Jeremy Allen White Quotes

“A director will always tell you, when you go in to do a scene, 'You go as big as you want, and I'll tell you when to come down.' And I found that on 'Shameless', you can't follow that rule because they will never tell you to come down. So, I've had to find my own balance with when it makes sense to get this upset or angry.”

“I don't have Twitter or anything like that.”

“I knew that if I said no to this, that whoever ended up doing it, I would hate them forever.”

“I love 'Shameless' so much. I love everybody that was a part of it, and the experience was incredible. But I'm not sure if shows are meant to go that long.”

“I think every restaurant is a miracle. It’s constant problem-solving, and nothing’s ever going great. How competitive it is, especially in cities like New York, L.A., and Chicago, for restaurants to be consistent and to be full, seems truly impossible to me.”

“I think I was too concerned with what other people might think.”

“I understand people having a crush on Carmy. I think I have a bit of a crush on Carmy.”

“I was a little familiar with that feeling of all or nothing, and everything seems all so important all the time.

When you're operating from a place like that, you're sensitive. Anything can kind of make you yell or cry.”

“I wasn't a bad kid, I just hated school. I knew it wasn't going to help me.”

“I'd love to do something on 'Mad Men' and 'Boardwalk Empire'. I really like period stuff.”

“What I find attractive in people is a determination. If you're truly good at something, that's incredibly attractive.”

“When I was a younger actor, my identity was really, really wrapped up in my profession. If that wasn't going well, nothing was going well. If that was going well, everything felt really fantastic.”

“This show was such a gift. I shared the screen with a beautiful and talented cast, and shared a set with the most thoughtful and determined crew. Thank you to everyone who had anything to do with making this happen. Thank you to my wife for putting up with me throughout. I feel so lucky.”

“All teenagers are sex addicts.”

“Every Libertarian was born on third base and thinks he hit a triple.”

“Great things don’t happen in tiny little increments. You know, they happen when someone thinks completely differently.”

“I believe the answer to that question, like the answer to most questions, is f*ck you!”

“I just thought sq*irting was a myth, like unicorns or moderate Republicans.”

“So you're saying you f*cked up beyond the capacity of the modern human mind to process?”

“Stuff just happens sometimes.”

“When you're poor, the only way to make money is to steal it or scam it.”

“You did okay, Mickey. You know, you tried. That’s a lot more than most people would do.”