Actor Quotes

Here are some quotes from actors on Days. Please do not put these on any website site or newsletter - we had to scour various soap mags to get these quotes and it takes time to type them up. Thanks!!

• “Jason and I have a very brother/sister relationship where we are very sarcastic to each other. It will be weird when we have to be romantically involved, because we are so not like that. One time he said something sarcastic to me, and I picked up my script and started hitting him with it. Then on a later show they had Belle hitting Shawn with her menu. I was like ‘This is so cool, I get to hit Jason for money!’” ~Kirsten Storms, Belle (from Soap Opera Weekly)

• “The producers came to [the actors playing the teens] as a group and said that if we saw a line or word that we knew we would not say, then to not be afraid to change it and make it our own. Sometimes they do come up with weird words. Jason had a line where he was supposed to say, ‘That’s score.’ And we were like, what does that mean? And they said, ‘Well, we used to say that when we were kids,’ and we were like, ‘Right.’” ~Kirsten Storms, Belle (from Soap Opera Weekly)

• “I’ve already been asked to a prom this year, and it’s not that big of a thing to miss dances like that. Right now, though, limousines and gowns and going to industry parties, these are my proms, so I can’t complain!” ~Kirsten Storms, Belle (from Soap Opera Weekly)

• “One of the first agents I got, I told, ‘When I grow up, I’m going to be on a soap opera. You can get me commercials and stuff now, but what I really want to do someday is be on a soap opera.’ They were like, ‘Oh, little Kirsten, how cute, she’s only 5 and wants to be on a soap opera.’ No one took me seriously. But I knew, even though I hadn’t actually ever watched one, it was something I always wanted to do.” ~Kirsten Storms, Belle (from Soap Opera Weekly)

• “When my friends ask me if I miss going to a regular high school and being in that atmosphere, I think: OK, I’m working with Deidre Hall, I go to awards shows, I get to go to parties, I’ve met the Backstreet Boys and ‘N Sync, I’ve traveled to Canada twice for TV-movies. Do I really miss homework on the weekends and being stuck at school for six hours a day? Nope, not at all!” ~Kirsten Storms, Belle (from Soap Opera Weekly)

• “If my call time is at 7 a.m., then I have to get up at 5, so we can be on the road by 6. My mom knows not to talk to me then. It’s a very quiet ride on the way into work. But once I’m there, I get into my little groove and I’m OK. Once I start thinking about the work I have to do that day, I usually get excited.” ~Kirsten Storms, Belle (from Soap Opera Weekly)

• “One of the favorite things to do is play with my hair. I was really exited that [Days] started making that an issue, that Belle has weird hairstyles. We concentrate a lot on making me look different. I don’t always agree with some of Belle’s choices, but it’s OK to do it on TV – I just wouldn’t wear some of her looks to the mall in my real life. Like recently, she had these chopstick things in her hair, and I do own a pair, but I never wear them! They have to grow on me first.” ~Kirsten Storms, Belle (from Soap Opera Weekly)

• “When we finish taping, we’re still on-screen, and we know they’re watching and listening, because some of the stuff we say will end up in the script. I was on-set once talking about how I had just been to a Backstreet Boys concert, and how much I love them, especially Nick Carter. About a month later, Belle says to Chloe ‘Oh my gosh, I am so in love with Nick Carter. What are your favorite groups?’ I was like, “Oh, my gosh, they listen to me!’” ~Kirsten Storms, Belle (from Soap Opera Weekly)

• “Dee (Hall, Marlena) has taught me that in order to make the work easier, you have to help the camera and lighting people. You have to make sure the camera can see you, and make sure lighting gets the right shot, and that you’re lit properly. From Drake (Hogestyn, John), I’ve learned that even though this is a job, you can have fun. Even if you are having a bad day, he’ll come out with one of his weird stories and make you laugh. I don’t know how, but he has managed to remember every story and every joke he has heard his entire life, and he’ll pick really inopportune times to tell them! They are both really cool people.” ~Kirsten Storms, Belle (from Soap Opera Weekly)

• “It never ceases to amaze me how much [Frances Reid – Alice] knows about everything. She’s pretty much been everywhere in the world and experienced so much stuff. She can talk about anything and go from one subject to the next. She’s well-read. She keeps up-to-date on all the news. Sometimes people take her for granted, because she’s getting older, but she’ll come right back with the comments. As [if to say], ‘Don’t rest on your laurels around me.’ I can really relate to her in some ways. She may hate me, for all I know. But I think she’s cool, and I really like working with her.” ~Jason Cook, Shawn (from Soap Opera Weekly)

• “In the scripts Shawn kept referring to Alice as ‘Great Gran’. Frances came up to me and said, ‘What do you think about this Great Gran business?’ I was like, ‘Well, I don’t like the fact that I say it in every other line. What do you think about this, Great Gran? Do you want to go somewhere, Great Gran? Doesn’t that get a little repetitive?’ Frances said, ‘Let’s just call me Gran.’ We went with it, and that’s the way it’s been ever since.” ~Jason Cook, Shawn (from Soap Opera Weekly)

• “It’s a dream come true to get to work on Days and be writing at the same time. I’m really excited to come back because I miss everybody. I’m so excited to see Drake (Hogestyn, John), I can’t stand it. And the gang in wardrobe, (co-executive producer) Steve Wyman, and (executive producer and head writer) Tom Langan – although I see him in the grocery store sometimes. It’s really lovely to get to revisit the show. It’s sort of like a high school reunion.” ~Staci Greason, Isabella (from Soap Opera Weekly)