Jacqueline MacInnes Wood's Quotes

I love Toronto, It's the best city.

I would like to do comedy. I can be a bit of a Jim Carrey. I was always the class clown.

The silent killer of all great men and women of achievement - particularly men, I don't know why, maybe it's the testosterone - I think it's narcissism. Even more than hubris. And for women, too. Narcissism is the killer.

Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a community.

I just love poker players.

I look back on my life and have to face the fact that I have been narcissistic and selfish.

I think that the economy, and the political system, has literally become such a disaster I don't know if it's possible to save it.

I think the iPhone was as significant an invention as the Gutenburg press, in terms of the future of humanity.

I've had wonderfully lucrative offers to do another network series. I could do that again and have a very luscious retirement.

If General Motors can't survive and run their business like a business, let them go under.

If I say I'm the best actor for the part, I mean it and I'm not kidding.

If someone is not tech savvy, I have no time for them. I've always been a big believer in looking forward.

If you strive for the moon, maybe you'll get over the fence.

The bottom line is to be in control of your own destiny.

The whole world has gone back to something we are genetically engineered to do - communicating through symbols.

Because of who I am, when I sit at a poker table, I meet people who engage me in conversation, not only about poker, but also about the movie business and about the world of celebrities.

I always have a rule that acting is acting and truth is truth and you just go out there and you do it. But what happens in each medium is that you have other responsibilities. The acting remains the same, but each medium dictates assuming other halves to make the acting work.

I am one of those guys who could do the most emotional scene and crack a joke instantly. I'm lucky. I'm just like an idiot savant. I have one enormously enjoyable, pleasurable - for me - talent, which is being able to act.

I think it's safe to say people are going to be interested in Kim Kardashian's love choices for the next 30 years. But they can take a minute to think about the new robotic arm that could replace the one they lost to cancer. Then they can keep thinking about Kim Kardashian.

I was really bright as a kid and tested well, and it was clear that I was going to get scholarships to any schools I wanted. My dad always said I could be an engineer; at that time it was the elite of society: steady job, working in science, which was then the answer to every problem we had. It was kind of a mandate. Kind of a dream he had for me.

I'm famous for being nicer to my fans than anyone on the face of the earth because I figure, a) They pay my salary, and b) It's probably like a big moment in your life to meet somebody; so I would say, 'Just come on up.'

It's a great battle, and it really is a battle, and there are people from all walks of life, you know, never judge anybody at the table: A man can be the greatest poker player and he might know all the numbers, but he might get beaten by a really savvy kid who works in a grocery store; and that's what's so great about this game.

My biggest problem in live games is that I love the game so much and I don't think I ever met a poker player I didn't fundamentally like - even if they're screaming and they're acting like real jerks.