Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by John Wesley Shipp

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Last updated on November 8, 2024.

John Wesley Shipp is an American actor known for his various television roles. He played the lead Barry Allen on CBS's superhero series The Flash from 1990 to 1991, and Mitch Leery, the title character's father, on the drama series Dawson's Creek from 1998 to 2001. Shipp has also played several roles in daytime soap operas including Kelly Nelson on Guiding Light from 1980 to 1984, and Douglas Cummings on As the World Turns from 1985 to 1986. He portrays Barry Allen's father Henry, Earth-2 Flash Jay Garrick, and Earth-90's Barry Allen/The Flash on the current series entitled The Flash on the CW network.

American - Actor | Born: January 22, 1955

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I never want to give up the stage.

John Wesley Shipp

Change does happen, you know?

John Wesley Shipp

I think that whole aura of marriage and family is desirable, especially when you're involved in this kind of business. You want that security in your personal life.

John Wesley Shipp

I don't want The Flash to become a vigilante. I don't want him to abuse the power.

John Wesley Shipp

Comic books have gone mainstream. The audience is there.

John Wesley Shipp

My dad, he would go through these periods of self-doubt. We'd do something that was controversial or that wasn't welcomed by everybody, and he'd go, 'Well, Shirley, our parents cursed us with ethics, and we passed it on to our children.'

John Wesley Shipp

It blows my mind when they call me the O.G. Flash.

John Wesley Shipp

I didn't graduate. I was doing theater in Michigan the summer after my junior year and just moved on to New York.

John Wesley Shipp

If tolerance is the best we can do in this moment, then by all means let's be tolerant. But by stopping there, by merely tolerating each other, we miss so much.

John Wesley Shipp

When I first heard about 'The Flash,' I said, 'No thanks.' I thought I'd just be running around in a union suit.

John Wesley Shipp

The stage is bigger than life. There you are projecting to an audience. In television, you're drawing the camera in to you. And with TV, there isn't that immediate feedback from an audience. You do hours and hours of taping and never get that response.

John Wesley Shipp

I had delusions of being a 'serious actor,' and I wanted to pursue those delusions.

John Wesley Shipp

Inside the magic of the comic book universe, it's just people to people, unguarded humanity overlapping and just getting to interact. The way we get our verdict is going to these conventions.

John Wesley Shipp

Whatever I had to prove in the 'Flash' world about myself as an actor, I proved as Henry Allen.

John Wesley Shipp

Top 14 Quotes & Sayings by John Wesley Shipp

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