Robert Sean Leonard

Robert Sean Leonard
Robert Lawrence Leonard, better known by his stage name Robert Sean Leonard, is an American actor. He is known for playing Dr. James Wilson in the television series Houseand Neil Perry in the film Dead Poets Society. Leonard won a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his performance in The Invention of Love in 2001. His other Broadway credits include Candida, Long Day's Journey Into Night, Breaking the Code, The Speed of Darkness, Philadelphia, Here I...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth28 February 1969
CityWestwood, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
My wife and I are really strange people. We never spend any money.
I think people respect my work, but I was never in one of those movies that made me a star.
My brother is a policeman; my sister's an English teacher. When I hear what they make versus what I make, it's ridiculous.
My career has mostly been jobs I love or cases where I needed money.
I didn't want to be the lead guy. That's too much work. But I thought that it might be fun to be the lead guy's friend. I'd have days off, and still get a paycheck every week.
I'm allergic to the word 'important' in film and theatre. Cancer research is important.
My greatest desire was to be in a sandbox with Kevin Kline or Kenneth Branagh - to be with the people I admired - and I have.
There are a few roles I want to play, but mostly I just want to keep doing a play every now and then, watch kids grow and eat cookies and drink tea.
When I was a kid, it was a little bit exciting working with Peter Weir and Robin Williams, but that faded pretty quickly for me.
As a kid, the theatre always felt a bit like running away to join the circus.
This is kind of a uniquely New York experience, but when you can't afford an apartment nicer than the place you're renting, there's something so inherently depressing about it.
I want to know everything there is to know about Lewis and Clark. And I want to do the Sunday crossword in less than an hour. I want to be the best dad in the world. I want to play Richard II, and I want to win another Tony award.
Any time the character is in a moral quandary is interesting. That's been true from the Greeks on down.
I probably haven't even seen ten of the films I've done. I don't get a joy out of it, and I don't go to the movies.