Quotes from James Wolk

As an actor, it's exciting to play a role that's so far from what you are and to have people respond to it like a real human being!

Often in television, you read a script and you're amazed that you get the scene given to you.

I personally am not a shorts-wearing guy. That goes for any form of shorts, beside sports shorts, that I have to wear.

For people to keep saying, 'We want to see more of this guy, even though the shows have not always been out-of-the-box successes,' is a huge compliment to me.

In Michigan, if you want to act, it's local theater, it's high school theater and it's going to camp and putting on plays in the summer, and I always loved doing that. There was something that just drew me to it.

By the time I got someone to take my head shot, I'd been acting for nine years!

It's easy to think you can get discovered on the street, but I developed my chops on the stage - four years of theater in high school, and then another four in college.

I'm pretty addicted to it, so whether I'm home or on vacation, I need to run five days a week. It doesn't matter what the weather is, what the terrain is, where I am. I always need to get my miles in.

I had just finished working on a play, and we started to talk to the 'Happy Endings' folks. There was interest from both sides, which was exciting, because I thought it was very fresh. Adam Pally's just a really funny, talented dude. I thought I'd be great to jump on and do some comedy.

There's a certain rhythm to comedy that is almost like you're dancing and you just go on autopilot, so to speak. There's something just beautifully enjoyable about comedy in that respect. It's a joy to be able to do that. Drama, you get to go to depths that you haven't gone to before.

My family and friends and career are very important to me, but running allows me to be a better friend, a better family member, and makes me better at my career.

I think you always want to be open to things... it's just the matter of finding something I believe in, finding a character I believe in, and I think that's the way it should always be. I'm looking for things that excite me.

The nature of television - it's quicker than both a play and a movie.

My character on 'The Crazy Ones' is entirely different than Bob Benson. If these guys ran into each other at a bar, I don't think they'd have much to talk about. They're really different guys.

Running is very therapeutic for me. I tend to have a louder brain, so when my mind is moving, I go for a run. It's very calming.

I'm kind of a goofy guy at heart.

The 'Lone Star' experience was tough at the time, but it really allowed me to look at things from a 3,000-foot high view. You can think something is the greatest thing in the world, but, as we know, anything can happen. It really taught me that I always want to make choices that I believe in artistically. No one can take that away from you.

I just grew up loving acting and loving entertainment.

As an actor, you're tied to the writing. You live and die by what's written for you. And you can elevate that to a certain extent, but really, that's your blueprint.

In my everyday life, I'm a jeans and button-up shirt kind of guy.

I like 'Homeland' a lot.

You can find old Jewish newspapers from Detroit that have my promotional ad in them. It was a totally insane time in my life. Paul Rudd was also a bar mitzvah emcee, you know? It was like being a local rock star in Detroit.

I worked in television now for a few years. I think summer has become a really exciting time for television shows. And I think it's become a time for shows to distinguish themselves.

With 'The Crazy Ones,' we were really encouraged to improv and go off script.