Encouragement from my high school teacher Patty Hart said 'you need to focus and theater might be your route out of here.' I created the program, went to college and graduate school and now here I am.

- Jeffrey Donovan

I've always wanted to do theater in Chicago. Chicago is a big theater town-and, in some ways, I think this city is savvier and smarter than New York. Sometimes, I think it's a little too chic to go to theater in New York these days.

- Jeffrey Donovan

I don't think an actor's job is to be recognized. I think an actor's job is to facilitate the writing in a way that changes the way people think. No other business does that.

- Jeffrey Donovan

I actually do my own renovations. I designed and built a 100-foot split-cedar rail fence to enclose my property. It was one of the hardest things I've ever done. Don't recommend doing it alone. I also built a 100-square-foot back porch. Again, don't recommend doing it alone.

- Jeffrey Donovan

We had to make ends meet. My parents were divorced, so my father wasn't really in my life. We grew up like most kids, just wanting things.

- Jeffrey Donovan

There's not much out there that people are fighting for that leaves them with nothing but honor.

- Jeffrey Donovan

There was no theater program or anything where I'm from. So junior year in high school I started the theater program.

- Jeffrey Donovan

I'm not a big movie-goer. I just feel like I'm watching work.

- Jeffrey Donovan

I have a hands-off policy when it comes to my larynx.

- Jeffrey Donovan

What would surprise a lot of people about me... I'm a gardener! I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.

- Jeffrey Donovan

Believe it or not, I don't own a TV. Crazy huh? I'm not a big movie-goer either. I just feel like I'm watching work. I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.

- Jeffrey Donovan

The most fun I've had on 'Burn Notice,' I think it would have to be working with China Chow and Lucy Lawless.

- Jeffrey Donovan

My mom raised us three boys by herself on welfare. It's not worse than anybody else's life.

- Jeffrey Donovan

If someone grabbed me, I'd probably be able to choke them out in about eight seconds.

- Jeffrey Donovan

I'm very shy in real life; I can't really hit on girls.

- Jeffrey Donovan

I am always outside and couldn't care less about what's on TV these days.

- Jeffrey Donovan

I could never say I'm going to do bigger and better things because that would negate what I've already accomplished, and I don't want to do that.

- Jeffrey Donovan

As much as they'll let me I do my own stunts and I do all my own fighting.

- Jeffrey Donovan

I have a green thumb. I really like to get into the shrubs, the bushes, and really cultivate.

- Jeffrey Donovan