Top 28 Quotes & Sayings by Jonathan Brandis

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Jonathan Brandis.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Jonathan Gregory Brandis was an American actor. Beginning his career as a child model, Brandis moved on to acting in commercials and subsequently won television and film roles. Brandis made his acting debut in 1982 as Kevin Buchanan on the soap opera One Life to Live. In 1990, he portrayed Bill Denbrough in the television miniseries It. Also in 1990, he starred as Bastian Bux in The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter. In 1993, at the age of 17, he was cast in the role of teen prodigy Lucas Wolenczak on the NBC series seaQuest DSV. The character was popular among teenage viewers, and Brandis regularly appeared in teen magazines. Brandis died by suicide in 2003 following a period of heavy drinking and career setbacks.

American - Actor | April 13, 1976 - November 12, 2003

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My friends would probably describe me as silly. And honest. And that I think about things a bit too much.

Jonathan Brandis

I like strong girls, as long as they don't get snappish. And furthermore I think it important that you are good buddies and she does not get angry when you don't have your day.

Jonathan Brandis

I do look forward to doing things in the future that I haven't done before. Do you know what I have always dreamt about? Playing a serial killer!

Jonathan Brandis

And sometimes I sit down to write, because that is what I like to do more and more in the future.

Jonathan Brandis

As an actor you have one great fear: pimples!

Jonathan Brandis

Roy Schneider was cool. I learned quite a bit from him.

Jonathan Brandis

I am the farthest thing from a computer genius.

Jonathan Brandis

I mean, I try to say the right things and give the right advice. But still, I'm only a person.

Jonathan Brandis

I would like to direct in the future, but I am in no hurry with that.

Jonathan Brandis

My biggest fear as an actor is being involved in something mediocre, or being mediocre myself.

Jonathan Brandis

I do remember that I was sitting in the make-up chair before the shoots for a commercial or film or other, and I thought: Sometime soon they are going to make a close-up of me and millions of people can see how many pimples I've got on my cheeks.

Jonathan Brandis

One time I can stand fiddling in front of the mirror for an hour and another time I think: well hack, this is just the best it can get. Only if I have to go to work I really try to look fantastic.

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When you're young, you should live out every weekend. Even if you look like a scarecrow, you just gotta go!

Jonathan Brandis

I think it's all about how much you love, understand and can relate to the material you are given.

Jonathan Brandis

I don't like being told someone's interpretation of something that I do.

Jonathan Brandis

Furthermore I will just have to see what the future will bring me. But a change of food whets the appetite.

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My mother is my manager and so knows exactly what I do and so on.

Jonathan Brandis

I want to direct, I want to be part of something creative, something with quality.

Jonathan Brandis

Allthough that doesn't happen often lately, I like to read exciting thrillers and those kinky magazines.

Jonathan Brandis

I think that my biggest role models are people that have maybe struggled for a while and then finally gotten to their destination.

Jonathan Brandis

However, I hope I am also judged on my accomplishments as an actor and not just on my pretty face!

Jonathan Brandis

Because the series is situated in the next century, and for the most part under water, there are many innovative technical gadgets. It's a kind of StarTrek. When I first came there, I was really impressed myself.

Jonathan Brandis

It's of course understandable that people want to know about actors in their favourite series.

Jonathan Brandis

I attended a very small junior high and specially in the end that became a disaster. The principal was pretty senile and a drunk, so the children more or less runned the school.

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I want to be remembered as an actor who put in some good work in the beginning of his career, even better work at the end of his career and slowly, successfully made the transition into writing and directing.

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I dont like being told someones interpretation of something that I do.

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Teen magazines keep writing that my eyes ´twinkle´ when I talk. Look, I´m a guy. I don´t twinkle, you know! You can say that my eyes ´sparkle´ maybe, but not ´twinkle´ alright? Got that teen magazine writers?!

Jonathan Brandis

I do look forward to doing things in the future that I havent done before. Do you know what I have always dreamt about? Playing a serial killer!

Jonathan Brandis