Quotes By Judd Nelson

My closest friend is canine. I have precious few close friends, and most of them are not actors.

My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.

With failure, you just try again.

I went to acting school in New York City for two years. I studied with Stella Adler.

I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience.

It's very easy to confuse Sean Connery with James Bond. Sometimes in the entertainment industry, people believe the cake is more real than the baker.

I just couldn't go back to Suddenly Susan after David Strickland's suicide. I didn't see how we could make the show light and funny any more.

You can be knocked down, but it doesn't mean you're out.

I have adopted clothes from all the projects I'm in. It's really been a while since I've bought anything myself.

I don't know if it matters what country you're from, size of the city you're from, urban or rural, there are people that are hurting each other everywhere.

When I was in college, all the pretty women were in the theatre, so I auditioned for a play.

I'm involved with Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Driving. I'm also involved with most children's causes, because children can't help the environment they're in.

I am very grateful to make my living doing what I would do for free.

Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do.

A fancy watch, it's completely unnecessary. I just need a watch to tell the right time.

I always thought that the badge a cop has was more like the shield that Captain America has. It's an obvious sign of good and something you'll protect other people with, but it will also protect you.

My first love is acting on stage. A sitcom is a hybrid of stage and film.

I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.

Remember to be as smart as you are.

It's still a bottom-line business. You can be out of control, and if they want you, they'll pick you. And you can be a mensch, and if you're not the product they want, you won't get it.

I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.

Heroes always make the right decision; I find that seldom happens in my life.

It is a career of make-believe, of masks. We all have masks in life.

Death is not my best subject.

As a kid I had a crush on Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch.

Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere.

My first paid acting job was a movie called Fandango. It also starred Kevin Costner.

The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.

I like every single actor or actress in the world, because we never know what the conditions are like when they are working. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt and root for them like a psychotic sports fan.

All of the directors I've worked with I have loved and would work with again. I have no favorites.