Judd Nelson
Judd Nelson
Judd Asher Nelsonis an American actor, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for his roles as John Bender in The Breakfast Club, Alec Newbary in St. Elmo's Fire, Hot Rod and Rodimus Prime in The Transformers: The Movie and Transformers: Animated, Nick Peretti in New Jack City, Billy Beretti in Empire, and Jack Richmond in Suddenly Susan...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth28 November 1959
CityPortland, ME
CountryUnited States of America
I put less stock in others' opinions than my own. No one else's opinions could derail me
Death is not my best subject.
Sweets, you couldn't ignore me if you tried.
My first paid acting job was a movie called Fandango. It also starred Kevin Costner.
I just couldn't go back to Suddenly Susan after David Strickland's suicide. I didn't see how we could make the show light and funny any more.
The movie that's had the most effect on me is Jaws. To this day when I'm in the ocean, I'm hearing that music.
Heroes always make the right decision; I find that seldom happens in my life.
I am very grateful to make my living doing what I would do for free.
As a kid I had a crush on Sophia Loren and Raquel Welch.
My first love is acting on stage. A sitcom is a hybrid of stage and film.
My Brat Pack buddies and I didn't exactly handle celebrity very well. Success at an early age is far more difficult to handle than failure.
I don't have any blindness when it comes to my money. As an actor, you can get distracted by your work. I do keep an eye on my nest egg, if you will.
I think that there's room for everyone. I don't think that if one person succeeds then another must fail. That's lunacy. I'm not sure what the reasons are for my philosophy, maybe it's the fact that if there are ten people doing the same job, we all know how we feel and what our high points and low points are.
All of the directors I've worked with I have loved and would work with again. I have no favorites.