Jordan Gavaris

Toronto is actually way more fast-paced than L.A. - I find the fast-paced nature of Toronto a bit obtrusive. In L.A., I…

— Jordan Gavaris

You cannot collectively, as a society, decide that you are only going to represent one part of a minority. It's like saying…

— Jordan Gavaris

Sometimes animal exercises can help you get in touch with parts of yourself that you don't access day to day. In my…

— Jordan Gavaris

As an actor, you don't want to know the beginning and end to your character's arc. It makes it more fun. You're…

— Jordan Gavaris

I was one of those kids who kept trying on different skins in high school. I was very afraid to be myself…

— Jordan Gavaris

I don't win anything in life, you know what I mean? I was, like, the awkward kid who didn't go to prom,…

— Jordan Gavaris

I think that the worst thing as an actor is to fall into a monotony with characters.

— Jordan Gavaris

People are very uncomfortable when you call actors artists because there are a lot of actors out there that aren't artists -…

— Jordan Gavaris

I absolutely believed Jake Gyllenhaal and Heath Ledger loved each other in 'Brokeback Mountain.'

— Jordan Gavaris

As I got into middle school, I was really an outcast. But everybody was an outcast in middle school. I don't know…

— Jordan Gavaris

One time, I was literally stopped on the street, literally and physically whipped around by this guy who looked at my face…

— Jordan Gavaris

I just don't know when, as a society... it sort of only became OK to represent gay people in the traditional sense,…

— Jordan Gavaris

I love Tom Wilkinson and Tommy Lee Jones as well as Jessica Chastain. But the person I look up to most, not…

— Jordan Gavaris

I hope that one day, the world gets to a place where you don't need to politicize your sexuality any more than…

— Jordan Gavaris

The artistic side of a person is never narcissist; it's always empathic. It's always kind and compassionate.

— Jordan Gavaris

I consume a lot of television and a lot of movies, and I love watching other actors work and am just very…

— Jordan Gavaris

For 'Orphan Black,' all I got was the pilot script, and that was enough for me. I was daydreaming about this part.…

— Jordan Gavaris

TV is art. It's mass art. It's accessible to the masses.

— Jordan Gavaris

I am full of optimism. The world hasn't beaten it out of me yet. And I'm going to work very hard to…

— Jordan Gavaris

I'm a bit of a geek, and I really like 'Buffy.'

— Jordan Gavaris

Generally the things you get offered are never things you want to do. It's a continual fight for the good parts. As…

— Jordan Gavaris

As an actor, you don't want to know the beginning and end to your character's arc. It makes it more fun. You're…

— Jordan Gavaris

I think the narcissism comes from the industry side of things. The artistic side of a person is never narcissist; it's always…

— Jordan Gavaris

I'm interested in telling a story about a gay man and what he's going through as an artist and as a lonely,…

— Jordan Gavaris

Television is blue-collar work. You clock in in the morning; you work 12, 13 hours - sometimes 18 hours if you're doing 'Orphan Black.'

— Jordan Gavaris