Jeffrey Donovan Quotes

• There was no theater program or anything where I'm from. So junior year in high school I started the theater program.

  Jeffrey Donovan

  School, Years, Junior Year

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• I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that.

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  Jobs, Writing, Thinking

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• Encouragement from my high school teacher Patty Hart said 'you need to focus and theater might be your route out of here.' I created the program, went to college and graduate school and now here I am.

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  Teacher, Encouragement, School

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• It's very, very technical, what we do in film. While all of the lights are there and all of the crew members and directors are staring right at you, you have to be honest. It's a very difficult, but technical medium.

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  Light, Directors, Honest

  Source: collider.com

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• Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh? I'm not a big movie-goer either. I just feel like I'm watching work. I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.

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  Crazy, Believe, Care

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• I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.

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  Tvs, Care, These Days

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I have a hands-off policy when it comes to my larynx.

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  Hands, Policy

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• I think that, especially with cable, it's an avenue to be creative. I think why people are drawn more now to cable shows than ever is that they take more risks, they're creatively pushing the envelope. I think that the networks have to answer to a bigger advertising calling, whereas the smaller cables have lower ceilings that they can bump their heads on.

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  Thinking, People, Creative

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• What would surprise a lot of people about me... I'm a gardener! I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.

  Jeffrey Donovan

  People, Thumbs, Green

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• I actually do my own renovations. I designed and built a 100-foot split-cedar rail fence to enclose my property. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. Don't recommend doing it alone. I also built a 100-square-foot back porch. Again, don't recommend doing it alone.

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  Feet, Squares, Splits

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• There's not much out there that people are fighting for that leaves them with nothing but honor.

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  Fighting, People, Honor

  "'Burn Notice's' spy guy". Interview with Maureen Ryan, featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com. July 1, 2008.

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• I think that's why I keep being drawn back to television, because I think it's one of the most creative outlets.

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  Thinking, Creative

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• My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not worse than anybody else's life.

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  Mom, Boys, Three

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Guns make you stupidbetter to fight your wars with duct tape. Duct tape makes you smart.

  Jeffrey Donovan

  War, Smart, Fighting

  "Fictional character: Michael Westen". "Burn Notice/ Pilot", www.imdb.com. 2007.

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• I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that.

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  Bigger And Better Things, Want, Accomplished

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• If you think about TV series, we make 16 one-hour movies a season. You don't get any opportunity like that in movies. I mean, I can't say I'll be able to do 16 movies in the next year, and so that's how I see it.

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  Mean, Thinking, Opportunity

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• Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh?

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  Crazy, Believe, Tvs

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• The most fun I've had on 'Burn Notice,' I think it would have to be working with China Chow and Lucy Lawless.

  Jeffrey Donovan

  Fun, Thinking, China

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• I'm not a big movie-goer. I just feel like I'm watching work.

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  Bigs, Big Movie, Feels

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You're living in the Caribbean in the United States and sometimes it's incredible blue skies and sometimes it's an incredible thunderstorm that kind of screams through, but I love that part of Florida.

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  Kind, Sometimes, Incredibles

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• If someone grabbed me, I'd probably be able to choke them out in about eight seconds.

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  Eight, Able, Choke

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• I've always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter than New York. Sometimes, I think it's a little too chic to go to theater in New York these days.

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  New York, Thinking, Cities

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• I'm very shy in real life; I can't really hit on girls.

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  Girl, Real, Shy

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• As much as theyll let me I do my own stunts and I do all my own fighting.

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  Fighting, Let Me, My Own

  "'Burn Notice's' spy guy: A talk with Jeffrey Donovan". Chicago Tribune interview, featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com. July 1, 2008.

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• Do you want to see a mother and son antagonistically attack each other every single episode for five years? I don't think so.

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  Mother, Son, Thinking

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