James Van Der Beek Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

I love New York City. Everyone is busy with their own lives - and no one is interested in some Hollywood celebrity walking past in downtown Manhattan.

I'm not about to talk about what's romantic in my life - I figure if you talk about it once - then that's an open invitation for everyone to dig into your personal life even further.

It's a free country and I can keep my mouth shut whenever I want.

Trivia

James Van Der Beek won an MTV Movie Award in 1999, for "Best Breakthrough Male Performance" for his role in Varsity Blues. He won another one in 2001, for "Best Cameo in a Movie" for his appearance in Scary Movie.

In 1995, James Van Der Beek made his film debut in the movie Angus.

In 1998, People magazine named James Van Der Beek, one of the "50 Most Beautiful People in the World."

James Van Der Beek's acting debut was in a school production of Grease. He played Danny Zuko.

James Van Der Beek appeared in the off Broadway play "Rain Dance" in June of 2003.

In 1999, James made $200,000 on Varsity Blues.

James favorite city is New York City.

Van Der Beek means "from the creek" in Dutch.

James loves to watch and play football with his friends.

James enjoys sleeping, hanging out with friends, playing the guitar, and playing sports with friends.

Vanilla is James' favorite flavor of ice cream.

James was an honors student in school.

James boarded with cast-mate Joshua Jackson during the first season of Dawson's Creek.

When James was only 16, his mother and himself went to New York City to look for an agent.

In 1994, James recieved an academic scholarship to Drew University in New Jersey.

James' siblings include a brother, Jared, and a sister, Juliana.

James' mother, Melinda Van Der Beek, formerly was a Broadway dancer.

James is the oldest child in his family.

James is currently working on a hollywood movie called The Plague filming in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.