Jonathan Jackson
Jonathan Jackson
Jonathan Jacksonis an American actor, musician and author. His first well known character was Lucky Spencer on the ABC Daytime soap opera General Hospital, a role which has won him five Emmy Awards. In 2002, he played Jesse Tuck in the film Tuck Everlasting. In 2004 he started the band Enationwith his brother, actor Richard Lee Jackson and friend Daniel Sweatt. In 2012 he got the role of Avery Barkley in the ABC prime time drama Nashville...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionActor
Date of Birth11 May 1982
CountryUnited States of America
I think acting is a gift. I think certain people for some reason just have a gift that they were meant to perform.
I don't really have an ambition to become the Rolling Stones, or anything like that. For me, it's just playing music is kind of a transcendent, amazing gift, so when people come together and they play, I think it's a real special thing.
I walked away from this movie thinking how important it is to have a genuine selfless love for your children. You can really mess kids up if you don't have the right kind of love for them.
That's what rock music is, I think - constantly searching for authenticity, and being as honest as possible.
I think acting is a gift. I look at someone like Ben Kingsley, and hes incredibly charismatic, even when hes not acting. Hes an incredibly hard worker, and he has a very specific system that he does with his work.
I've been playing music since I was 12. I love performing live.
Dr Knox's work has confirmed that firework injuries are an important cause of preventable visual disability - particularly in young males,
Every year we see needless and preventable injuries from fireworks,
I've always been someone who's believed in truth. I believe truth exists. I don't believe in relativism, a 'your truth, my truth' kind of a thing. However, I also believe that the truth must always be spoken in love - and that grace and truth are found in Jesus Christ.
As I get older, I plan less, and I strategize less about my career and about things because you realize things happen as they're supposed to happen and the way they're supposed to happen.
We had all the funds and everything agreed, and then someone came in and bought it for $12 million and literally did it overnight.
When it comes to chemistry with actors, I always feel chemistry is not something that comes and goes. You either have it or you don't.
For years, I've thought about a project or a way where I could do acting and music together, and I never really thought that would happen. Then 'Nashville' came along, and it was like a dream come true to marry both of those worlds.
I would rather portray the hero if it's a really great film. All my favorite fictional film characters are heroes, such as in 'The Last of the Mohicans' and 'Robin Hood.'