Quotes by Jamie Bamber

About Jamie Bamber:

Jamie St John Bamber Griffith is an English actor, known for his roles as Lee Adama in Battlestar Galactica and Detective Sergeant Matt Devlin in the ITV series Law & Order: UK. He also had a supporting role in the Hornblower series and was a regular on the British series Ultimate Force and Peak Practice. In 2013, Bamber starred in the TNT medical drama Monday Mornings, and in 2014, in the Sky1 drama The Smoke.
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I was a team sports guy, but I don't do that anymore. When I work out, it's alone.

Jamie Bamber

I'm freakishly competitive, so I set a date to achieve a certain weight or fitness.

Jamie Bamber

For those of us that were involved from the first days of 'Battlestar,' we were encouraged to give of ourselves and to feel that we had a voice, not just as the character but as part of the family that created the show. It changed me, certainly.

Jamie Bamber

I would love to do more family comedy.

Jamie Bamber

I love Prada shirts because they're so decorative and figure-hugging, but I also like Reiss shirts because they're clean, simple and look as if they've come off the peg from a design house.

Jamie Bamber

I wanted to acknowledge my U.S. heritage and to belong to it more closely. Having said that, I am certainly British by formation and education and readily think of London as home. I had never lived in the U.S. till 2007.

Jamie Bamber

When I first did a U.S. pilot season, there were very few British actors schlepping around town trying to get into television. That was 1999.

Jamie Bamber

British actors used to be scared of the multi-year options that U.S. TV shows demand. That has changed, because the same is now happening in the U.K.

Jamie Bamber

I think that insecurity/confidence balance is necessary.

Jamie Bamber

When you start a new project, you wonder whether it's the right choice.

Jamie Bamber

My only hesitation after 'Law & Order' was that I didn't want to be in a super dry procedural like that. I found that satisfying, but very tough because every episode was kind of the same. It just is with that show.

Jamie Bamber

I never had to try as a kid to stay in shape. In a way, there was no willpower involved.

Jamie Bamber

The problem with the treadmill is I just don't know what to do in my head. You either stare at the mirror or concentrate on the TV. It makes me ill because I can't relax on a treadmill.

Jamie Bamber

When I started working on 'Battlestar Galactica' in Canada, I was told to get as fit as a marine for my character Lee 'Apollo' Adama. So I did. But now I have a problem with suits, because I'm 5 ft. 9 in. with a 40 inch chest and a 31 inch waist, so ...

Jamie Bamber

Back in the Eighties, I'd buy the biggest Benetton jumper I could find and would wear it long-sleeved, hanging off my shoulders, with a varsity jacket and a baseball cap on back to front with a quiff. I was the smallest boy in my class, and I looked ...

Jamie Bamber

When I'm living in L.A., I'm mainly a jeans, vintage T-shirt and Nike high-tops guy.

Jamie Bamber

It's hard to measure up to 'Battlestar' - it's hard not to measure things against it.

Jamie Bamber

It frustrates me that Britain can't make something like 'CSI' or 'The Sopranos'. Instead, British TV puts soap in primetime while every other civilized nation leaves it in daytime. Viewers should be more demanding.

Jamie Bamber

I think American audiences are open to people with accents and different nationalities being on the screen.

Jamie Bamber

L.A.'s become so cosmopolitan in its casting and also in its world view.

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Author Bio

  • NameJamie Bamber
  • DescriptionEnglish actor
  • BornApril 3, 1973
  • CountryUnited States Of America; United Kingdom; Ireland
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Television Actor