I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.

J. K. Simmons
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More Quotes By J. K. Simmons
  1. I come from a family of educators. My sister is a college teacher. My dad is a college teacher, but first a junior high teacher.

  2. I do respond well to a director, a teacher - someone who doesn't accept mediocrity.

  3. I never listened to the Grateful Dead as a teen the only exposure I got was what came through the walls when my sister was listening to them.

  4. My overall quest is always to do something that's somehow different from whatever it is that I just got done doing. If that can include occasionally playing an older guy who has a romantic side and a romantic relationship, than that's a real treat.

  5. There's another film - a little Greek movie - that hopefully is going to get some distribution here in the U.S., called 'Worlds Apart, ' where I also play a 60-year-old guy who looks a lot like J.K. Simmons, who has a romantic relationship with...

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