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Michael Vartan | Quotes

"When I get a job I feel unbelievably fortunate because I know how hard it is to work in this business. But we're not curing cancer, we're not feeding children. It's just a f-ing movie, it's just a TV show." - Herald Sun 2007

"It's great and entertainment is hugely necessary in this day and age when you turn on the news and everyone's getting killed and blown up. But at the end of the day I can't take myself seriously when an EMS (emergency medical services) worker who's scraping two dead bodies off the sidewalk after a car accident is getting paid less than me." - Herald Sun 2007

"I think it started when Jennifer began dating Ben Affleck. As a result, some fans maybe thought that I'd be madly jealous and that I would consequently leave the show so as not to be next to Jennifer."

"In a weird way it's like church and therapy and exercise all rolled up into one. I mean when I play hockey I don't think about anything, which is good for me because thinking hurts my head."

"You never know why or when the next job is coming. I actually like that."

"You know, people see you in a certain type of movie and they sort of associate you with that genre."

"Well, along one's career you sometimes have to make movies that aren't very good to just work and pay the rent."

"One day, I came across an article that implied that my presence in the 5th season of Alias was jeopardized. I was in shock!"

"I've been lucky enough to have a few Gucci suits flown my way."

"I'm not a bling-bling guy; I can't pull it off. I just look like an idiot."

"I would rather do movies because I'm very lazy and the hours are much easier."

"I think the hardest thing about being an actor is between jobs when you don't know and wondering if you'll ever work again. It's kind of a crazy business."

"I think New York is the greatest city in the world, and Paris is the most beautiful. But L.A. is a vibrant town with a lot of new ideas."

"I just find the darker side of people much more interesting."

"I honestly couldn't care less what people say about me, especially in this business that is based on being judged and rejected."

"I hate gold. I'm sort of a sterling-silver guy."

"I grew up in a village with 300 people, and style didn't exist."

"Especially these days television has gotten so good. I mean, some of the best acting and best work is being done on television."

"Every actor will tell you it's so much more fun to play the bad guy because usually those characters are more complex and more broad and more interesting, and have more sides to them."

"Romantic comedies are great because there's nothing wrong with going to the movies for a couple of hours and having that warm, happy feeling and forgetting about your problems and whatever."

"Negative Seven. One director cut me out of my own character's wedding dance. - (when asked to rate his skills on the dance floor)"

"Look at the size of my head. It's enormous...I look like one of those dolls you get at the ballpark!"

"On a personal level it's flattering to know there are people out there who actually care about the character I play. But, come on, it's a TV show... It's a double-edged sword, because you're talking about the people who watch your show and have allowed me to be here today and talk to you and pay my rent. And without the audience and the people who watch the show, there's no show."

"I find it the most bizarre thing and the most uncomfortable thing ever... It's amazing how much more handsome I've gotten since I've been on Alias. Where were all these girls when I couldn't get a job?"

"I was 15 when I had my real first kiss. [I was living in Normandy] and it was with a Dutch girl behind the bushes. When I kissed her I got that knot in the stomach, that warm feeling."