First responders are a resilient lot. They deal with many types of situations and are very good at improvisation in their work.
— Jesse Spencer
I've met many rich kids over the years. Many are very down to earth and work hard; they come from decent parenting. Others, however, are not.
I work 14-hour days on-set, and when you go home to an empty apartment, the last thing you're going to do is cook a meal. I eat cereal, eggs, or smoothies. That's my routine.
Eight is my lucky number.
I play the didgeridoo using circular breathing.
I love politics.
'House' has opened a lot of doors for me. I've met a whole bunch of people and got a whole new bunch of contacts. I've got the golden ticket.
I'd like to see more of Colorado, Utah, and maybe go to Yellowstone. Oh, and I'd like to kayak down the Colorado through the Grand Canyon.
I want 'Chicago Fire' to go as long as 'SVU.'
When I was doing 'Neighbours,' I was aiming to go to university, then go to med school, but I realised I could make a better living from acting.
All of my girlfriends have been actors, and I've realized that maybe it's not for me - and find something else outside of the industry.
Mum decided that I could sing a bit, so she put me in a choir, which I hated, and it was just a nightmare. I was a rebellious sort of choirboy.
'Chicago Fire' has been a wonderful outlet for me. We're thrown into the gritty streets of Chicago working among actual first responders. They're a wonderful bunch, and the sense of community among Midwesterners is very similar to Australians.
On vacation in Indonesia, I ran out of skin-colored zinc, so I used green, and locals called me Hulk.
I'm really good at not getting sunburned because I wear zinc cream.
Open-water swimming scares the hell out of me.
In terms of people who we call heroes - and I don't tend to like that term, and firefighters don't consider themselves heroes - but if you look at their job description, they are. Their job is to straight up save people.
I did ride-alongs and did some firefighter training at the Chicago Fire Academy.
I did some good stuff over in the U.K., but I wasn't consistently working. For a while there, I was going, 'Do I really want to do this - should I go back to university?'
'Fire' is physical and has a lot of grunt to it. I really love that.
I admire a lot of actors, but I don't covet people's careers.
I live in a fantasy world where I think I'm immune to all disease. I don't get sick and haven't had anything major go wrong.
I always find music guys writing about love. Think of something else for a change. I'm sorry, but it's been done, and it does work and it's good and all that, but I think something else would be nice.
I was trained classically in violin and voice, which led to musical theater. Then I left the music scene to chase acting, which is when 'Neighbours' came along. It was a fantastic playground for actors, and the cast around me taught me a lot.
My first car was a '69 Holden, which is an Aussie car.
Firefighting inherently is a dangerous occupation.
I hate staying in resorts. When I go on holiday, I like to stay in crappy places with great surf.
I support firefighters.
Fire looks better at night.
The idea of being charming and really nasty at the same time is a really difficult thing to do.
I loved working on 'House,' but I never ever want to do another medical show. It's 'fiddly' stuff.
I love 'Battlestar Galactica;' I was a geeky kid. I was into Dungeons and Dragons. I had the 24-sided dice.
Chicago's like Melbourne - there's a city center, there's public transport, and there's more of a cultural scene.
I started off with violin, then I started learning guitar, then I went to piano. But I self-taught piano just because I enjoyed it. I've always really enjoyed music.
