My dad was a journalist. He was in Rwanda right after the genocide. In Berlin when the wall came down. He was always disappearing and coming back with amazing stories. So telling stories for a living made sense to me. Patrick J. Adams Read Quote
I fell in love with acting, just going to a lot of plays. My parents went to a lot of plays, and I went to a lot of schools that would get plays for kids. Patrick J. Adams Read Quote
I just love shows that don’t hand everything to you, that ask you to be smarter. I think that’s something really important that HBO has done to change the landscape of TV. Patrick J. Adams Read Quote
I do think we have a responsibility to be aware of the stories we’re telling and how those stories will be interpreted and what sorts of value systems we’re celebrating. Patrick J. Adams Read Quote
There was a small window when I wanted to be an astronaut. It may have coincided with not getting cast in a high school play. Patrick J. Adams Read Quote
I’ve definitely gotten a few jobs by pretending like I knew what I was talking about. Patrick J. Adams Read Quote
I was really a charmer; I was the guy who would get to the office, the principal would sit me down and within 10 minutes, we’d be, like, talking about some movies or something. Patrick J. Adams Read Quote
I always travel with one book. I’ll read it and then leave it for someone else, and take another book. Patrick J. Adams Read Quote
I was fired from an NBC sitcom called ‘Friends With Benefits.’ I was wrong for the part from the beginning, didn’t even want to audition, and kept thinking, ‘This isn’t funny at all.’ Patrick J. Adams Read Quote
