Top 35 Victor Garber Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “In our show you have to pay attention and know what happened before. I think it’s very intelligent entertainment. It makes demands of viewers that a lot of shows don’t.”

— Victor Garber

2. “Theatre demands different muscles and different aspects of one’s personality.”

— Victor Garber

3. “I think from a very young age I always have this desire to perform.”

— Victor Garber

4. “I have no interest in directing. I’ve no talent for it.”

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5. “The stage is where I feel most comfortable, and I miss it all the time.”

— Victor Garber

6. “One day, we were doing a serious scene and fast talking like we do and we could not stop laughing and the director had to stop the production. We had to go to our trailer and calm down and do it all again.”

— Victor Garber

7. “That’s why, when Alias came along, I knew I’d be OK if the show was on for five or six years because the writing was so good and the creative team was so strong.”

— Victor Garber

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8. “The first thing I read was of my character on the phone talking to Sydney’s fiance. Though short, it was so beautifully written, and it made me laugh. I thought if I wanted to play a character, this would be it.”

— Victor Garber

9. “I find that everything I do is demanding, like Jack Bristow is a complicated man and I do a lot of explaining in the show, it takes a lot of energy and concentration.”

— Victor Garber

10. “Sometimes, his methods and his motives are questionable and even his morals are questionable in the way he does things. But I think his intention is always to protect his daughter.”

— Victor Garber

11. “After you read the script, then you actually just have to be in the moment you’re in, in order to make it believable. You can’t give it away. You can’t tip it off. For me, it’s always about being truthful in the moment I’m in. Hopefully, being able to reveal what I’m feeling, you have to believe it.”

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12. “Thank goodness I started getting movie roles and then television shows came along. So I was very fortunate to be able to do all three and I like all of them.”

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13. “Growing up I was involved in children’s theater, so I was definitely on the path to be an actor and a singer.”

— Victor Garber

14. “You can only do so much theatre.”

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15. “I like the fact that Jack is always wearing a tie except when he’s on a mission. I do like it when I get out there and dress up, or dress down, a little bit.”

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16. “I’m very serious about acting.”

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17. “The most sinister aspect of Jack is his detachment, his ability to distance himself from his feelings.”

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18. “What I realized was how difficult an hour show is and how miserable you can be if you’re not happy doing it.”

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19. “When I first read the script a few years ago I thought it was one of the best written scripts I had ever read.”

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20. “I have no skills. The only thing I could possibly do is teach.”

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21. “If you were to come to the set of Alias, you’d know how silly we all are. And I mean, silly.”

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22. “The joy is when you work with great actors, it just comes to life in a way that you never even imagined.”

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23. “Then I did one fight scene, and they said it looked good. Because I did it well enough, they’ve given me more.”

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24. “Being on a television series is sort of life-altering on every level.”

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25. “I believe that acting in any medium is the same thing, it’s discovering the truth in where you are.”

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26. “I’ve been amazed that it’s so popular with people. But it’s been fantastic. People are very excited when I walk into a place and they recognize me from the series.”

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27. “My mother couldn’t have been happier when I said I was moving to New York.”

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28. “The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown.”

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29. “When I was a kid, I didn’t collect stamps, or weird toys, or anything. I don’t even have music – I don’t even have a CD collection. So that’s not really my thing.”

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30. “It’s disgusting that a Broadway show can’t try out anymore, that no matter where they are in the world, there is this massive dialogue going on between people damning or praising it.”

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31. “And when I go to see plays, I marvel at how people can do that. I’ve done it all my life, but I still find it mystical.”

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32. “We, some cast members and I, even went on a weekend trip together and spent the weekend at an inn, because we enjoy each other’s company so much, and it was so cool.”

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33. “I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn’t looking to do a series.”

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34. “The only set thing I do is that I really, really memorize the lines. I’ve gotta be so comfortable with the words.”

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35. “I don’t collect anything. I collect people, I think. I’m very social and I like seeing a lot of people.”

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