J. K. Simmons said this quote

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

~ J. K. Simmons

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.

~ J. K. Simmons

I read a very romantic book when I was young, when I was in college: Rilke's 'Letters to a Young Poet.' And I've always felt that if you are in any kind of an artistic, creative endeavor, and you feel there's something else you can do for a living and be happy, I think you should do something else.

~ J. K. Simmons