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Jamey Sheridan

(1951) Actor

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Jamey Sheridan is an actor.

Quick Facts About Jamey Sheridan

Born: July 12, 1951
Profession: Actor

About Jamey Sheridan

[Wikidata] American actor... | [Wikipedia] James Patrick Sheridan is an American actor known for playing a wide range of roles in theater, film, and television. He is known for Randall Flagg in The Stand (1994), Captain James Deakins on Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2006), and Robert Queen on Arrow (2012–2019).

Quotes by Jamey Sheridan

Because I was writing verse, my instructor suggested I study Shakespeare. The Shakespeare teacher insisted you couldn't understand the text without seeing…

Feet

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Next time I do a play, I want to go out of town. I don't like the idea of opening in New…

New

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My father was Australian.

Australian

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I worked at the New York Civil Liberties Union as a starving actor in the early '80s. I was in love with…

Actor

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Acting didn't come and just clip me on the nose.

Acting

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It seems to me, in this culture, you need to have a subsidy to do theatre, not that I put theatre above…

Anything

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I'm like a guy hanging down from a horse's belly trying to establish control. On a scale of 1 to 100, I'm…

Control

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Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin were two guys I liked a lot.

Adam

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If someone asks me to play myself, I've got problems. There's more pain involved.

More

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In the theater, we used to have four weeks of glorious rehearsals.

Four

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I always thought I was a fairly meek individual.

Always

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I've kind of done everything late.

Done

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I think life is a little more basic here in Australia. There aren't so many distractions. People seem to feel they can…

Australia

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'Criminal Intent' scripts are very good. Like others involved in 'Law & Order' stuff, I've come to appreciate the lack of 'soap,'…

Crime

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I have no regrets. I can't think of a regret.

No regrets

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Television allows for survival, which is the basic issue for me. You have to decide how much money is enough. You can't…

Better

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I'm just after the best script I can get.

Best

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I wanted the opportunity to work with Judy Davis and Simon Wincer.

Judy

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With 'Chicago Hope,' I'm seeing if anyone will like me again.

Again

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It's funny, but as time goes by, I get stopped in airports all the time, and it's always about 'Shannon's Deal.'

About

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Every lawyer is an actor. The place where a lawyer's acting ability shines most is certainly in the courtroom, but it works…

Ability

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