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Would Jim Parsons remake Jimmy Stewart classic “Harvey?”

Apr 28, 2013 Filed Under: Interviews,Media Alert Comments (0)

Emmy and Golden Globe winner Jim Parsons talks about why the role of Elwood P. Dowd in Broadway’s “Harvey” is so special

Jim Parsons talks “The Big Bang Theory” and Jimmy Stewart

Apr 28, 2013 Filed Under: Interviews,Media Alert,Public Appereances Comments (0)

Jim Parsons appeared on Friday’s “CBS This Morning,” where he talked about his role on “The Big Bang Theory” — and how it’s changed his life.

“It’s the best thing that’s ever happened to me,” Parsons says of the CBS show. “I don’t feel like I would have done Broadway yet, if it weren’t for the show. And then to boot, I love doing the show.”

He shared the best advice he’s ever gotten with Gayle King, Charlie Rose and Norah O’Donnell, and “what he’s bringing to the party” (and it’s not chips).

After his morning show appearance, he spoke to CBSNews.com exclusively about whether he’d follow in Jimmy Stewart’s footsteps and reprise his Broadway role of Elwood P. Dowd’s “Harvey” in a big-screen adaptation.

Watch the video at left to see what he has to say about playing Elwood both on Broadway and potentially on the big-screen.

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Jim Parsons on David Letterman

Apr 26, 2013 Filed Under: Interviews,Media Alert,Tv Appereances Comments (0)

Our lovely boy was at David Letterman yesterday promoting the series but also talking about his love for turning 40 this year. Enjoy the HQs I collected and the video of the interview.

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‘The Big Bang Theory changed my life’

Mar 24, 2013 Filed Under: Articles,Interviews Comments (0)

Jim Parsons has a new interview with LA Magazine
He continues to star in CBS’s ‘The Big Bang Theory’
He also has an animated movie and TV movie in development

Jim Parsons has become a household name thanks to the phenomenal success of ‘The Big Bang Theory‘. Even if people don’t watch the show, everyone’s heard of it – and its star, Jim Parsons a.k.a. Dr. Sheldon Cooper. By rights, Kaley Cuoco and Johnny Galecki are also the main leads, and the show is definitely an ensemble show. However, a large part of the show’s popularity rests on Parsons’ ability to play his character to impeccable comedy.

Parsons had a recent interview with the LA Magazine, where he describes how much moving to Los Angeles and getting cast in the Big Bang Theory changed his life. He says, “There’s just no telling when or if your number will be called. So when I was flown out to L.A. to audition for several pilots, I was shocked and I was frightened, but most important, I was dirt-poor. Ultimately, moving to West Hollywood and being cast on The Big Bang Theory changed my life.”

Parsons is also incredibly selective when it comes to making his career decisions outside the Big Bang Theory. The success of the show has offered him the financial stability to make his own choices and forge his own path, and he has largely stuck to theater for the past few hiatuses. However, he has a few new projects in the can for next year: an animated film called ‘Happy Smekday!’, co-starring Rihanna, and a TV movie called ‘The Normal Heart’.

‘Happy Smekday!’ is set for release in late 2014, and it’s about ‘a group of aliens seek refuge from their enemies by hiding out on Earth.’ The Normal Heart, on the other hand, will be directed by Ryan Murphy and has a pretty high profile cast for a TV movie. It’s about a gay activist’s struggle to raise awareness about HIV during the early 1980s. In addition to Parsons, it stars Matt Bomer, Taylor Kitsch, Alec Baldwin, Julia Roberts, and Mark Ruffalo. The film is in pre-production and will come out sometime in 2014.

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‘The Big Bang Theory’: Jim Parsons and Mayim Bialik talk Sheldon, Amy and … you know

Mar 16, 2013 Filed Under: Articles,Interviews,Television works,The Big Bang Theory Comments (0)

The question to “The Big Bang Theory” star Jim Parsons starts like this: Do you think there will come a point where Sheldon will want to …

“Have sex?” Parsons interjects. It’s a question that he’s heard a lot as Sheldon and Amy (Mayim Bialik) continue to move very slowly as a couple, as prescribed in their relationship agreement.

A consummation of the Sheldon-Amy relationship is probably a ways off, but might Sheldon ever want to move a little faster?

“No, I don’t think he’ll want to move faster, but I do think … he is intrigued by Amy on that level that you would hope to feel,” Parsons told Zap2it at the Paley Festival event honoring “BBT” Wednesday night (March 13). “I do think he finds something mysterious about her. He must — why would he be with her at this level? She doesn’t bug him any less than other people do. But she gets him, and there’s something about her that he doesn’t want to be apart from.”

For her part, Amy “is generally frustrated with the slow pace of everything with Sheldon, but I think she’s also not terribly troubled by it,” Bialik says. “I think she can be frustrated but also be really content and kind of roll with it because it’s worth it.”

Bialik notes that “everything is still kind of on the table” in terms of Amy and Sheldon expressing affection for each other, thanks again to the characters’ relationship contract. Two years in, they’re at the holding-hands stage.

“I think that’s the fun — people have this expectation, but even conversations mean so much to them. I think that’s sweet,” Bialik says.

Male-female relationships have become a much bigger part of the show in its past couple of seasons as three of the four guys — Sheldon, Leonard (Johnny Galecki) and Howard (Simon Helberg) — have entered long-term relationships. Even Raj (Kunal Nayyar) is taking a few tentative steps into a relationship with Lucy (Kate Micucci).

Co-creator Chuck Lorre says the writers didn’t make a conscious decision to increase the number of women in the cast. “It just kind of evolved,” he says, as a natural consequence of the four guys growing up some. “The best way to investigate a character more deeply is to put him in a relationship and see them try to deal with it.”

“The Big Bang Theory” airs at 8 p.m. ET Thursdays on CBS.

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