Jason Ritter
Jason Ritter
Jason Morgan Ritteris an American actor, and the son of actress Nancy Morgan and late actor John Ritter, known for his roles as Kevin Girardi in the television series Joan of Arcadia, as Sean Walker in the NBC series The Event, and as the voice of Dipper Pines in Gravity Falls. He also played the recurring role of Mark Cyr in the NBC television series Parenthood, for which he received an Emmy Award nomination...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Actor
Date of Birth17 February 1980
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I've certainly auditioned for big budget studio films. I don't know if it's because there's so much money involved, but a lot of times the pressure overwhelms me and engulfs me. I end up falling apart in the audition.
I think as far as I've been able to understand from my friends that I went to college with and things like that is that it almost seems like Russian Roulette when you're coming out of the closet to your parents.
I think at a certain point actors need to start taking responsibility for the kinds of stories they want to tell.
One of the fun things as an actor is to find a character that if you were to look up a rap sheet about them, you might say, 'I don't really necessarily want to hang out with this guy' or 'I would never be this kind of guy in my life.' I think it's part of an actor's job to say, 'Maybe you could be.'
I spend a fair amount of time on my computer, but I don't hack into anything. I have to open the manual and follow instructions.
I do exercises on my Wii. It's nice to have games that keep you active. It's an excuse to play video games.
Acting is a craft, and you need to study to be an actor.
I think I would cope like anyone copes with any tragedy. I'm sure I would be very upset for a while and then there would come a point where I would either have to stay in this place of darkness and anger, or I'd have to accept that it happened.
Your fears never go away. You just get more comfortable ignoring them.
Even if I tried to be my dad, it would be a mediocre, slightly embarrassing version.
A lot of times I would go into a room and audition for whatever sitcom it was and they would expect me to do sort of what my dad was doing and I am not him so they would be disappointed and I would feel nervous and not know exactly how to do it.
There's something about being rejected - when I go out without my friends, I'm reminded of how I'm actually quite antisocial. I don't look like a guy who feels like that, but it's very hard for me to start up a conversation. At a party, I'm lost.
I'm always frightened away by movies that lower the bar on our endeavor to learn more about the crazy weird creatures that we are.
I'm a bit too much of a people pleaser and that can be frustrating for people in your life.