David Walton Quotes

“I definitely had a wild phase.”

― David Walton

“Once I started working as a professional actor, it was like, ‘Bye-bye waiting tables, bye-bye bartending, bye-bye all the cliched jobs actors do.’ But after a year of not getting work, there’s this really difficult conflict, like, ‘Do I have to go back to being a waiter when people recognize me from a show?’”

― David Walton

“I think what’s most fun is playing someone who’s sort of selfish and in a lot of ways unlikeable, but there’s this really big heart underneath it that you get little glimpses of.”

― David Walton

“Teasing was big in my family, and there is a wonderful way to tease and make people feel more loved.”

― David Walton

“My family took me to church when I was like 4 years old, and I had to be in a pageant, and I was playing Jesus.”

― David Walton

“The first movie that made me cry was ‘Dead Poets Society.’ That one gets me. ‘O Captain! My Captain!’ That moment kills me.”

― David Walton

“I grew up around a lot of feminine energy.”

― David Walton

“That’s what I like about acting. You don’t know where you’ll be in year.”

― David Walton

“I’d play the same character for ten years if the words and the moments that I’m playing are authentic.”

― David Walton

“It’s always the most fun to play that guy who, like, doesn’t have a filter – that really speaks exactly what they’re feeling.”

― David Walton

“I love Jim and Pam at ‘The Office.’”

― David Walton

“My wife is a very talented singer. She sang a lot on ‘Roswell,’ and I am embarrassed to sing around her.”

― David Walton

“I actively avoided responsibility for as long as I possibly could.”

― David Walton

“I graduated from Brown in 2001, moved to New York, and spent a year and a half just looking up ‘Backstage’ magazine auditions and grinding.”

― David Walton

“Just because you get a show and it gets on the air doesn’t mean jack. It certainly means that you’ll be considered for stuff, but you’ve got to fight and claw to get every job.”

― David Walton

“I love tennis. I’ve played it my whole life. Loved it since the age of three. I had an injury, so from the age of 13 to 24 I didn’t play much. Then when I moved out to L.A., there were so many tennis courts that I rekindled the love.”

― David Walton

“The idea of doing a tennis movie is truly unbelievable to me. Well, first of all, they don’t really exist.”

― David Walton

“Sports movies are a genre that I really respond to, but they can be done really poorly and really fall short. The good ones are just so good and inspiring and make you feel good.”

― David Walton

“My first series, I wouldn’t even know where to get a clip of it. It was called ‘Cracking Up.’ It was on ‘FOX’ in 2004.”

― David Walton

“I’m not jaded yet. I’m still at the point where, if someone comes up to me with great energy, I’m happy to meet them.”

― David Walton

“I like to think everyone is pretty weird but they don’t show it.”

― David Walton

“From the age of 4 or 5, I loved to make people laugh.”

― David Walton

“Being on stage was all about the palpable energy of a rapt audience hopefully buying into a life onstage. The immediate connection with the audience was the best part for me. The camera is not as fun, but your work is preserved forever. There’s immortality to it.”

― David Walton

“I played the guitar in ninth grade. My sister’s friend went on a semester abroad, and she left the guitar at our house for nine months.”

― David Walton

“It’s so hard to make a comedy pilot and have a cool idea.”

― David Walton

“Boston has a lot of European qualities to it, and one of them is the charm of its above-ground trollies.”

― David Walton

“Boston is so laced with jerseys that you can be dressed head to toe in team apparel and no one will look twice.”

― David Walton

“To be perfectly honest, I’ve gotten attention from gay men for a long time.”

― David Walton

“I love being around cool, fun guys, so I’ve always enjoyed talking to gay men. Maybe it’s because I’m an inherent flirt, but it just feels very natural.”

― David Walton

“I have straight married friends that other friends think are gay, and I have gay friends who don’t throw that vibe at all. I know there’s a full range out there, but I feel that gay men who aren’t flamboyant are underrepresented on-screen.”

― David Walton

“Public perception is obviously important to an actor’s career.”

― David Walton

“I think a lot of guys you see – there seems to be this thing where you can have all the fun in the world, but in the end of the day, there’s no one to share it with.”

― David Walton

“I’ve been in a talent show, yeah. They are terrifying. The most nerve-wracking experience of your life, I’d say.”

― David Walton

“I’m trying to think how I impressed my wife. We had an on-stage kiss, and I really went for it. Because I liked her. Usually you can get away with it being just technical, but it was a problem when I ended up kissing my wife on the set. I’d say I stopped acting and kissed her on set.”

― David Walton

“There’s a lot of young actors and people who have success very quickly who kind of expect it or don’t have the experience to really appreciate it.”

― David Walton

“I always try to be cautiously optimistic.”

― David Walton

“It’s funny how when your kids get sick, they get even cuter when they have a stuffed nose and they mouth breathe.”

― David Walton

“I’ve always felt like I’ve been in good shows.”

― David Walton

“Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren’t true.”

― David Walton

“Jason Katims creates truly relatable three-dimensional people you fall in love with right away. Jason always puts a lot of heart into what he does. He has a way of touching your emotional core in a life-affirming way. And he’s a great show runner.”

― David Walton

“With a lot of comedies, the characters go on a journey, and they come back, and they’re the exact same people.”

― David Walton

“There are a lot of techniques for developing a character.”

― David Walton

“If you do good work, you start to make a name for yourself and things can come around. Weird little happenstances happen.”

― David Walton

“The first season of a show is kind of like an extended pilot. You’re only really on the map if it goes a second season.”

― David Walton

“I had no idea how to make it as an actor. But I knew I wanted to.”

― David Walton

“In this fragmented world, with such short attention spans, you’ve got a couple of episodes to make an impression. And if you don’t, you start to lose your audience in a big way.”

― David Walton

“Everyone can write jokes and makes things clever.”

― David Walton

“When I watch a comedy that’s just hitting you over the head with jokes constantly, some really hit, but if they miss, you’re like, ‘Eh.’”

― David Walton

“I have a psychology degree, but I was a real theater rat.”

― David Walton

“At one point, I was seriously considering playing Huck Finn in a production in Northern Maine in the dead of winter.”

― David Walton

“I think me having kids is helpful. It opens up a new little area of your heart.”

― David Walton

“When a character does something appalling but you still want to root for them, I find that the most exciting challenge to play, if you can pull it off. You’re not supposed to like it, but you can’t help it.”

― David Walton

“I lived in Koreatown for five years, and I lived blocks away from about seven karaoke bars.”

― David Walton

“I love Boston, and at some point, my plan is to have a home back there.”

― David Walton

“Hockey on roller skates is like MMA in a bounce house: the elements are there, but the medium makes the whole thing ridiculous.”

― David Walton

“I am not a man in decent shape.”

― David Walton

“My wife likes the hockey smell because it’s the smell of a warrior.”

― David Walton

“If you don’t know how to play hockey, learn. If you quit, get back out there.”

― David Walton

“I think people always respond to real moments.”

― David Walton

“In TV, you may think your character’s one thing for two episodes, and then the third episode it could be something different.”

― David Walton

“Chemistry’s a funny thing. It can be instantaneous, but it helps when you know someone.”

― David Walton

“I kind of go where the wind blows, and TV has just been how I make a living so far.”

― David Walton

“It’s just nice to be employed.”

― David Walton

“People only see you as your last role, so it’s hard to break out of that.”

― David Walton