Jesse L. Martin Quotes

This world is not one color or culture. Everybody has a story. To tell that story or see that story reflected through art is extremely valuable to the community. The arts belong to everyone and our work should reflect that diversity.

Jesse Tyler Ferguson is probably one of the funniest people I’ve ever met in my life. Everything the kid does is funny. I think he tunes his life to being funny.

If I get the chance to be philanthropic, I want to help kids and teachers.

I did end up becoming a drawer, a sketcher and a painter because of comic books, but I didn’t read them. Not at all.

We want to start a ‘Flash’ band. Everyone can play an instrument and sing.

Real men know how to listen, and real men know how to be honest.

As a student studying acting, I was always broke, so going to see any live theater was almost impossible.

Go back to what’s good, what’s certain, what’s always there. You woke up today. Just start walking. Whatever it is, it’ll pass. Time doesn’t go backward. That’s the one real blessing. It happened; it does you no good to worry. Keep it movin’.

I have plenty of Law & Order on my resume.

‘Law & Order’ was amazing but so consuming, I couldn’t get to the stage.

I want ‘Rent’ to last forever.

I was in ‘Rent,’ for God’s sake. The closest we came to stunts was dancing on a table.

‘Law & Order’ was so very interesting to me because what I got to do was explore New York along with getting to work with some of the best actors New York City had to offer.

Women do come up to me, and they tell me what they think! I’ve gotten great compliments on my eyes and my smile. But I don’t see myself as sexy.

On TV, you never know where it’s going. They may even lie to you about where it’s going. You never really know because the scripts come in every couple of weeks or so.

‘The Merchant of Venice’ is a straightforward, clear story, while ‘The Winter’s Tale,’ as a general rule, is hard to present because there is so much plot.

Jerry Orbach was the first person to take me to the Friars Club. It’s a beautiful building, and you walk into these halls of comedic history and meet these old cats who could tell you a million stories about how things went down in New York City.