Quotes from Jason Priestley

I think the moral majority and religious right have been shrinking and having not quite as loud a voice in America, and all of a sudden people are coming to their own realizations going, 'Joe down the street is gay and he's a great guy.'

Everything about Canada makes me proud to be Canadian.

Never categorize yourself, society does that to you, don't do it to yourself.

Well, any time you're faced with fame on that level, it's - it can be somewhat unnerving because you're never taught how to manage it and how to deal with it. So you're sort of left out there on your own, trying to navigate those waters for yourself.

I was a rugby player, I was a hockey player. You know, I just love to challenge myself, and I love to compete.

Part of the fun of working on 'Beverly Hills, 90210,' for me, was that I got a lot of freedom from our executive producer, Chuck Rosen, to add things, change things. I got a lot of freedom to be creative.

I'm very happy to be directing though. It's a challenge, and it's a lot of fun for me to be on set.

When you say '90210,' everyone knows what you're talking about. So why not make use of that? And they certainly have. I think the show looks beautiful, and all the actors are doing a great job. It's a tangled web they've created thus far. It's great.

From an early age, I knew I wanted to pursue a life in the arts, and so I was acting in plays all throughout high school.

Theatre was the first thing I fell in love with.

I've always aspired to Cary Grant's level of coolness and failed miserably.

Any time you get to do a David Mamet play, it's a great opportunity. His writing is such that I think it's a big challenge, but when you get it right, it's a great opportunity to play every night, really.

I come from a very blue-collar family, and a very hardworking family, and I think that my work ethic is maybe the thing that kept me on the straight and narrow.

No one gave me a cake or a going-away party on my last day of 'Beverly Hills 90210.'

I played hockey my whole life until my ambition outstripped my ability, which happens to most Canadians around 15 or 16 years old.

As an actor, your focus is very finite. All you're worried about is your character and what you have to do, what your goals are in this scene and in this piece of material. Whereas, as the director, everything is your responsibility. I enjoy carrying the load like that and being the responsible party.

I think the sooner that all of us in society stop accepting any type of bullying or harassment from other people - in spite of people's social standing or net worth or whatever it is - the sooner it will stop.

Los Angeles is a one-horse town. It's entirely driven by the entertainment business and that's what it is.

I try to be smart with my comedy. Generally, it devolves into bathroom humour. I describe my comedy as, 'I have the best intentions, but usually it fails.'

If people think I am gay, yeah, hey that doesn't bother me. Not at all. What would people think? To me I am such a heterosexual guy. It doesn't even, I don't even think about it.

Sitcoms are fun. The whole multi-cam genre is always a lot of fun. You throw a live audience in the mix, and it's even better.

I miss my boats, and I miss having the ability to be out on the water during the daytime and then go skiing at night.

I love filming in Britain.

I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada.