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Ocupation: Actor

Life: b. April 25, 1970

Birthday: April 25

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I grew up skateboarding; it was fun. I didn't think about money, I didn't know how much professional skateboarders made. I just knew that if I became a professional skateboarder, I would achieve a lot and get to travel and do these great things.

Topics: Fun, Thinking, Skateboarding, Skateboarder

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Growing up in Huntington Beach, you were either a traditional sports athlete, a skateboarder, or a surfer. I got my first skateboard when I was five and skated off and on over the years, did a little BMX racing as a kid, and then in my freshman or sophomore year I started getting a little bit more into skateboarding.

source: - Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. October 2, 2000.

Topics: Sports, Beach, Growing Up, Huntington Beach, Sophomore Year

It's difficult to get away from the shadow of a TV character.

source: - "Jason Lee: 20(ish) Questions". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. June 1, 2006.

Topics: Character, Shadow, Tvs

I wasn't a kid who moved out from Iowa with aspirations of becoming a famous star - I was intrigued by the idea of filmmaking and by the idea of what it would be like to play a character in a movie.

source: - Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. October 2, 2000.

Topics: Stars, Character, Kids

Celebrities say they date other celebrities because they have the same job. But I think they just like dating famous people. Celebrities attract each other, like cattle.

Topics: Jobs, Thinking, People

My dream is that all South Africans from all walks of life will have the opportunity to read my books and use the information therein to successfully invest in property

Topics: Dream, Book, Opportunity

When you reach a certain status in Hollywood, you have to play a lot of games to stay in the limelight. It becomes more about being famous than being an actor.

source: - "Jason Lee: 20(ish) Questions". Interview with Eric Spitznagel, www.ericspitznagel.com. June 1, 2006.

Topics: Games, Play, Hollywood, Being Famous

I know sour, which allows me to appreciate the sweet.

Topics: Sweet, Appreciate, Sour

I was a little nerdy, but I got along with everybody. I had fun at school - skateboarding, surfing, getting kicked out of class for making too much noise.

Topics: Fun, School, Class, Had Fun, I Had Fun

I was born in Orange, California and I grew up in Huntington Beach. I started skateboarding when I was five and continued to do so off and on over the years.

source: - Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. October 2, 2000.

Topics: Beach, Orange, Years, Huntington Beach

I wanted to be looked at for the skateboarder that I was. I didn't want to be the 36-year-old skateboarder who's still holding on while owning a company at the same time. I wanted to make my mark and travel and accomplish a few things here and there and then get out.

source: - Interview with Kenneth Plume, www.ign.com. Ocotber 2, 2000.

Topics: Years, Want, Holding On, Skateboarder

I really liked Tom & Jerry. That was huge for me. I watched it every morning, before I walked to school. Even as a kid, I thought there was something really smart about it. I thought it was very clever.

source: - "Jason Lee ALVIN AND THE CHIPMUNKS: CHIPWRECKED Interview". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. December 13, 2011.

Topics: Morning, Clever, Smart

Being a dad, I certainly know what it feels like to give lots of love and understanding, and I also know what it feels like to be antagonized or to have my buttons pushed, at midnight when one of my kids just will not go to sleep. You've gotta just let them be what they are, ultimately.

source: - Source: collider.com

Topics: Dad, Sleep, Kids

I think kids like chaos, in an interesting way. I think kids like to push buttons in adults. They like to antagonize and cause trouble. I think it's the kid-like spirit that kids respond to.

source: - Source: collider.com

Topics: Kids, Thinking, Interesting

I always set out to just work, as an actor, and try to do as many different things as I possibly could, and not be too selective or too careful. I think just working is fun.

source: - Source: collider.com

Topics: Fun, Thinking, Trying

I can do movies maybe that have already been written, but I can't do anything for months at a time.

source: - Source: www.movieweb.com

Topics: Months, Can Do, Written

Pilots get made, and they don't go to series. Stuff gets written and never gets made. I've tried to develop stuff that never went. It comes and it goes. It's a part of the process.

source: - Source: collider.com

Topics: Pilots, Stuff, Made

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