John Leslie Quotes


You really have to keep up your nerve for the sake of the performance and other actors around you. There is a real camaraderie at the theatre which I enjoy as I have always been a team player. - John Leslie



When you work in television it's all about you, the camera is on you and the autocue is counting you in. The person I am on TV is the same person I am in real life, but acting means playing a completely different person. - John Leslie



When you act, you do have to use your own life experiences and bring them onto the stage, dragging those emotions out. - John Leslie



We think we think in a very literal way, but if you really ponder it, you don't think in a literal way. You're seeing in a literal way, and you're going from point A to point B, but if you really consciously think back at what was going through your mind when you went from point A to point B, you'll find that it's a very abstract process. - John Leslie



This ordeal has been made all the more difficult because of how much it has upset my family, particularly my mother. - John Leslie