Jim Parsons

Actor

1973-03-24

Jim Parsons is an American actor best known for portraying Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory. He won multiple Emmy Awards for that role and has also worked extensively in theater, film, and voice acting. Parsons has produced television and film projects in addition to acting.

Quotes by Jim Parsons

Theatre was my first love. I can't take the theatre out of me. And I wouldn't want to. To me, it's home.
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My hiatus timeline is so minimal, there's only a select number of projects that I can go in for.
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My choices in projects have all been character or role-based, and on a financial level, it's obvious: as an actor on a TV series, I get a wonderful paycheck, and a consistent paycheck, which doesn't always happen when you're doing theater or movies.
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When I first started out in Houston, it was theater or bust. And I loved it. I still love it. And then I went to undergraduate and graduate school for acting.
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I've been a working actor for many years, but it's not always been successful for me. I certainly struggled in the past.
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