American - Actor | January 18, 1969 -
'Law & Order' was amazing but so consuming, I couldn't get to the stage.
Jesse L. Martin
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We want to start a 'Flash' band. Everyone can play an instrument and sing.
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'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.
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The best decision I made at NYU was joining the Shakespeare ensemble. It literally led to everything I did after that. It gave me the kind of confidence I really needed.
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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.
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I think I might want to get into development, as in developing my own sort of piece, whether it be for the stage or the big screen or for television.
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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.
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As a student studying acting, I was always broke, so going to see any live theater was almost impossible.
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I want 'Rent' to last forever.
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You remember what you go through as a kid, what's going to make you listen, what's going to make you respond. I held onto that. People who treated me like that when I was younger got every bit of respect and attention I could give them, because I knew that they were coming at me from almost an equal level.
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Teaching is a truly noble profession. It's sad the amount of responsibility that teachers have today. They're not only teaching kids: they're raising kids, policing kids - and they don't make a lot of money.
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If I get the chance to be philanthropic, I want to help kids and teachers.
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