James Denton Quotes

• When I came out here, my manager thought that casting directors might think I’m a girl, and when I did Threat Matrix, they thought Jamie was a little light.

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• We’ve all been around love enough to know how lucky we are. I’ve never seen anybody have a cross word on the set, and I’m there a lot. All the women just got brand-new trailers, so they’re happy.

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• This is my third ABC show over the last four years, so we were afraid that nobody would find it. ABC was really struggling and so we just weren’t very confident that it would find an audience.

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• They’re pretty particular about what they show. They certainly edit the scripts and have conversations with the writers about what they are and aren’t willing to portray. But the writers and the network are pretty much on the same page.

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• The promos with all of the beautiful women probably attracted some men, but the mystery story line is pretty cool. It’s got that dark edge, and people will watch anything funny.

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• The cast is so big that you really don’t work very much.

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• The biggest surprise about our marriage is that Erin was out there.

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• Real acting is realistic no matter what the medium.

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• My wife being a trainer helps, because when I’m at home, everything we keep at the house is pretty healthy.

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• My parents were amazing people who had no business being together – and they knew it.

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• My last real job was selling air time for CBS affiliates. I quit that when I was 28, and that was the last real job I had. I beat the system. I’ve been able to do this full-time for almost 15 years.

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• Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it’s fun to know people are watching, and to know that all of your hard work is not sort of wasted.

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• James was my given name, but I was a junior; so I was Jamie as a kid.

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• It’s still about the women. It’s not called Desperate Plumber. People are more interested in cat fights.

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• It was described as S*x and the Suburbs. It’s so not that. Because on S*x and the City, those women told each other everything; on our show, it’s much more like the real suburbs – nobody tells anybody anything. Everything’s a secret.

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• It slows down grocery shopping, because so many women at the store watch the show. I always end up talking to two or three people every time I go to Ralphs. It’s fun.

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• I’ve been on a lot of shows that nobody cared about.

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• I’m pro-choice and those things, but I typically vote Republican.

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• I’m off at least three or four days a week, so it’s a perfect job, really.

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• I’m not a hard-line Republican, because I’m a lot more open-minded than that.

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James Denton (31)

Birth:	20th January, 1963
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor

About

James Thomas Denton, Jr. was born in Nashville, Tennessee, USA. He is an American actor. He is best known for playing Mike Delfino on Desperate Housewives. He began acting at the age of 23, at a community theater in Nashville. He eventually moved to California to become a full-time actor. His role in several films include: That Old Feeling, Beautiful Dreamer, and Undead or Alive. His role in television include: The Pretender(TV series), The Pretender 2001(TV movie), Philly(TV series), and Threat Matrix(TV series).

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