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Jake Busey

(1971) Actor United States

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Jake Busey is an actor from the United States.

Quick Facts About Jake Busey

Born: June 15, 1971
Nationality: United States
Profession: Actor

About Jake Busey

William Jacob Busey is an American actor. Among his most prominent roles have been serial killer Johnny Bartlett in The Frighteners (1996), Ace Levy in Starship Troopers (1997), Kyle Brenner in Tomcats (2001), Aiden Tanner in the television series From Dusk till Dawn: The Series (2014–2016), and Sean H. Keyes in The Predator (2018) and Predator: Hunting Grounds (2020). Busey also appears as a journalist in the third season of Stranger Things.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Jake Busey

Being a dad is the best thing that ever happened to me. It changed my life entirely.

Being

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Let's say you would see me in a lot more big movies had I done movies that I'd been asked to do…

Asked

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If you're not in someone's face, they're not going to remember you. So get yourself back into an acting class; get a…

Acting

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The first film I was in was called 'Straight Time.' I was five-years old, and I was playing my father's son.

Cinema

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My father is a man with a great capacity for love and a huge heart, which has led him to be somewhat…

Capacity

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I love... What's gratifying to me is when you make/create a character and a human being, a person who lives entirely and…

Being

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I have a band called Sons of the Lawless.

Band

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Oh yeah, 'Starship Troopers' was one of the best experiences of my life, and I made some lifelong friends.

Best

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I'm purely most happy on a film or television set. That's where I feel I am home.

Am

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Life is unpredictable when you get non-standard behavior patterns.

Behavior

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'Swingers' was a little closer to what my real experience was. 'Crazy Eyes,' whoever's experience that is, I'm telling you what, that…

Closer

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Oh, my father's had a huge, immense impact on my career. I grew up on movie sets that he was working on,…

Because

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I had some downtime with my career and... I got complacent.

Career

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I don't have a favorite role because there's been so many films that I've done that I've really enjoyed.

Because

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I go on at least 2-3 auditions a week in the pursuit of more work. So I'm constantly working on material and…

Always

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I had my airplane, and I'd use it as a car whenever I could. If the drive was going to be longer…

Airplane

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I'm looking at everything with a clear eye and an attitude of acceptance rather than skepticism. I realized, this isn't a career…

Acceptance

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I just didn't lock into being in the right role in the right big movie and it going huge. I did never…

Am

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I like showing the gritty truthful dark side of humanity.

Dark

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