John Gallagher Jr. Quotes & Sayings

I wasn't a good rule-breaker when I was younger. — John Gallagher Jr.

Once you get into the groove of things and in the mood you are usually fine; it is before the event that you get nervous and irritable. — John Gallagher Jr.

I moved to New York to do a play when I was 18. — John Gallagher Jr.

We knew we did not want to record at Impulse Studios again, after the experience of recording in a 'real' studio in London for the Radio One session we did. — John Gallagher Jr.

There's a screen direction in the script for the pilot where it says, 'Jim Harper, mid-20s, enters,' and it said something to the effect of: 'He's confident without being cocky. He has no idea that he could be considered attractive, because he saw All The President's Men when he was thirteen and never looked up.' It was just a great little gem of a screen direction, and I felt immediately from just that, that I had a good idea of how to play this guy. — John Gallagher Jr.

If one student is unable to get online, it cripples that student's team and puts the whole course in jeopardy. — John Gallagher Jr.

I've always loved musical theatre. I've always been a big kind of closeted musical theatre nerd. I really have always dreamed about being able to do musical theatre. — John Gallagher Jr.

We usually surprised everyone, and still do, as we keep the craziness onstage. — John Gallagher Jr.

It's kind of a little fly-on-the-wall look at these people trying to stay sane. — John Gallagher Jr.

I did a lot of community theatre and met a manager that worked out of Philadelphia, and she started sending me up to New York for auditions, and I got the part in a play at Manhattan Theatre Club when I was 15. — John Gallagher Jr.

One thing that happens on the 'Newsroom' is that every time a real story does get incorporated into the show, there's always an angle that's provided that hasn't really been dealt with yet. — John Gallagher Jr.

When you're reading the news and sometimes you just think, "How bad can things get"? — John Gallagher Jr.

I forget sometimes that I'm in the HBO stable because I am such a fan of so much of their programming. Like, 'The Wire' is my favorite TV show of all time. — John Gallagher Jr.

I'm a huge fan of John Malkovich and Josh Brolin, and Michael Shannon has got to be one of my favorite actors. — John Gallagher Jr.

With any "new" form of music, the originators are usually good bands that have good music and good ideas, like Nirvana. But then you get all the followers and wannabes, bands like Silverchair, etc ... and that really sucks. — John Gallagher Jr.

I don't have a pet, but I dream of someday getting a pug dog whom I will name Croque Monsieur so that I may alternate between calling him Croque, Monsieur or his full name: Croque Monsieur. I'll more than likely only use his first and last name most often when he's been bad. — John Gallagher Jr.

Words often spoil a moment of judgment or excitement; in all great puzzles and wars and movements, there is a moment to speak and a moment to accept with silent dignity. — John Gallagher Jr.

Most of the people we see don't want to live in a shelter and feel save in their own little camp. Experience has taught me that almost 100 percent of these people suffered abuse as children. Well over half have emotional, mental problems. Most have drug and alcohol problems. — John Gallagher Jr.

If you find yourself running away from something and then suddenly you're isolated in a vacuum, then you have to deal with all the inherent truths and learning things about yourself and the people that are around you. — John Gallagher Jr.