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James Wolk
American
Actor
Born:
Mar 22
,
1985
Always
Comedy
Great
Me
Think
You
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You can find old Jewish newspapers from Detroit that have my promotional ad in them. It was a totally insane time in my life. Paul Rudd was also a bar mitzvah emcee, you know? It was like being a local rock star in Detroit.
James Wolk
Life
Time
You
Old
My Life
Local
Insane
Find
Emcee
Totally
Detroit
Like
Know
Also
Rock
Rock Star
Mitzvah
Being
Bar
Bar Mitzvah
Paul
Them
Newspapers
Star
Ad
Jewish
I emceed in metro Detroit throughout college, and even when I moved to New York, I would actually fly back on a Friday, emcee on a Saturday, and fly back on Sunday so that I could audition during the week. It was a big part of my life.
James Wolk
Life
Fly
Sunday
College
My Life
Big
Back
Would
Emcee
Week
Could
Throughout
Detroit
Part
New
Audition
Friday
Metro
Big Part
York
Moved
New York
Even
Saturday
Actually
In my everyday life, I'm a jeans and button-up shirt kind of guy.
James Wolk
Life
Everyday Life
Everyday
Kind
Guy
Shirt
Jeans
When I was young, my parents made me listen to old music and watch Jimmy Durante. I fell in love with the whole mystique of acting and entertainment.
James Wolk
Love
Music
Me
Entertainment
Old
Made
Parents
Young
Jimmy
Mystique
Fell
Listen
Old Music
Acting
Whole
Watch
Often in television, you read a script and you're amazed that you get the scene given to you.
James Wolk
You
Television
Given
Scene
Read
Amazed
Get
Often
Script
As an actor, you're tied to the writing. You live and die by what's written for you. And you can elevate that to a certain extent, but really, that's your blueprint.
James Wolk
You
Writing
Live
Written
Tied
Die
Blueprint
Really
Certain
Certain Extent
Your
Actor
Elevate
Extent
I just grew up loving acting and loving entertainment.
James Wolk
Entertainment
Up
Just
Grew
Loving
Acting
In Michigan, if you want to act, it's local theater, it's high school theater and it's going to camp and putting on plays in the summer, and I always loved doing that. There was something that just drew me to it.
James Wolk
Me
You
School
Local
Summer
High
High School
Drew
Something
Putting
Always
Doing
Camp
Michigan
Going
Just
Want
Loved
Theater
Act
Plays
When you feel moved by the story, you want to tell that story.
James Wolk
You
Tell
Feel
Moved
Want
Story
The 'Lone Star' experience was tough at the time, but it really allowed me to look at things from a 3,000-foot high view. You can think something is the greatest thing in the world, but, as we know, anything can happen. It really taught me that I always want to make choices that I believe in artistically. No one can take that away from you.
James Wolk
Time
Me
You
Experience
World
Tough
Believe
Think
High
Lone
Something
Take
No-One
Allowed
Know
Look
Make
Greatest
Always
Greatest Thing
Taught
Want
Happen
Anything
Really
Choices
View
Star
Away
Thing
Things
I think you always want to be open to things... it's just the matter of finding something I believe in, finding a character I believe in, and I think that's the way it should always be. I'm looking for things that excite me.
James Wolk
Character
Me
You
Matter
Looking
Believe
Think
Way
Finding
Something
Open
Excite
Always
Just
Want
Should
Things
Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.
James Wolk
You
Respect
People
Doors
Group
Those
Admire
Join
Open
Get
Want
Anytime
Keep
There's a film I did called 'Front of the Class', about a teacher who had Tourette's. That was a beautiful blend of drama and comedy. There's some great moments of levity in the script.
James Wolk
Beautiful
Teacher
Great
Class
Comedy
Drama
Some
About
Great Moments
Had
Blend
Did
Front
Script
Who
Moments
Film
Levity
I like 'Homeland' a lot.
James Wolk
Like
Lot
Homeland
I personally am not a shorts-wearing guy. That goes for any form of shorts, beside sports shorts, that I have to wear.
James Wolk
Sports
Beside
Wear
Guy
Am
Goes
Any
Form
Personally
Shorts
'30 for 30s' are amazing. They're little documentaries and can be anywhere from half an hour to an hour-and-a-half - great sports stories.
James Wolk
Great
Sports
Amazing
Half
Hour
Documentaries
Stories
Anywhere
Little
I was an emcee for bar mitzvahs from age sixteen to twenty-one.
James Wolk
Age
Emcee
Sixteen
Bar
Twenty-One
I learned women never want to hear they have big feet. That's no fun.
James Wolk
Women
Big
No Fun
Never
Feet
Learned
Hear
Want
Fun
By the time I got someone to take my head shot, I'd been acting for nine years!
James Wolk
Time
Nine
Someone
Take
Head
Got
Been
Years
Shot
Acting
By The Time
I had such a broad array of classes, in improvising, in clowning, in Shakespeare. It was so great to just be inundated with all that.
James Wolk
Great
Just Be
Broad
Classes
Inundated
Shakespeare
Had
Array
Improvising
Just
Clowning
Acting is definitely an incredible pursuit, but on the other side, it's a business, and learning where art meets business was a huge lesson for me. The more you can wrap your mind around that idea - that yes, this is my art, but it's tied into business - the more it helps you understand and move past the failures.
James Wolk
Art
Me
You
Business
Learning
Mind
Past
Lesson
Other
Incredible
Side
Meets
Definitely
Wrap
More
Pursuit
Idea
Failures
Tied
Around
Understand
Huge
Yes
Move
Where
Acting
Your
Helps
I'm a person who can't sit still for long.
James Wolk
Long
Sit
Still
Person
Who
I probably don't watch as much television as I should, given what I do.
James Wolk
Television
Given
Much
Should
Watch
As an actor, it's exciting to play a role that's so far from what you are and to have people respond to it like a real human being!
James Wolk
You
People
Human Being
Respond
Exciting
Like
Real
Real Human
Role
Human
Being
Far
Actor
Play
I've always loved doing comedy.
James Wolk
Comedy
Always
Doing
Loved
I'm kind of a goofy guy at heart.
James Wolk
Heart
Kind
Guy
Goofy
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