James Van Der Beek

"Being the lead of the show and working a lot of hours - all good stuff, a tremendous education, incredible opportunity, it changed my life - it was a marathon, and by the end of it I was pretty beat."

"I've never really had a problem with the imagination level of an audience. They're always smarter and savvier than any studio exec will give them credit for."

"I believe every religion captures a piece of the truth."

"The more you make fun of yourself and don't try to go for any kind of respect, the more people seem to respect you."

"I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once - then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further."

"I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once, then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further. So, I just keep my private life to myself."