VITAL STATISTICS -JONATHAN BRANDIS

Birthday: April 13, 1976.

Birthplace: Danbury, Connecticut.

Occupation: Actor.

Current home: Los Angeles.

Marital status: Single

Car: I rent a dark green Mustang convertible.

Working on: “SeaQuest” on NBC-TV and “Good King Wenceslas,” a TV movie airing on the Family Channel.

The last good movie I saw: “Pulp Fiction.”

I stay home to watch: Really bad old shows from the ’60s and ’70s,”Barney”-he’s very addictive -and “NYPD Blue.”

The book I’ve been reading is: Michael Crichton’s “Disclosure.”

Favorite pig-out food: Generic food at Denny’s.

Favorite performers: Nirvana.

Favorite childhood memory: Being a regular kid before I got too involved in this crazy business. I’ve been acting since I was four, but really involved since I was 14.

Prized possession: I have a lot of stuffed animals I can’t let go of.

Personal heroes: Robert Zemeckis, Steven Spielberg, Gary Oldman and Val Kilmer.

Nobody knows I’m: Really, really big on actresses. I have a deep fixation for talented females.

I’m better than anyone else when it comes to: Learning dialogue in 30 seconds.

I’d give anything to meet: Geena Davis.

A really great evening to me is: Driving around L.A., stopping at a lot of Denny’s, talking in little coffee shops about colors and life and VCRs.

My fantasy is: I’m sitting in a big office, watching dailies, going, “No! I don’t like that! Cut that!” The one thing I can’t stand is: Girls that I’m crazy about who don’t return my phone calls.

If I could change one thing about myself: My forearms would be bigger.

The best times of my life: The times I’ve spent in Europe making films.

The worst time of my life: 1992. I didn’t work the entire year and I was ready to accept anything that came along.

If I wasn’t an actor I’d be: Cleaning the milk shake machine at Taco Bell.

If I’ve learned one thing in life it’s: In this business, it doesn’t matter where you were or where you end up, all that counts is where you’re at and how good a job you’re doing.

Major accomplishment: I’ve been able to pull off most of my roles, even though most of the time I didn’t have a clue.

My most humbling experience: I had to break a stack of 10 clay bricks in front of 5,000 people for a big finale scene in the movie “Sidekicks.”They didn’t break and I got booed.

The words that best describe me: Lucky, street-smart, silly.

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