Jake T. Austin Quotations

With voice over work, you need to convey as much emotion as you can without making any physical movements, so it's hard. You've got to visualize everything.

Having constant supporters and people who are always there and always giving back and knowing that they're loving what you're doing is always awesome to see.

I was born and raised in New York, so I was blessed - or some say cursed - with a strong New York accent.

My best feature would have to be my hair. That sounds so cliche - but my hair is like a separate entity.

I've never been innocent, but I don't think I'm a bad kid! I didn't get voted prom king. I was kind of the dancer, the performer, but I was always very athletic, too.

I'm pretty versatile. I'm able to adapt to an environment and the way I view things based on who I'm with.

I have to at least get a couple weekends in where I can just be on Santa Monica beach or Malibu and just ride the waves.

I stay active and choose to associate myself with like-minded people.

I always feel a bit vulnerable when I begin a new project, especially when I am playing a character with either a troubled past or unique personality.

It is important for me to truly understand the people I am portraying and their struggles, in order to give an honest performance.

Nobody can ever be fully prepared to deal with a new, painful situation. Sometimes I react with patience and sometimes I react by doing something impulsive. But I always learn from such experiences.

I try to keep myself grounded and to stay true to who I am through every experience, positive or negative.

Being receptive to what is happening around me gives me inspiration and feeds my desire to create.

My biggest life lesson is that money cannot buy happiness.

If you are born into a family with little money but a lot of love, you will find yourself more content than one who is born with a silver spoon and an empty home.

One truth I know for sure is that I am so blessed in my life.

I love my fans unconditionally. They have been supportive of me through everything, and I would not be here, giving this interview to you, without them.

Listening to my fans and seeing love and support through social media from them is what I live for.

It is important to always love what you do and do what you love. This is my mentality towards my career and my personal life.

A general message to "everyone" on the planet would go something along the lines of, "Make Love, Not War."

Accepting new challenges makes me come alive.

It's important to have a fallback and other activities that keep you interested. I started acting when I was about nine or 10 years old. My father was a midtown firefighter so I always wanted to be a firefighter, but then acting came along. I have to have a plan B.

'The Glass Menagerie' by Tennessee Williams is a great play. I had to read it for school when I was younger, but I started writing scripts after that. That's what got me into writing.