Quotes from Jesse Spencer

My first car was a '69 Holden, which is an Aussie car.

I play the didgeridoo using circular breathing.

I hate staying in resorts. When I go on holiday, I like to stay in crappy places with great surf.

Open-water swimming scares the hell out of me.

I did some good stuff over in the U.K., but I wasn't consistently working. For a while there, I was going, 'Do I really want to do this - should I go back to university?'

I admire a lot of actors, but I don't covet people's careers.

I'm really good at not getting sunburned because I wear zinc cream.

I did ride-alongs and did some firefighter training at the Chicago Fire Academy.

I support firefighters.

I love 'Battlestar Galactica;' I was a geeky kid. I was into Dungeons and Dragons. I had the 24-sided dice.

I work 14-hour days on-set, and when you go home to an empty apartment, the last thing you're going to do is cook a meal. I eat cereal, eggs, or smoothies. That's my routine.

'Fire' is physical and has a lot of grunt to it. I really love that.

I've met many rich kids over the years. Many are very down to earth and work hard; they come from decent parenting. Others, however, are not.

'Chicago Fire' has been a wonderful outlet for me. We're thrown into the gritty streets of Chicago working among actual first responders. They're a wonderful bunch, and the sense of community among Midwesterners is very similar to Australians.

'House' has opened a lot of doors for me. I've met a whole bunch of people and got a whole new bunch of contacts. I've got the golden ticket.

I live in a fantasy world where I think I'm immune to all disease. I don't get sick and haven't had anything major go wrong.

Chicago's like Melbourne - there's a city center, there's public transport, and there's more of a cultural scene.

Mum decided that I could sing a bit, so she put me in a choir, which I hated, and it was just a nightmare. I was a rebellious sort of choirboy.

In terms of people who we call heroes - and I don't tend to like that term, and firefighters don't consider themselves heroes - but if you look at their job description, they are. Their job is to straight up save people.

I'd like to see more of Colorado, Utah, and maybe go to Yellowstone. Oh, and I'd like to kayak down the Colorado through the Grand Canyon.

All of my girlfriends have been actors, and I've realized that maybe it's not for me - and find something else outside of the industry.

I always find music guys writing about love. Think of something else for a change. I'm sorry, but it's been done, and it does work and it's good and all that, but I think something else would be nice.

First responders are a resilient lot. They deal with many types of situations and are very good at improvisation in their work.

The idea of being charming and really nasty at the same time is a really difficult thing to do.