When you’re on a submarine you’re usually underwater for months at a time, and you don’t get to Skype or make phone calls. When you get messages, they’re maybe two sentences. They’re very short. – Jessy Schram
In ‘Falling Skies,’ I was playing a soldier and a fighter, and then, when I was taken captive, you’re still in this post-apocalyptic world. – Jessy Schram
My experience with ‘Last Resort’ is very different from most of the cast. While they are next to a mountain, I’m always within the four walls of my home. – Jessy Schram
For the spouse of someone in the service, you are your own provider, your own lover, you own best friend while that person’s gone – the mother and father if you have kids. – Jessy Schram
‘Last Resort,’ to me, is very much about finding truth and integrity in an extraordinary situation. – Jessy Schram
You know that you’re part of a Spielberg production when you’ve got some aliens involved, but you really know when you’re sitting there at a table read, and they say, ‘Steven really wanted it this way.’ – Jessy Schram
I loved ‘Chicago Code;’ I watched that a lot. It was great because it really captured the city – I’m from Chicago, too. – Jessy Schram
Any show that includes guns or machinery or stuff like that, you need to trust who’s around you because blanks are flying. – Jessy Schram