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Judd Nelson
American
Actor
About the author
Death is not my best subject.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Death
I took all the philosophy courses I could.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Philosophy
I went to acting school in New York City for two years. I studied with Stella Adler.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Acting
#Years
#School
While they would have provided financial support if I had needed it, the greatest support my parents gave was emotional, psychological.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Support
#Parents
#Financial
My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Success
#Celebrity
#Failure
#Age
I'm involved with Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Driving. I'm also involved with most children's causes, because children can't help the environment they're in.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Children
#Help
#Artists
#Environment
#Actors
#Causes
#Driving
It is a career of make-believe, of masks. We all have masks in life.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Life
#Career
It's still a bottom-line business. You can be out of control, and if they want you, they'll pick you. And you can be a mensch, and if you're not the product they want, you won't get it.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Want
#Control
#Business
It's very easy to confuse Sean Connery with James Bond. Sometimes in the entertainment industry, people believe the cake is more real than the baker.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#People
#Entertainment
My closest friend is canine. I have precious few close friends, and most of them are not actors.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Friends
#Friend
#Actors
My first love is acting on stage. A sitcom is a hybrid of stage and film.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Acting
#Love
#Film
#First
#First love
My first paid acting job was a movie called Fandango. It also starred Kevin Costner.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Acting
#First
#Job
Remember to be as smart as you are.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
I put less stock in others' opinions than my own. No one else's opinions could derail me.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Opinions
When I was in college, all the pretty women were in the theatre, so I auditioned for a play.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Play
#Pretty
#College
#Women
#Theatre
Ice T was just a pleasure to work with. He was a smart gentleman.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Work
#Pleasure
#Gentleman
With failure, you just try again.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Failure
You can be knocked down, but it doesn't mean you're out.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
Young alienation, disappointment and heartache is all a part of the first real growing up that we do.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#First
#Disappointment
#Growing up
#Alienation
The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Day
#Effect
#Music
#Hearing
#Ocean
I always thought that the badge a cop has was more like the shield that Captain America has. It's an obvious sign of good and something you'll protect other people with, but it will also protect you.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#People
#Will
#Thought
#America
#Obvious
I love the rehearsal process in the theatre, and the visceral sense of contact and communication with a live audience.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Love
#Sense
#Communication
#Theatre
I like the way the old Toyotas look.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Old
A fancy watch, it's completely unnecessary. I just need a watch to tell the right time.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Time
#Right
#Fancy
All of the directors I've worked with I have loved and would work with again. I have no favorites.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Work
Almost anything makes me laugh, especially jokes at my own expense. And I will never, ever admit to being ticklish anywhere.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Will
#Being
#Jokes
As a kid I had a crush on Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
Catcher in the Rye had a profound impact on me-the idea that we all have lots of dreams that are slowly being chipped away as we grow up.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Being
#Dreams
#Idea
It's great to work with people that you like, any job, no matter what you do.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#People
#Work
#Job
Heroes always make the right decision; I find that seldom happens in my life.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Right
#Life
#Decision
#Heroes
I am very grateful to make my living doing what I would do for free.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Living
I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Eye
#Work
#Will
#Money
#Actor
#Blindness
I don't know if it matters what country you're from, size of the city you're from, urban or rural, there are people that are hurting each other everywhere.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#People
#Country
I find it very difficult to relax. I find it increasingly difficult to find outlets for my frustration.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Frustration
#Relax
I have adopted clothes from all the projects I'm in. It's really been a while since I've bought anything myself.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Clothes
#Projects
I just couldn't go back to Suddenly Susan after David Strickland's suicide. I didn't see how we could make the show light and funny any more.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Light
#Suicide
#Funny
I like being a villain. Villains are more exciting.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#Being
I like every single actor or actress in the world, because we never know what the conditions are like when they are working. I give everyone the benefit of the doubt and root for them like a psychotic sports fan.
Judd Nelson,
American
Actor
#World
#Actor
#Doubt
#Sports