J. K. Simmons : (5)

" Teaching is in my blood. " - J. K. Simmons

" I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out. " - J. K. Simmons

" I was studying music in college. I was singing, I was doing operas and Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, and then I was offered a job as the music director of the Bigfork Summer Playhouse, in Bigfork, Montana. " - J. K. Simmons

" It’s OK to turn down stuff that isn’t really interesting and spend the summer with my family. " - J. K. Simmons

" My understanding, from what I’ve learned so far about Commissioner Gordon, is that he’s the older guy with the mustache who relates with our hero in a certain way. " - J. K. Simmons