this moment, then by all means let's be tolerant. But by stopping there, by merely tolerating each other, we miss so much. John Wesley Shipp missbestmomenttolerance My dad, he would go through these periods of self-doubt. We'd do something that was controversial or that wasn't welcomed by everybody, and he'd go, 'Well, Shirley, our parents cursed us with ethics, and we passed it on to our children.' John Wesley Shipp parentsethicsdadchildren I had delusions of being a 'serious actor,' and I wanted to pursue those delusions. John Wesley Shipp actorbeingpursueserious Whatever I had to prove in the 'Flash' world about myself as an actor, I proved as Henry Allen. John Wesley Shipp whatevermyselfproveworld Comic books have gone mainstream. The audience is there. John Wesley Shipp bookscomicaudiencegone Similar Authors Ian Mckellen actor Adhir Kalyan actor Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje actor Bert Lahr actor Alan Arkin actor Alan Alda actorAll Authors
