I try to master every facet of a character in order to build a safety net for myself, so I can go on to take more risks to create someone really distinct.

Jim Parsons

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I think intelligence is usually sexy until it becomes irritating.... by Jim Parsons

I think intelligence is usually sexy until it becomes irritating. After that, you're stuck.

irritation sexy thinking

Coffee is to wake up, coffee is to work with, coffee is to live w... by Jim Parsons

Coffee is to wake up, coffee is to work with, coffee is to live with, coffee is life

wake-up coffee

Someone else's success is not your failure. by Jim Parsons

Someone else's success is not your failure.

[Voicing a cartoon] feels like going down a mysterious but joyful black hole. Once you relax for 15 or 20 minutes, and really go, "I don't care if I look like an ass," it's really fun to see what happens. You know that nothing is being visually judged.

relax black fun

Home is where you feel unjudged, and where what I do isn't necess... by Jim Parsons

Home is where you feel unjudged, and where what I do isn't necessarily stupid or wrong.

stupid home feels

In voicing so much is left to your imagination to create the world around you like that. It's really the essence of what's so fun for, I think, many people when they first start to want to be an actor, is that they realise they enjoy making up a world around them to exist in, a whole situation and a whole way of being. And even more so than theatre, animation requires that because there's just nothing to go on. It's in your head and your heart or it's not there at all.

heart fun thinking

As a human being, you know that there are some days when you'd rather not talk to anybody - but I can't really do that anymore without appearing rude.

rude humans knows

I think in any form of acting, you're always well served if you'v... by Jim Parsons

I think in any form of acting, you're always well served if you've done theater.

acting done thinking

What this is about is hopefully an opportunity for me to help pave the way for my future in terms of getting financially choosier. You have to plan the windfall as if it'll be your only one.

helping opportunity way

You learn a lot as a kid, like you don't know anything. I didn't know what was gonna happen if I opened the door. I thought I was gonna be in another world somehow.

doors kids world

Well, I'm a big believer in 'never say never. by Jim Parsons

Well, I'm a big believer in 'never say never.

never-say-never wells bigs

Playing Sheldon is just heaven for me. I realize how enormously lucky I am to play a role that makes me so incredibly happy. As I told Chuck Lorre in a Christmas card a few years ago, I'm living a version of the dream.

dream play years

Realistically, there is a danger, of course, when you're going into someone's living room as the same guy every week. But I don't fear it because, I mean, there's really nothing I can do about it. I can try to combat it through the work, and maybe make sure I don't do Sheldon 2.0 in any other projects. But it's just really hard for me to find any negative side effects from this experience.

guy trying mean

I have this thing. I've always been uncomfortable going to any party where people don't understand why I'm there. One of the best things about partaking in a show like this is, when I show up to events and parties now, they know me. I don't have to hear, 'Oh, you're an actor? Have I seen you in anything?' anymore. I used to have to start listing things off of my resume'. It's really nice not to have to do that anymore.

party nice people

You think of it [voicing] as something where you not only don't //need// your body, but you don't even have it to use! There's nothing you can do with your body that's going to show in the final product. Maybe that's all the more reason I used my body so much to get whatever noise or sounds out of it I could. When it was needed to keep the energy up I found myself almost running in place! It is very physical.

energy running thinking

It isn't called TV money for nothing. There was a time where I paid my rent by doing theater for years, and I was able to buy groceries and pay my electric bill. I considered myself to be making a living as an actor. This kind of money that we make is a whole other level, of course. But it really is simply the cherry on top of a job and a role that I adore.

roles jobs years

I feel like the universe is so big it'd be foolish to pull out th... by Jim Parsons

I feel like the universe is so big it'd be foolish to pull out the "no" for it.

bigs foolish feels

I had a very strong interest in music, specifically the piano fro... by Jim Parsons

I had a very strong interest in music, specifically the piano from a very small age.

piano strong age

I want to drive! I love to drive! I drive at home in Barbados. by Jim Parsons

I want to drive! I love to drive! I drive at home in Barbados.

barbados want home

My Emmy competition is awfully good. My stomach is already in knots. The problem is that I don't drink, so I can't calm myself that way. I wish I could be better at pretending I don't care.

competition care wish