Jesse Plemons

I grew up in a town outside of Waco, Texas, and we had 30 acres.

— Jesse Plemons

It would drive me crazy if I picked roles with the goal of being a leading man. You never know what you're…

— Jesse Plemons

Every role I take on, I try and bring my best and to be as honest as possible. I try not to…

— Jesse Plemons

I'm going to try to keep believing that if you do good work, people will keep calling. Whenever that fails, I'll just…

— Jesse Plemons

I played with a band in Austin when I was doing 'Friday Night Lights.' It was a blast.

— Jesse Plemons

My focus is to grow, have fun, and work with people who inspire me, like Philip Seymour Hoffman.

— Jesse Plemons

I love playing guitar. I grew up with my dad playing. But acting is definitely the forefront, I guess I'd say, in…

— Jesse Plemons

I think it would be fun to walk around in Bill Murray's mind for a while.

— Jesse Plemons

Right after 'Friday Night Lights' ended, I was in sort of an existential crisis.

— Jesse Plemons

I look at someone like Chris Pratt with such admiration.

— Jesse Plemons

I grew up in a tiny town in Texas, so I understood the world of high school football.

— Jesse Plemons

There are early videos of me at three years old with a tiny guitar trying to sing 'Friends in Low Places' by…

— Jesse Plemons

I don't think I'm a slacker, but I don't have aspirations to, like, conquer Hollywood. Or the world. Or anything.

— Jesse Plemons

With 'Friday Night Lights,' we were encouraged to make it our own and improvise as much as we wanted.

— Jesse Plemons

I think that's the great thing about all 'Black Mirror' episodes - it really leaves you with this feeling of not knowing…

— Jesse Plemons

In middle school, I played quarterback. I was at a tiny school, so you played offense and defense - I played linebacker,…

— Jesse Plemons

I'm always open to anything. I haven't been that selective, I've just been fortunate to get projects I'm excited about. It's a…

— Jesse Plemons

'Friday Night Lights' was kind of like my college years because I did four seasons of that. It was my first series.…

— Jesse Plemons

The reason you want to act is to continue to explore every different part of the human psyche.

— Jesse Plemons

I don't feel competitive toward other actors. I'm competitive with myself.

— Jesse Plemons

It seems to work out that following anything you do, you are pretty much approached with versions of the last thing people…

— Jesse Plemons

Awards shows... I just feel like a fish out of water at those things.

— Jesse Plemons

I guess I would like to play some more extroverts.

— Jesse Plemons

I grew up half the time in a small town called Mart, Texas, and half the time in L.A., because I was…

— Jesse Plemons

Usually, nerds on TV are completely stereotypical, like Urkel, or they're not really so nerdy.

— Jesse Plemons