Luke MacFarlane Quotes & Trivia

Quotes

Luke MacFarlane: Being in "Over There" is a wonderful thing, but, at the same time, I don't want it to be the highlight of my career.

Luke MacFarlane: The most important thing I learned at Julliard is how important theatre can be.

Luke MacFarlane: Of course, you need talent and hard work -- and I work damned hard -- but it's naive to think that good fortune doesn't play a pretty big part in this business.

Luke MacFarlane: You cannot make a TV show about a war that's going on and not have a political show.

Luke MacFarlane: (About the show "Over There"). Any group of people in a specific field are going to be watching out for details. And the army is filled with particularly intense people when it comes to details, you know?

Luke MacFarlane: (About his role in "Over There"). They called him Dim because he went to Cornell and they figured he had to be stupid to end up in the army.

Trivia

Luke's mother realized her son's acting potential the first time she saw him perform in a high school show.

Luke is dyslexic.

Luke's father Dr. Tom MacFarlane is the director of student health services at the University of Western Ontario.

Luke played a character named Stephen in the American premiere of the play "Where Do We Live".

Luke's band released one 10-track album under the banner of "Slipnaught". Under their new name of "Fellow Nameless," they only recorded several songs, three of which they used to pitch their group to Maverick Records (a division of Warner Bros. Music). Fellow Nameless never officially released any albums.

Luke MacFarlane was the lead singer and songwriter for the band "Fellow Nameless" and "Slipnaught".

Luke graduated from Juilliard's drama division in 2003. Luke was part of Group XXXII (32).

Luke has a fraternal twin sister, Ruth.