Whimsical Elf

Welcome to the 69th Jim Parsons/Sheldon Cooper
Appreciation Thread

JIM QUOTES

• "I'm not necessarily the most typical Texan you're going to meet."

• "Through 'Noises Off' I really felt for the first time ever what it was like to actually talk and listen to somebody on stage, I understood what it truly meant to commit to a role and believe what you were doing and passionately want, passionately need and to go for it.“

• "I find it so hard to judge a script as a whole, I really do, I can't see the forest for the trees. I may know I like it if something is really exceptional or something is really exceptionally bad maybe. Mostly it's only characters. There's either a character in there that speaks to me that I think that I can speak for or there's not.“

• "I thought I had some geeky traits for a long time - I don't think they're geeky, they're sort of old mannish – crosswords, spoonfuls of peanut butter, long walks... And not like long walks on the beach, I just like to walk like an old person towards the park or something. That's not geeky, that's sad."

• "I do think of the scenes and this dialogue very specifically in a musical way. [...] It wasn't the story that grabbed me, though it was lovely. And it wasn't even the characters themselves as far as who made them what they are. When I first saw the audition sides for this show, I really wanted to leap at the opportunity to get to execute this dialogue. And it was all about the rhythms they put in there. I think there is a musicality to any conversation in general. [...] And it's one of the ways in which, as an actor, in this show at least, I know when something is not going right. [...] Because suddenly you can't access the rhythm. And either they're about to rewrite something that's going to make it fall into place...or you've got more days of rehearsal and suddenly you're going to feel it...I frequently say, 'That scene sings like a song.'"

• "I've done so much theater, and yet I never had an experience like The Normal Heart. We could feel the reaction of the audience every night. It was visceral. It affected me very deeply as an actor. I'll never forget, as long as I live, the night New York's State Assembly passed the bill giving gays the right to marry. For this monumental thing to happen while we were doing this play about the inept and unjust ways the AIDS crisis affected the homosexual community... it was the cherry on top of the experience. It really walloped me."

• "I try to master every facet of a character in order to build a safety net for myself, so I can go on to take more risks to create someone really distinct. One of my very early teachers said over and over again: ‘What are you bringing to the party?’ That expression never left me."

• "Just keep doing what your doing and stick to your guns... It's okay to want what you want, in every way, you know? Hell, my career is much more ridiculous than my love life, don't you think? It was much more unlikely."

SHELDON QUOTES

• "I'm from Texas. Need I say more?"

• "I weep for humanity."

• "In the interest of full disclosure, I was once on a bus and had to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation to an elderly nun who passed out from heat exhaustion. Every year I get a Christmas card from her, signed with far too many X’s and O’s."

• "I have spent my whole life trying to bring order to the universe by carefully planning every moment of every day. But all my efforts, our dinner schedule, my pyjama rotation, my bowel movement spreadsheet.. It’s clear now, I’ve been wasting my time."

smoguntia

Thanks Vicky. Perfect title is perfect

What's a hickey?

TFTNT! I love Jim Parsons. I haven't said it in a while!

FoxPhile

TFTNT! Awesome title!

ShamyLove

Hello peeps! What a fun day yesterday!

First, the show was absolutely AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! Hysterically funny beyond description! I have to tell you, if you have even remotely been thinking of making the time to see, please do! You will not regret it!

Jim is absolute perfection. Usually in a play, the actors are performing for the audience, but in this show, Jim is speaking to and interacting with the audience. Even though this is a comedy, almost non-stop laughing in certain parts, there are 2 moments which are a bit more serious. Perhaps touching and poignant are better words. And it was amazing how silent and captivated the audience became. He transitions so seamlessly from the funny moments to the more serious ones, and nothing felt fake. I predict he will be nominated for a Tony.

We loved it so much, we are considering going again!!

The only disappointment was we didn't get to see him as he left the theater. We easily found the back of the theater before going inside, they actually have An Act of God sign right above it! But since our seats were in the upper mezzanine, we were forced to wait as everyone else slowly shuffled out. Once we left the building, we sprinted around the block to the back, and it appeared that we had just missed him. We heard people clapping, and saw several people walking away with signed playbills. Oh well.

In case someone else here plans to see the show, I don't want to reveal too many specifics. So if you have specific questions, feel free to PM.

I desperately wanted to take some bootleg Jim video on my cell, but was way too chicken! So as a consolation prize, here's a pic I took of the stage at the end.

smoguntia

Thanks Rosie for sharing. I'm happy for you that you had so much fun in the Play and I'm sorry you didn't meet Jim. But now you have a reason to come back and see the play again


Edit:

pics from the Tony Awards

BlackWhiteRose

TFTNT!
Perfect title.

GiantLoveTingles

Thanks for sharing your experience, Rosie, sounds like you had a blast! You're so lucky to have seen the show

Picz from last night

Southblue

Thanks a lot for the picture, I wish someone dares to take a bootleg video for those who live on the other side of the world and can´t be there to enjoy that show...

Whimsical Elf

Exactly! Exactly!
So happy to hear you had an awesome time, Rosie!! Sorry you missed Jim, but next time...

Thanks for not posting spoilers (I'm still telling myself I have to go see this if it kills me, or kills my bank balance ) - I feel like I've read/seen so many spoilers for the play already! And thank you for sharing the stage pic!


Thank you for the beautiful pictures from the Tony's! Very dapper indeed!

As it hasn't been mentioned here yet, I believe a couple of days ago marked the 1 year anniversary of Jim joining IG. Which means that it's probably a year tomorrow that Jim announced it on Kelly & Michael and that means it's the IG anniversary for me and, I suspect, quite a lot of other Jim fans.

IsadoraH

Glad you had a great time, Rosie. I'm joining the group of people who have no chances to see the play. Oh, I wish there would be a way, but then I guess I wouldn't want to go that far anyway...

Thanks for the pictures. Because I didn't remember at all that Tonys were already now, this was a nice surprise.

and TFTNT! Also happy IG anniversaries to everybody who will be having one soon. I also joined IG about a year ago because of Jim, but I deleted it. Joined a few times more and deleted them again. Social media has always freaked me out and always will.

Whimsical Elf

Aww. This Forum and IG is really the only online interaction I get involved with, but I have become a bit too addicted to Insta. I wish more people from this Forum were on it; I follow a few BBT people, but it would be so nice to follow people from here I feel I really know. Or maybe you're all on it and are just hiding from me. I wouldn't blame you!


ETA: Why aren't I in NY?
https://instagram.com/p/3rQ44UPnVF/?taken-by=ryanoconn
@ryanoconn: Hi NEW YORK! Next Monday 6/15 I will be chatting with the delightful @therealjimparsons about my book at Powerhouse Arena. Starts at 7pm. I hope to see you there, hons. I haven't been to New York in a minute so this'll be a fun homecoming/homocoming!

smoguntia

Is this the guy who wrote the "I'm special" book?

I don't have an IG account yet, perhaps one day. I got my Twitter account after I read the taping report to the SIK 1.0 episode, I will probably get my IG account after Sheldon proposes

Whimsical Elf

Yes, he's the guy.
Let's hope it's not too long before you're on IG then!

ShamyLove

I don't recall seeing these pics before

https://instagram.com/p/3w7zsdy3Xg/?...rsons_official