Adrian Pasdar Quotes

Acting just seems to be a way of getting into a different place. It seems like a really creative place to be.

I did a show called ‘Profit‘ a while back, and I based some of the work on some people that were in office at the time.

Part of the reason a hit show is a hit show is because of the people – good, solid, decent people.

It’s fun when you have a whole team of writers that really like writing for someone; you always end up with some really great lines.

I haven‘t ever been stereotyped or pigeonholed or put into a box.

‘Profit’ in my mind is as good as television gets, and if that didn’t make it, all bets are off on really predicting what’s going to work and what’s not.

I thought I was signed up to be on ‘Heroes.’ It turns out I signed up to be on ‘Survivor.’

I didn’t have the opportunity to finish college and I was quite sad about that.

We don’t work for the government. We don’t carry guns. We don’t chase aliens. We are a man and a woman. The similarities end there… If ‘X-Files‘ and ‘Touched by an Angel’ crashed on ‘Highway to Heaven,’ you’d have ‘Mysterious Ways.’

I learned this through Iron Man – it really doesn’t matter what I think about who he is because everybody has such a huge idea about what they think the guy is. You can’t just rely on your instincts and your imagination, you have to match up with what the expectations are from the people.

One of the things I’m most proud of is actually saying I’m going to do something and doing it.

I love dogs.

My life has taken on a different course. I’ve got a responsibility now not just as a husband but as a father.

It’s much juicier to play somebody a little more evil than Dudley Do-Right.

‘Profit’ was an intriguing fellow that couldn’t be approached as a villain or a hero. The challenge in hanging a show on a character like Jim Profit was that we knew that we were in for a rough reception.

There’s probably somebody out there who has been dying to be Tony Stark, their whole life, and it will never happen. And then, it comes to me because I happened to do ‘Heroes.’ I mean, I love it. I’m totally respectful of the position, but I wasn’t pursuing it.

When you’re in love, you’ll believe anything.

Every film I’ve done, I’ve tried to pick ones where I can learn.

Everyone has a voice, and I don’t think mine is that different.

The best TV is always about family, whether it’s ‘All in the Family,’ or ‘The Sopranos‘ or ‘The Flintstones.’

I got to meet Princess Diana at Leicester Square, where we had a big premiere. It was one of the great experiences in my life.

I never grew up with heroes in show business. My hero was my father.

My favorite was the Silver Surfer growing up. I just thought that his slug line, ‘He who travels fastest, always travels alone,’ always appealed to me as a kid.

The different arenas that I’ve been able to do Iron Man in are fun, but some more than others. The anime that we did early on was tough. That was the hardest one. It was a reinterpretation of a reinterpretation. I don’t think I’d do that again.

I don’t think ‘Profit’ is devoid of morality. He’s just on a different plane than the rest of us.

I think network TV to a large extent has underestimated the intelligence of the American public for so many years now. It’s tried to appeal to the lowest common denominator. I think the average viewer is much more intelligent than that and crave a little more complexity and are willing to pay more attention.

I wasn’t really a big comic book guy, growing up.

I started to run marathons and got into road biking in Los Angeles. It was a lot of fun and I managed to get into the shape of my life.

A lot of directors understand everything but the story.

Television doesn’t get any better than the second episode of ‘Castle.’

I’ve always felt like I had a guardian angel.

It’s a very different feeling to work on a show with a future.

It’s not stupid TV, it’s not a reality program. It actually is complex. There’s many layers to ‘Heroes.’

Austin is home in a lot of ways. Both my kids were born here, and my wife‘s side of the family lives here.

What you would call a ‘lead,’ I’ve always considered a supporting part, and what people would call ‘supporting parts,’ I’ve considered leads. In a way, I look at it in reverse, because supporting parts – when they’re done correctly – are the ones that are progenitors for storylines, to move forward.

Nathan Fillion is one of the greatest men that’s ever walked the earth, as far as I’m concerned.

I remember being scared to death of horror movies as a kid. Sometimes, I missed the whole movie because I was so scared and couldn’t look.

Being asked to carry a major show with the restrictions that are thrown on you is very limiting. I’d rather hit it hard, do it right, and walk away.

Watching ‘Profit’ is like peering into a fishbowl and watching a piranha at work.

I think the actor has two responsibilities. One is to be visually compelling, and the other to recite the lines as written by the writers.