Top 50 Zachary Levi Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Nerd. One whose unbridled passion for something defines who they are as a person, without fear of other people’s judgment.”

— Zachary Levi

2. “Being nerdy just means being passionate about something, including everyone – the coolest people on Earth are passionate and therefore nerdy about something whatever it is, whether it’s sports, or gaming, or technology, or fashion, or beauty, or food, or whatever.”

— Zachary Levi

3. “Oh I’ve done bungee jumping. Skydiving, I have motorcycles that I ride. I’m a little bit of an adrenaline junkie in that way.”

— Zachary Levi

4. “Entertainment has this way of resetting itself.”

— Zachary Levi

5. “I can destroy a dance floor. I think life should be a musical. I always hate it when people watch a musical and they go, ‘Oh, it’s so unrealistic, no one just breaks into song in the middle of their day.’ Yeah, they do- if they’re me.”

— Zachary Levi

6. “If I had all the money in the world, I’d be like, “Great, let’s just keep doing it!” I, unfortunately, have not won the lottery or found the magic genie lamp.”

— Zachary Levi

7. “You just want to make something that’s awesome and that people dig, and I’m excited about it.”

— Zachary Levi

8. “As artists, when you have people that care about what you do, I think you should care about those people who care about what you do, and give them really cool interactive experiences to make them feel appreciated.”

— Zachary Levi

9. “I think everyone is their harshest critic, but I strive for excellence as much as I can because I think it shows.”

— Zachary Levi

10. “I believe in incentivizing people. If you can incentivize people in anything, whether it’s in politics; in life; in spirituality; in business; just take care of folks. Incentivize them and all of a sudden it’s amazing the difference that you’ll see.”

— Zachary Levi

11. “I believe that as an entertainer, you’re only as good as your audience and the people who support you.”

— Zachary Levi

12. “When you go and create something, you want to believe in it. If they don’t, we’re barking up the wrong tree. But when you believe in something and you see other people believing in it too, it just feels like you’re doing something right in the world, and that feels good.”

— Zachary Levi

13. “I hope there’s always at least a small part of me that’s always surprised, always taken aback, always childlike or innocent.”

— Zachary Levi

14. “My high school experience was pretty good, but my middle school experience was god awful. It was horrible. I got picked on like no tomorrow.”

— Zachary Levi

15. “What is your peace all about? What is your comfort all about? Where do you get your love? Where do you get your talents? And I can turn to them and say without blinking, ‘Jesus Christ.’”

— Zachary Levi

16. “I think that ‘Family Guy’ is hysterical. It’s edgy and hip – and they can do whatever they want to do because it’s animated and they’re not limited by budget.”

— Zachary Levi

17. “People don’t talk about religion a lot in Hollywood because it’s not an incredibly safe place to do it.”

— Zachary Levi

18. “I could probably give you a list of a dozen pet peeves I have about my own physicality and why I couldn’t get a second date.”

— Zachary Levi

19. “Deadpool would have been an amazing character to play, but Ryan Reynolds already did that.”

— Zachary Levi

20. “I want to go create my own independent content and entertainment, in new models and in new ways, and essentially show studios and networks that people are good.”

— Zachary Levi

21. “I just try to remember my lines most of the time.”

— Zachary Levi

22. “I am afraid for my health. I’m definitely burning the candle a little, at both ends, and I have to be careful about that.”

— Zachary Levi

23. “The people that keep coming back every year are diehards. I’ll go out there to host a panel and I know half of the audience. I see them, every year, and they come back for more because they believe in us. That’s one of the coolest things.”

— Zachary Levi

24. “I believe in conscientious capitalism; that’s a kind of driving force with me.”

— Zachary Levi

25. “If somebody says ‘singer-songwriter’ to me, the first person I think of is James Taylor. There are plenty of modern singer-songwriters, but there is something about James Taylor that has always resonated with me.”

— Zachary Levi

26. “To do panels where you get to interact with your fans, in a really intimate, awesome way, and to let them ask all of the questions, is fun to me and it shows them that you care about their opinions, their thoughts, and their passion for your project.”

— Zachary Levi

27. “I started in theater, and I love to go back to theater, just to have the experience and recharge my batteries, creatively.”

— Zachary Levi

28. “Oftentimes, people start with something, whatever it is, and it’s great, but over the years, it loses its focus or way and corners get cut. Some people are fine with that, but I’m not.”

— Zachary Levi

29. “I just remember that when Jennifer Love Hewitt released an album a few years back, it was like ‘Oh, why is Jennifer Love Hewitt releasing an album?’ But if Queen Latifah, or Justin Timberlake, or anybody else wants to be an actor, it’s like ‘Yeah, I’ll go check that out.’”

— Zachary Levi

30. “As far as being an actor is concerned, you have to have passion. If you’re not bringing the passion of the character into the room with you, you might as well not come into the room at all.”

— Zachary Levi

31. “I am a huge comic book nerd and video game nerd, so to get to actually play one of those characters would be off the chain. It would be amazing.”

— Zachary Levi

32. “I’m going to trust God that I’m not going to completely burn out, and that I’ll have the energy in me to stay in it. Fortunately, I have really excellent people around me that are helping me.”

— Zachary Levi

33. “I’ve sung my whole life. I did a lot of musical theater growing up, I sing in the shower, sing in the car, sing everywhere really, on set at Chuck, all the time. I like it, and I’ve always felt like I’ve had a knack for it, or a talent for it, on some level, I don’t know.”

— Zachary Levi

34. “What resonates with people is that it feels like you actually are thinking of them.”

— Zachary Levi

35. “You know, Hollywood is a very interesting town – always has been, always will be.”

— Zachary Levi

36. “Doing photo booths and signings, and doing all of that for charity, and having dance parties every night, is so much fun. I like to dance, and I know other people that like to dance. It’s a great way to celebrate the time that we’re all down there together.”

— Zachary Levi

37. “Films are really cool because, every couple months, or however many times you can get a job because there’s a lot of luck involved in that, you’re playing a different character.”

— Zachary Levi

38. “I don’t believe in strong-arming people.”

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39. “My whole background, my whole life was just lots and lots of theater, a lot of that being musical theater.”

— Zachary Levi

40. “Fans will treat something preciously if they’re given the opportunity to do so.”

— Zachary Levi

41. “People are more willing to accept a singer as an actor, than an actor as a singer.”

— Zachary Levi

42. “Television is a pretty great job, to begin with, and I wouldn’t have anything, if it weren’t for the jobs that I’ve had in the past that have built up to that.”

— Zachary Levi

43. “On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.”

— Zachary Levi

44. “I’m looking forward to playing some really despicable characters at some point in my career so I can branch out and stretch those acting muscles. But I wouldn’t want to do that on a regular basis.”

— Zachary Levi

45. “I’m a huge Disney nut. I have been since I was a little kid.”

— Zachary Levi

46. “I wish it was a little easier for an actor to later go into singing and have it be accepted, but maybe I can still do it.”

— Zachary Levi

47. “I do think about The Flash often. I think that could be a really fun role to play at some point. That’s right up my alley. I just want somebody to believe in me that I could be a Superhero.”

— Zachary Levi

48. “I mean, I like to consider myself a reasonably athletic guy.”

— Zachary Levi

49. “I think that it’s much easier for a recording artist to become an actor than for an actor to become a recording artist.”

— Zachary Levi

50. “People inflict pain in order to share the pain that they’re feeling inside.”

— Zachary Levi