Jake Epstein

I wanted to be a soccer player. And then I wanted to be a rabbi.

— Jake Epstein

I try to keep my private life private.

— Jake Epstein

My sis, Gabi, is also an actor and singer.

— Jake Epstein

I'm always surprised at how many people remember me from 'Degrassi.'

— Jake Epstein

I won the family lottery. I come from the best family in the world.

— Jake Epstein

I'm at the National Theatre School, which is like the Juilliard of Canada.

— Jake Epstein

I am a ordinary teenager. I fall in love like everyone else.

— Jake Epstein

The dream is to originate a role in a show on Broadway. That's the ultimate goal.

— Jake Epstein

If you'd ever told me that my Broadway debut would be playing Spider-Man, I would have laughed in your face.

— Jake Epstein

I grew up in Canada and was a huge Spider-Man fan, and never thought of Spider-Man as an American hero.

— Jake Epstein

I played the drums, and I was in a band called Funkasaurus Rex in Toronto. When I left for school, it became…

— Jake Epstein

I am definitely someone who needs to take a second by myself and stretch and breathe before a show.

— Jake Epstein

'Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow,' if you go through the lyrics, is such a haunting melody, and the words are, for…

— Jake Epstein

The fact is, 'Billy Elliot' is an incredible show, for any age and any gender. 'Degrassi' fans would absolutely fall in love…

— Jake Epstein

What's cool about Spider-Man is that it's everybody - anyone, you put on the suit, anyone believes that you're Spider-Man. That's what's…

— Jake Epstein

I grew up reading comics. I was primarily an 'X-Men' fan, but I definitely dressed up as Spider-Man for Halloween when I…

— Jake Epstein

If I'm ever at a mall or some kind of place where there's a lot of younger girls, some people will recognize…

— Jake Epstein

In Montreal, there is a friend of mine at school who is a jazz pianist with an amazing voice, and we sort…

— Jake Epstein

My dad is a huge folk music fan, so growing up, there were always records playing in my house. Carole King, James…

— Jake Epstein

Obviously, doing TV and doing theater are completely different because they're two totally different mediums. On stage, you worry about your voice…

— Jake Epstein

I did 'Degrassi' for five years in Toronto, and I made the decision to quit the show to go to theatre school,…

— Jake Epstein

The kids all literally think I'm Spider-Man, and they ask me how I shoot my webs. It's flattering and crazy, but it's…

— Jake Epstein

The very first concert I ever went to was a Green Day concert when I was 12 years old, at the Hershey…

— Jake Epstein

There's just nothing funnier or crazier than that - doing your Broadway debut as Spider-Man in 'Spider-Man' the musical. It was, like,…

— Jake Epstein

I really think 'Spring Awakening' is unlike any other show. At the end of the day, I hope people are moved by…

— Jake Epstein

I went to an arts school as a kid. We had to take dance every other day, along with drama, music and…

— Jake Epstein

I was a jock, hardcore sports all the way down the line, but I heard that if you auditioned for this arts…

— Jake Epstein

When I was 12, I played the Artful Dodger in Cameron McKintosh's production of 'Oliver!' when it came to Toronto. Just getting…

— Jake Epstein

The longer I've been doing this, the more I've realized that you have no idea what kinds of roles are possible for…

— Jake Epstein

I came from a huge extended family of musicians.

— Jake Epstein

I'm a pretty upbeat person. I think I sometimes get cast as these brooding types because I bring light and joy, which…

— Jake Epstein

I was very spiritual as a kid. I think I felt and thought about things a lot more deeply than most of…

— Jake Epstein

For those that don't know much about 'American Idiot' or Green Day, just know that it's my generation's The Who's 'Tommy' or…

— Jake Epstein

I really love young Tom Hanks. He's just one of my favorites. He's a great, quirky every-man. I also love Zach Braff.…

— Jake Epstein

I love singing, but I feel very naked and very vulnerable when I'm singing sometimes. With acting, I always think that it…

— Jake Epstein

When I was 9, I auditioned for an arts school in Toronto with a few of my friends. The sole reason we…

— Jake Epstein

I was obsessed with X-Men as a kid, and I would have to go and play every last one of them. My…

— Jake Epstein