Victor Garber
Victor Garber
Victor Joseph Garber is a Canadian film, stage and television actor and singer. He is known for playing Jesus in Godspell, John Wilkes Booth in Assassins, Jack Bristow in the television series Alias, Max in Lend Me a Tenor, Thomas Andrews in James Cameron's Titanic, and Ken Taylor, Canadian Ambassador to Iran, in Argo. He currently guest stars as Dr. Martin Stein on The Flash and stars as a regular on Legends of Tomorrow...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth16 March 1949
CityLondon, Canada
CountryCanada
I have been very impressed to see how Jennifer has stepped into this role and taken it to another level and I love working with her.
I think theatre in L.A. is really risk.
My theory about Jack is that he's not a very good parent.
I find it exhilarating to pick up the script on my front porch and read it for the first time and see what the story is all about.
I don't know how directors do it. They must have so much going on in their head all the time. I don't think that's ever going to happen to me.
Each person shows something different, in every challenge that they come across.
Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one's personality.
We, some cast members and I, even went on a weekend trip together and spent the weekend at an inn, because we enjoy each other's company so much, and it was so cool.
The only set thing I do is that I really, really memorize the lines. I've gotta be so comfortable with the words.
Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they've given me more.
What I realized was how difficult an hour show is and how miserable you can be if you're not happy doing it.
I grew up in the theater, and you can't improvise Shakespeare and Ibsen. You have to speak the language. But obviously, in a contemporary film, there's often room for improvisation and spontaneous things that happen. As long as I know what I'm trying to achieve in the scene, and when something comes up, I know that the response is genuine, I'm comfortable. That's really how I build everything.
I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he's on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.
I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.