Top 30 Jacob Anderson Quotes

I don’t know who can really relate to being cool. Even people who you think are cool, they are trying to be cool. Nobody can understand the feeling of being cool, really.

I spend an awful lot of time thinking about stuff that’s happened, but I don’t want to be someone who’s only writing songs because it’s therapy.

I’m such a pessimist. I find it impossible to enjoy anything, especially while it’s happening. I’m thinking about how to get the next thing right.

I watch films and TV almost like as a hobby – not even as a hobby: it’s bordering on careerist. It would be easier to tell you what I’m not into than what I am.

I don’t think I have a very novelistic brain. I like to read, but I don’t know if I could ever write a novel.

I can’t even believe that anyone’s paying to see me. It’s so weird that there’s a good possibility that at least 10 people I don’t know have bought my music.

Bristol is known for having quite a good success rate of music – Massive Attack and Portishead, that drum and bass, dance music scene. I never listened to that stuff when I was a kid, but my parents did, and my parents knew some of those people.

I’m the clumsiest person in the world, so every day brings an embarrassing moment.

I don’t really go to fancy parties, so I’m not really familiar with that kind of celebrity lifestyle. I don’t dress up a lot. My girlfriend and I walk a lot and watch a lot of movies, and my friends and I go to the park or each others’ houses.

I write songs when I need to. That’s how I write songs: when there’s something that’s bugging me. If something’s troubling me, and I don’t really know how to articulate it to people directly – my friends, my family, or my girlfriend – then I’ll write a song about it because I know I can articulate it that way.

I wanted to write or direct more than I wanted to be in front of the camera. I still occasionally feel completely uncomfortable being looked at.

I would never have a listening party! That’s super awkward. Having to watch other people listen to or appraise something you’ve done is the most uncomfortable experience you could ever have.

I didn’t know many people in London and became depressed, ending up in therapy. One day, the therapist called me Josh instead of Jacob, and I was mortified. I was telling this woman things I’d never told anyone, and she didn’t even know my name.

I don’t want to be a celebrity. I don’t want to be on posters. I want to be good.

I need all of my songs while I’m writing them, because I need to get the stuff out of my body and out of my brain. I write out of necessity, not because I want to be a pop star.

My head is filled with things I think I should be doing or should’ve done already. I slow down because I doubt myself or I get anxious or have a bout of depression. Then I have to build my confidence back up, and once that happens, then I power through until the next time.

That’s a really important legacy for me: to work hard and be kind to other human beings.

I wouldn’t categorize myself as R&B or hip-hop. I don’t really know how to categorize myself. I’m still working out where I fit with that stuff. I kind of think of myself as pop.

I’m definitely introverted, and I like my own company, and I can keep my head down while I’m going about my day, but then I do have spells of mad hyperactivity.

I’m kind of… I’m a sci-fi fan, and I like horror; I’m a genre fan… but fantasy’s not really ever something I’ve gotten into.

This is going to sound like a lie, but the ‘Game of Thrones’ set is so good to work on. I’ve been a part of plays and other projects where egos get in the way and there are constant fallings out. There’s none of that there.

Music was something I chose that I came to as a kid, and acting was something that was suggested to me.

A good rapper is an amazing thing to me. It’s like a 17th-, 18th-century poet.

I had eJay, and then I had Acid Pro. I had a crack of both of them, and I would just make little loops, and then I’d hum along to them. I used to spend a lot of time on a computer looking for music and making beats and stuff.

For me, I could not wait to get out of school, but at the same time, you miss the people.

More than anything, acting was more like a confidence thing. I love words – I love English – but I don’t have a hugely academic brain, so I enjoyed it because it was a bit of a respite. I don’t think I really had a sense I would actually be a musician or an actor; I just wanted to be around that.

For evening stuff, I like Topman. It’s good value; it fits well. I surprise a lot of people when they ask me what I’m wearing, and I say Topman. They always expect it to be something more expensive.

I really love being in ‘Game of Thrones,’ but I don’t know if it’s my big break.

My mom listened to a lot of house music. My dad listened to a lot of roots and dub. I’ve got a lot of bass. It’s been in my whole life.

Depression and anxiety affect a huge number of us. It’s so important that the barriers that keep us from talking, seeking out help, and finding a way to cope when things feel desperate are removed.