BIOGRAPHY: JAMES VAN DER BEEK (Dawson Leery)

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FACTS:

• FULL NAME: James Van Der Beek
• BIRTHDAY: March 8, 1977
• BIRTH PLACE: Chesire, Connecticut
• SIGH: Pisces
• HEIGHT: 6'
• NICKNAMES: Baby James, Beek
• FAVORITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL: English
• FAMOUS SINGERS: Dave Matthews Band, The Beatles, Natalie Imbruglia
• FAVORITE PASTIMES: Reading, writing, all kinds of sports. Sleep!
• FAVORITE SPORTS TEAMS: New York Yankees, Green Bay Packers
• CAR: Toyota 4 Runner
• HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES: Student government, school choir, National Honor Society
• DRAMATIC TRAINING: He's never had any formal training- he's learned thorugh experience.
• ACTORS HE LOOKS UP TO: Edward Norton Jr.
• DIRECTORS HE'D LOVE TO WORK WITH: Steven Spielberg, Milos Forman, Stanley Kubrick, Oliver Stone.
• FAVORITE BOOK: A Portrait of the Artist as a Yong Man, by James Joyce.
• BOXERS OR BRIEFS: Boxers
• STANDARD UNIFORM: Baseball cap, baggy pants, flannel shirt.
• FAVORITE TV SHOW AS A KID: The Wonder Years
• FAVORE TV SHOW NOW: Doesn't watch much except football.
• NERVOUS GESTURE: Runs his fingers through his hair a lot.
• WHAT HE LOOKS FOR IN A GIRL: Someone smart, honest, talented, and fun.
• SPECIAL TALENTS: Singing, dancing, gymnastics, playing the guitar.

FILMOGRAPHY:

• Tenku no shiro Rapyuta (1986)
• As the World Turns (1956
• Angus (1995)
• I Love You, I Love You Not (1996)
• Dawson's Creek (1998-Present)
• Varsity Blues (1999)
• Harvest (aka Cash Crop) (1999)
• Scary Movie (2000)
• Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001)
• Texas Rangers (2001)
• Rules of Attraction, The (2002)

QUOTES:

• I'm sitting here with my best friend in the world...and my palms are sweating.
• If you think that things are over between Joey and me and done with, you're severely disillusional
• You can't choose what you love, it chooses you.
• I guess I just want you to know that I'm not holding you to anything we may have said in the past. I want you to live your life and be happy and enjoy everything that goes along with that. Sometimes you make a promise and you mean it at the time but then life gets in the way and makes it impossible to keep. Do you know what I'm saying?
• Wait, but how can it be over? We can't just say, 'I love you' for the first time and have it be over!
• No, Joey, I want to be here. I want to be with you. Joey, talk to me. What's wrong? I know I hurt your feelings by being too flip about this art thing, and I'm sorry. It was never my intention, believe me. I'm just trying to be us, Dawson and Joey, who analyze and argue and debate and disagree. You've put me in my place a thousand times about some movie. Why can't we just interchange subjects? It might actually be a refreshing change.
• You are not a bad friend, Joey. I don't get the chance to say it anymore. But I still feel it. You're my best friend. You always were.
• I’ve seen how much she loves him. I’ve seen it on her face. I’ve seen them kiss. I’ve seen them hold hands. And tonight, I saw them fighting -- which is something I’ve basically been seeing every day of my life since the first grade.
• The pain is temporary, Jo. Maybe that's what I'm starting to realize. The pain is temporary, but the connections we make, they last forever and change our lives in ways we're not even aware of yet. You and me... it's bad timing. A comedy of errors if you think about it. But all of that brought you to Pacey and me to Gretchen and those relationships ar epositive and real and important. Does falling for Gretchen make me love you any less? No, not at all. And knowing that helps me. It helps me realize that no matter where your life takes you, no matter who you're with..
• Joey is... she’s my conscience, my soulmate, my inspiration, she’s my... We’re getting off track -- my point is -- I’m really glad to have you guys.
• Sure you do. You want him. You want him like I want you. You love him like I love you. Only the difference is he loves you back the same way.
• Don't you get it Joey? You can't go back.
• Truth is, Joey. It’s gonna take a lot more than symbols to get back what we had. And right now, I don’t even know if I want it. We’ll just have to take it one day at a time. Y’know?
• Don't get female on me Joey, or I'm going to have to start calling you Josephine.
• Joey, c’mon. Even I can see it. Pacey is this year’s Paris. And you need to go this time. You need to see for yourself. I can sit here and tell you that it’s a colossal mistake, that all roads lead back to me, but it doesn’t matter. Words, speeches... they sound great, but they don’t add up to anything. All that matters right now is what you want.
• Nope. You've taught me that love can suck. That feelings can change, passion will fade, partners will come and go, but through it all, one thing remains sacred: Friendship. And it's true. Without my friends, this summer would've been a big, black hole of depression for me.
• -- Because, don't you see? The entire reason I suggested this stupid alternative prom -- it wasn't just about Jack. It was about you. Maybe I was trying too hard, but I didn't want to miss my chance to dance with you, to hold you, to make you remember what it's like between us. I thought if only I could make tonight perfect...
• To my parents. Who taught me that love doesn’t conquer all. That love ends. And then it begins again.
• You have to pick someone, Joey! And I wanted to remind you what you'd be missing if you didn't pick me. Because you’d be missing a lot. And so would I. We'd be missing everything.
• She's great. I mean, she's smart, she's beautiful, she's funny, she's a big ol' scaredy cat. If you creep up from behind her she'll jump out of her skin. It's pretty amusing. She's honest. She always calls them just like she sees them. You can always count on getting the truth from Joey even if the truth hurts. She's stubborn. We fight a lot. She can be so frustrating sometimes. But she's a really, really, good friend. I know her to a fault. She believes in me. And I'm a dreamer so it's so good to have somebody like that in my life. If she goes away, I don't know what I'm going to do. I mean, she's my best friend, you know? She's more than that. She's everything.
• I don't think it's about the money anymore. Joey, I know we're not speaking right now, okay, but if we were, I would tell my best friend, who is always too afraid of getting up in front of a class for show and tell, how incredibly proud I am of her and I think she has got more guts and talent and strength of character than all of the Hannah Von Winnings of the world put together.
• You and I were meant to be. Period. Cue happy ending music
• Joey, listen to me: If we are truly meant to be, then we will find our way back to each other. It's as simple as that.
• I don't wanna lose you Joey. What we have is the only thing that makes sense to me.