Tim DeKay Quotes

• To be honest, I don't think there's anything more exciting than an empty stadium. When you see it empty like that, all you see is possibility.

  Tim DeKay

  Thinking, Honest, Empty

  "‘White Collar’ Star Tim DeKay On Directing, Playing Catch In Yankee Stadium And More" By Crystal Bell, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 20, 2012.

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• White Collar' is a show about the unlikely pairing of an FBI agent and an ex-con solving smart, glamorous, interesting and provocative crimes in a sometimes very funny way.

  Tim DeKay

  Smart, Fbi Agents, White

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• I was a baseball player. I played in high school and a little bit in college. I was a catcher. I don't know if I could have played any other position. As a catcher, you're always on the ball.

  Tim DeKay

  Baseball, School, Player

  "‘White Collar’ Star Tim DeKay On Directing, Playing Catch In Yankee Stadium And More". Interview with Crystal Bell, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 20, 2012.

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• In order to be able to work with somebody in acting, you've first got to think that person's a good actor before you can enjoy working with them. I guess that goes with the trust.

  Tim DeKay

  Thinking, Order, Acting

  Source: www.movieweb.com

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• I was young enough to certainly realize the excitement of how popular 'Seinfeld' was.

  Tim DeKay

  Excitement, Realizing, Enough

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• In the evening, since I have a lot of friends in theater, we might take in a Deaf West production in North Hollywood, or, since I'm a member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, they have screenings that are really great.

  Tim DeKay

  Art, Hollywood, Lots Of Friends

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• It is quite different, but I love doing a series because you get to live with a character for a much longer amount of time. And the other aspect of it is that you have a steady job.

  Tim DeKay

  Jobs, Character, Different

  "My Favorite Weekend: Tim DeKay of 'White Collar'". Interview with Mark Sachs, articles.latimes.com. July 16, 2010.

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• Doing 'White Collar,' quite often my character goes undercover, so therein lies the compounding of the imagination. I get to play Peter Burke and then someone else when Peter Burke goes undercover.

  Tim DeKay

  Lying, Character, Play

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• For a good workout, I go to At One Fitness in North Hollywood, where my trainer, Jon Allsop, puts me through it all. I like it because it's a small gym and I've known the people for a long time. Jon will have me do cross-training where I'll lift weights, jump rope, throw around a medicine ball and I never get to stop.

  Tim DeKay

  Workout, Medicine, Long

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• I do have comfort, because as an actor you don't want that anxiety of wondering if you're going to continue with a certain role or if you're going to be employed the next year. It's nice to be comfortable with that and then you can concern yourself with the stories and nothing else. There's no other agenda than putting out a good product.

  Tim DeKay

  Nice, Years, Anxiety

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• There tends to be this hierarchy of film and television, and theater is somewhere else in its own milieu. However, as actors, yes, we love to do theater because it's our story. Nobody can edit it, the curtain goes up, and it's ours for two hours or three, or whatever. And we tell it.

  Tim DeKay

  Somewhere Else, Two, Film And Television

  "A Roundtable With Tim DeKay, Carla Gugino, and Gabriel Macht". Interview with Mark Peikert, www.backstage.com. June 27, 2012.

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• I've always admired Gene Hackman, Jack Lemmon, Jimmy Stewart, Gregory Peck. I'm showing my age here.

  Tim DeKay

  Age, Genes, Jimmy Stewart

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• I would just love to do 'It's a Wonderful Life.' I think that movie is fantastic.

  Tim DeKay

  Thinking, Wonderful, Fantastic

  "Matt Bomer and Tim DeKay Talk WHITE COLLAR Season 3.5; Plus Bomer Talks About Playing a Stripper in MAGIC MIKE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 8, 2012.

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• I think USA has a great handle on programming and content. They know their viewers and they know what works... Character driven programming!

  Tim DeKay

  Character, Thinking, Usa

  "EXCLUSIVE: Tim DeKay Talks White Collar Season 3 and Episode 3.12". Interview with B.Alan Orange, movieweb.com. January 23, 2012.

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• As actors, if you get a pilot on HBO or on USA, your odds are good that it's going to get picked up.

  Tim DeKay

  Hbo, Odds, Usa

  "A Roundtable With Tim DeKay, Carla Gugino, and Gabriel Macht". Interview with Mark Peikert, www.backstage.com. June 27, 2012.

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• I feel very fortunate to be an actor on a network whose tag line is Characters Welcome and not Procedurals Welcome.

  Tim DeKay

  Character, Actors, Lines

  "A Roundtable With Tim DeKay, Carla Gugino, and Gabriel Macht". Interview with Mark Peikert, www.backstage.com. June 27, 2012.

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• About once a month or so, my daughter and I go out on what we call a Fancy Dinner Date, just the two of us.

  Tim DeKay

  Daughter, Mother, Two

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