Jim Caviezel
Jim Caviezel
James Patrick "Jim" Caviezelis an American actor, best known for portraying Jesus Christ in the 2004 film The Passion of the Christ. Other notable roles include Private Witt in The Thin Red Line, Detective John Sullivan in Frequency, Catch in Angel Eyes, Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo, golfer Bobby Jones in Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius, and Carroll Oerstadt in Déjà Vu. From 2011 until 2016, he starred as John Reese on the CBS science-fiction crime drama...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth26 September 1968
CountryUnited States of America
Usually people who are evil don't see themselves as evil.
You know, my point in being an actor is to get people to believe that this is not about me, but something else.
No, the people standing before Christ and Pilate during the judgment scene do not condemn an entire race for the death of Christ anymore than the actions of Mussolini condemn all Italians, or the heinous crimes of Stalin condemn all Russians.
I came from a town of maybe 30,000 people.
I don't want people to see me - I want them to see Jesus.
The point I'm trying to make is that you go to church on Sunday. But the real Christ is out there in your life every day, whether it be the guy you help on the street, how you live your life, and your countenance that makes people want to be you.
I know we didn't make an anti-Semitic film. This is what the Gospels are. And it's none of my business what other people think of me.
Everyone was thinking it was going to be a bust. I felt redeemed.
I think you can't be passive in making this film - or in watching it.
I look at this as a service. I enjoy that.
I don't know if you could ever prepare for that. Nick Nolte told me one time, fame is like a red balloon. It just blows up, gets bigger and bigger. It's just full of hot air.
I really enjoy talking to actors or filmmakers that enjoy that process of creating and how they go about doing it.
I'm a film rat. I love being in front of a camera. I love being behind a camera. I love talking to the director. I love talking film.
I was a basketball player. I'm a gym rat. I'm always in the gym playing.