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That's something that's really rare and special and what any actor would love - to have somebody that's specifically writing for you.

- Jon Tenney

Love, Something, Any, Specifically

I toured around the country and met all these Broadway producers who put me in all these Neil Simon plays like 'Brighton Beach Memoirs' and 'Biloxi Blues.'

- Jon Tenney

Country, Broadway, Plays, Toured

Everyone has a different colour as an actor. And the composite of all those colours hopefully creates something that's fun to watch.

- Jon Tenney

Actor, Something, Everyone, Composite

Mike Nichols got me my Equity card.

- Jon Tenney

Me, Got, Mike, Card

When you get together with childhood friends, for example, there's an intimacy that you instantly have because you share something really profound in your past. There's a shortcut to emotional intimacy if you share your past with somebody. It's really empowering when you're reunited with people who share that.

- Jon Tenney

Get Together, Example, Your, Shortcut

Just because you're laughing, it doesn't mean the audience will, necessarily.

- Jon Tenney

Just Because, Audience, Will, Laughing

All of a sudden, I was a young kid in my early 20s, and I had a couple of Broadway shows to my credit.

- Jon Tenney

Broadway, Couple, Early 20s, Broadway Shows

You always want to know you have somebody at the helm who knows what they're doing.

- Jon Tenney

Doing, Want, Always, Helm

I feel very, very lucky to have been involved with a project that's gone on as long as 'The Closer' has. You really don't get to do that in this profession.

- Jon Tenney

Lucky, Profession, Very, Closer

I feel very connected to New Jersey.

- Jon Tenney

New, Connected, Very, Jersey

I was close with some of my old professors.

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Old, Some, Close, Professors

Ten years of character development affords you a lot. You get a chance to dig deeper and deeper and deeper into a person.

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Chance, Development, Dig, Deeper

In between jobs, you think your luck has run out, but they keep on letting me do what I love to do. I really can't complain.

- Jon Tenney

Love, Luck, Think, Complain

It's always difficult to work out on location, away from home, but that's the actor's life. You go where the work is.

- Jon Tenney

Work, Always, Away, Work Out

I experience a high on stage that I get nowhere else. I feel its like going to the gym so I won't lose my skills.

- Jon Tenney

Lose, Like, Going, Gym

I think TV, films, and the stage inform each other. It's good to go back and forth.

- Jon Tenney

Think, TV, Films, Inform

In this business, you have so little control over things, but one of the things you can control is who you work with.

- Jon Tenney

Work, Business, Over, One Of The Things

Whenever you're working on a film or TV set, the hours are very, very long.

- Jon Tenney

Hours, Very, TV, TV Set

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