Women do come up to me, and they tell me what they think! I’ve gotten great compliments on my eyes and my smile. But I don’t see myself as sexy. Jesse L. Martin Read Quote
My biggest break wasn’t ‘Rent;’ it was the first job that ever paid me. I couldn’t believe that they were paying me all that money to go around the country and do Shakespeare. I would have done it for free. Jesse L. Martin Read Quote
If I get the chance to be philanthropic, I want to help kids and teachers. Jesse L. Martin Read Quote
Teaching is a truly noble profession. It’s sad the amount of responsibility that teachers have today. They’re not only teaching kids: they’re raising kids, policing kids – and they don’t make a lot of money. Jesse L. Martin Read Quote
You remember what you go through as a kid, what’s going to make you listen, what’s going to make you respond. I held onto that. People who treated me like that when I was younger got every bit of respect and attention I could give them, because I knew that they were coming at me from almost an equal level. Jesse L. Martin Read Quote
As a student studying acting, I was always broke, so going to see any live theater was almost impossible. Jesse L. Martin Read Quote
I think I might want to get into development, as in developing my own sort of piece, whether it be for the stage or the big screen or for television. Jesse L. Martin Read Quote
Jesse Tyler Ferguson is probably one of the funniest people I’ve ever met in my life. Everything the kid does is funny. I think he tunes his life to being funny. Jesse L. Martin Read Quote
The best decision I made at NYU was joining the Shakespeare ensemble. It literally led to everything I did after that. It gave me the kind of confidence I really needed. Jesse L. Martin Read Quote
