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Jimmi Simpson

Profession : Actor

Birth : November 21, 1975

I'm really interested in the current tech world because of my brother Michael. Since we were little kids, in the 1970s, he was dealing with the first computers. He works for the government.

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I think that human beings, even the ones who are sometimes hurting you, are often very, very confused at their center.

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I got my degree in theatre at a little school in Pennsylvania, Bloomsburg University. It was one of those situations where I went into the major because I loved it, but didn't really expect to see it as a moneymaking situation or career.

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I live in Los Angeles where there is not that much in the way of theatre, so the La Jolla Playhouse is pretty much the only place that is on my radar, and when they have something going on, and I am available, I will certainly go in.

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I have a couple screenplays that are done, and I'm looking for the right people to help me make them. I do a lot of television writing to develop new ideas for shows.

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I think everybody does go in expecting they're making 'Gone With The Wind' on their first movie. But you know, that's just not going to be the case, everybody. Hold onto your hat. Buckle in. It's probably going to take a few.

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I'm a big cartoon fan! Bugs is my favorite.

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As far as creating my own theme park, it would probably just have to do with things I like, like my dog and other people's dogs, and lots of dogs and cats.

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Theatre is really difficult, so it's important that you have a director that kind of understands that and is really hands on.

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I pretty much got into theatre to do community theatre and things, but then I went to Williamstown and found an agent. I then went to New York and did a lot of theatre there, so I started doing only theatre.

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There are a lot of pros to doing a film, as far as it helping your film career, and it is completely different financially. But theatre is the only place where you get to actually be the character, and nobody is going to come around and change it later.

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We all need to decide what makes it safe and secure on the Internet. It can't be anybody else's decision. We have to have a voice.

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Pretty much, I am always open to input from everyone; although I don't require it, the feedback is conducive to getting the play together.

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I have had really positive experiences in every medium, as well as horrible experiences in every medium.

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I think a well-fit T-shirt and jeans can just kill, style-wise. At least, that's what I tell myself, because that's what I'm going to keep wearing till I die.

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I've skateboarded my whole life, and I'm going to keep enjoying it until my age prohibits me.

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I swear to God, my career is like this weird origami thing.

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I'm very much a glass-is-half-full guy.

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As Americans, we're raised with this idea of, 'We're number one.' As an individual, you absorb and you consume until you skyrocket to the top with your money and your whatever. That's not my philosophy. My philosophy is quite the opposite in that there's limited space, we have limited resources, and so it's not about the individual.

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Maybe it's my freak flag that, when I go to a haunted mansion, I would rather blend in with them and be part of the story rather than have someone jump out at me. To be part of the fantasy seems way more interesting to me, to embed myself in there and just drop in, in that way.

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