James Van Der Beek
James Van Der Beek
James David Van Der Beekis an American actor. He rose to fame beginning in 1998 for his portrayal of Dawson Leery in the WB series Dawson's Creek and for portraying a fictionalized version of himself on the ABC sitcom Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23. He also starred in CSI: Cyber as FBI Special Agent Elijah Mundo...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth8 March 1977
CityCheshire, CT
CountryUnited States of America
You start thinking the world is a certain way and forgetting that there's another world outside of the campus boundaries that has nothing to do with what is your world at the time.
A lot of movies you do because they're fun, they make people forget about their day.
I'm pretty much your average, energy-saving-light-bulbs-recycling citizen.
The less seriously you take yourself, the better work you're going to do.
When you're the lead of a series, things happen around you, and you react to them.
Ok, this is the most unfun threesome I have ever been a part of. Nobody's having sex and someone is yelling. I'm out of here.
I think anybody with an insecurity, which is everyone, appreciates the fact that it's much easier to be a predator than it is to be prey.
Don't ever put anything past kids. They will surprise you in the best ways.
I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan
Ultimately, I'd love to be able to work in film.
At a young age, acting was so inspiring and exciting, because to me it was play - make-believe, pretend.
The more you make fun of yourself and don't try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you.
I always show up to work and give it everything, and some things turn out better than others - and some things you can expect that it will come out better than others.
I remember one day during my freshman year of high school, when as usual I was obsessively listening to a cast recording: it may have been 'Jesus Christ Superstar.' And I remember sitting there, totally absorbed, saying to myself, 'I can do this.'