JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
sports
I'm not in this sport to say a guy can beat me.
You have to protect yourself at all times. What goes around comes around.
came contract days gone last life privileged studio time
If I would characterize my life, I would say that I was a very lucky actor who came into very lucky times, and got to Hollywood, and was put under contract by Warners in the very last days of the studio contract era, and was privileged to go through that time which is gone now.
ended hand life toward
I ended up with my life slanted toward television, and I just accept that. I think you play the hand the way it's dealt, that's all.
onstage prep walked
I walked onstage in a play at prep school, and with childish naivete, told myself, 'Wow, I'm an actor!'
abysmal again april came cope fall following freedom freshman grades guess kept lasted prep repeating strict time until wonderful
Having been kept pretty strict in prep schools, I guess I couldn't cope with all the freedom at Yale. I had a wild, wonderful time, got abysmal grades and was bounced out in my freshman year. I then came back the following fall as a repeating freshman, lasted until April and got bounced out again - for the same reason.
huge
When you learn that you inspired someone, it's a huge honor.
time
I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself.
believed business failure father high low success taught useful volatile
My father believed strongly, and taught me, that you can't let yourself get too high on a success or too low on a failure. In this volatile business, that's useful to know.
best business formula success
There's no formula for success in this business. You just do the best you can.
parents
My parents were self-made people, and they were a team.
neither willie
My father was not comfortable working with very articulate people. He and Willie Wyler got along because neither of them was very articulate.
card casino resist
My father was a gambler. My father could not resist a casino or a card game. He loved gambling.
appreciation hard time took tremendous
It was hard for my father to read; it took him a long time, but he had tremendous retention and tremendous appreciation for writing.