Doug Jones Quotations

I'm a very happy-go-lucky lover of all mankind as a person in real life. So when I play a darker character, I have to tap into something that isn't my natural way, and what I found was that I think human beings have the potential for all of these emotions.

I learned mime back when I was in college, at Ball State University, Indiana. That woke up my body from the neck down and made me realize that acting and communication - portraying a story, event, or emotion - is a full-body experience.

I really connect with every character that I've played, just because I kinda have to; as an actor, you want to take them in and get to know them and like them; because they're evil, you kinda have to like them so that you can understand them and play them and play them with some kind of empathy.

My wife and I have never been able to have kids of our own. Physically, it's impossible. The doctor checked. So we tend to unofficially adopt lots of twenty-somethings. I have a real soft spot in my heart for youth.

I'm not usually the guy who has people hiding in his bushes and saying, 'Will you love me forever and ever?'

I have such freedom when I'm living through a mask, and by contrast, can feel very exposed when a camera is capturing my real face. Kind of like the difference between walking out your front door in a sweater and jeans or in a Speedo.

I've never hidden my Christianity in Hollywood, and I've been handled respectfully because I handle the issue and other people respectfully.

I can put my legs behind my head, but that's pretty much it. An early agent said to me, 'If you can put your legs behind your head, let's say you're a contortionist!' So I got sent out for everything twisty and bendy. It's a good conversation starter.

People who know your work and know your personality, they know your strengths and weaknesses. A director like Guillermo del Toro, he knows more about me than I do. I trust him when he tells me what part I'm going to be playing in something, because he's envisioned that that can only be done by me. He knows it.

That's what I love about geeks, that they can call themselves a geek and be proud of it. I love that. I even have a necklace with the word 'geek' spelled out in rhinestones, and I'm very proud, myself.

When you're on camera, even though you try to lose yourself in the character, you are aware that there is a camera there capturing every moment of it visually. With doing a voiceover job, you are worried about the sound of it, and you have to make all those visual colors come out with your sound.

The gaming world is a complete mystery to me! Well, I did play Pac Man and Frogger using big machines at an arcade back in the '80s.

My favorite thing to pass the time in the makeup chair is YouTube videos of talking cats. I don't know why, but they make me laugh.

My very favorite costumed character I've played would be Abe Sapien from the 'Hell Boy' movies. I love this guy.

Whether it's t-shirt and jeans or full monster suit, I'm still an actor underneath it all, and a good director is going to know that.

That's kind of how my jobs have happened over the years. It's been referrals throughout the creature effects/make-up world. The drawings happen, and they see that it's a tall, skinny thing, and they go, 'Let's get Doug Jones for that.'

To me I don't deal with stress well at all, and it is stressful enough for me to deal with my own one character. So if I had to deal with all the characters and the special effects, and the editing and make the writing tweaks and do everything the director does, that would drive me to an early grave, and I just can't do it.

I am kind of a freak of nature who has loose joints, and I was able to put my legs behind my head, and it looked weird to people when I was a kid, so I kept doing it. It's a great party gag.

I'm surprised how many commercials and sitcoms and movies have a need for, 'We just need something to come by the camera that's really weird.' They call Doug Jones.

When I came out to Hollywood in 1985, I thought that I would be sitcom star. I'm a tall, skinny, goofy guy. I thought that I would make a great funny neighbor, or wacky office mate, in a sitcom.

She was beaten, tear-gassed and jailed at 11 years old, marching with her community for the right to vote.

Maybe it's unfair but it's a separation of church and state issue.

For me, these are exciting times because people are starting to realize how much of an influence student health has on academics. On the downside, trying to do more with less is very challenging.

I think (the NFL's) product is good, but it's tenfold better because of the gambling aspect. It's all about the adrenaline rush you get from having something on the line. I just can't get that from merely watching a game start to finish.

I think the challenge is in schools trying to find a way to address the 30 minutes a day of physical activity without interfering with academic progress and how this is going to be done with a limited number of (physical education) teachers, limited space and limited time.

We're not sure what the motive was, but for safety reasons we advise motorists to use cell phones and call the police.

We were thinking it could be Categorical Exclusion.

We are sucking out all the debris so in the next rain they can drain.

Every other Sutter hospital has recognized the importance of our reasonable requests. What is wrong with Eden Medical Center? An industry standard contract directly improves the quality of care our patients would receive. I do not want to strike, but like the caregivers who walked the picket line for nine weeks at CPMC, I am willing to do whatever it takes.

The ride's boring, ... but it is fun because I don't have to go to school and I get to see my grandma and grandpa and aunt and uncle.

The scope of his new proposal has grown so much that there's no way we can do it with a Categorical Exclusion (CE).

The suspect told him he was out of gas. The victim noticed a red Chevrolet S-10 pick-up truck on the shoulder. The suspect told him it was his truck.

There was pressure on everyone to get this resolved. Having the sword of Damocles over the company's head affected the value of the company. No one wanted to see this company go into bankruptcy.

This jury knows Chris McNair. I didn't need to parade a ton of character witnesses up there. They know him. They voted for him for the last 30 years. We're very satisfied.

It's just the fact of having the kids be a year older, a year in the weight room, and a year of just being familiar with me and the staff and the program's philosophy and expectations. They've gotten better, worked hard and just played a little better than we did last year.

It's a sad day for a lot of people, not just in Birmingham but around the country.

It was a workable bomb. It could have done some real damage.

It's absurd. It's been a systematic investigation since four months after he was sworn into office in 1999. In this country, we are not supposed to investigate individuals. We are supposed to investigate alleged criminal activities.

It's so early. That's what I told the kids. I'm pleased and all that, but every game, the standings can change a lot.

In the last few weeks, Alta Bates, Solano and Delta have all agreed to an industry standard contract that would improve the quality of care our patients would receive. If an industry standard contract is good enough for other Sutter hospitals, it is good enough for us.

I don't see them as two different positions,

I don't want to have my fate tied to an old, raggedy T-shirt or a pair of underwear.