Kiefer Sutherland

"Kiefer's great. He's so professional on the set and he's so much fun off the set. He sets the bar for the cast and crew. We all look to him to set the standard. It's the best set I've ever worked on and I think a lot of that is due to Kiefer. He comes in - even if he's not supposed to be on camera that day - and does off-camera work with the actors. A lot of actors won't do that, especially if they're…well, Kiefer. It's really funny, because you read what's posted on all of these websites and you'd think they'd have to have smelling salts on the set to revive all the "ladies" but it's not like that at all...

I'd actually never seen any of his movies. Or what I'd seen, I'd seen so long ago. But I knew he was a really good actor. Although I had no idea how good he was until I got this job and started working with him." - Reiko Aylesworth (Michelle Dessler)

"I'm always surprised when someone who was famous young isn't a complete jerk from getting so much smoke blown up their butts...When we met initially, he made it very easy. He was very down-to-earth." - Elisha Cuthbert (Kim Bauer)

"Kiefer is a great man, he really is and I mean that. A very, very giving gentleman, incredibly talented actor and he sets

the bar so high and we can only but aspire to that and we do. He just brings everybody together as a group, there is no divas, no hierarchy system, none of that which you can experience on some sets" - Philip Rhys (ex- Reza)

"Kiefer was born to play Jack Bauer. I've never seen such a dedicated actor in my life. He is one of the nicest guys to have around. We got very lucky" - Joel Surnow (executive producer)

"He is absolutely adorable and generous. There was this one incident that sums up his character completely. We were shooting in Long Beach - that's where the assassination attempt on Dennis (Palmer) takes place - and some of the actors and crew stayed over because it's a bit of a schlep from where we usually shoot. Someone was looking for Kiefer because we were all hanging out and enjoying each other's company. He was finally found in the

laundry room with the maids…folding laundry. He was having a great time just hanging out with the entire help - the maids and the busboys. That's him. He's cool." - Penny Johnson Jerald (Sherry Palmer)

"Kiefer is such a unique person and so talented and so gracious. I never experienced a first day the way I did with him. Kiefer really sets the tone with this company, and that is of really hard work. All the stuff for him is about the work. That really sets the bar really high." - Kim Raver (Audrey Raines)

"Kiefer is gracious and generous, has the patience of a saint, is a good listener - and his butt looks awesome in his Wranglers!" - Leslie Hope (ex-Teri Bauer)

My hair is a rat's nest that makes me feel like I'm wearing Burt Reynolds's wig. So on the first day of shooting I said to Kiefer, 'Does my hair look bad? Can you tell?' He said, 'Can
I tell what?' I said, 'Can you tell just by looking at it?' So he asks, 'You're wearing a wig?' I said, 'Oh my God, you can

can tell!' I then feigned a minibreakdown. Kiefer, who is the sweetest guy in the world, was all upset that he upset me. He kept saying, 'Oh, no! You can' t tell at all!' I was just screwing around with him, but I couldn' t keep it up for very long because he got all flustered." - Carlos Bernard (Tony Almeida)

"What's great about both his reputation and his behaviour of being on the edge is that it creates great veracity for the character, and intensity and truthfulness to the acting. He's not an apologist. He's a guy who likes to have fun and live hard. He's nice to people everywhere he goes. And if he acts crazy sometimes, well, that's what makes him fun to be around." - Xander Berkeley (ex-George Mason)

"He's terrific in so many ways. It's an honor to get to watch him. He's really so good. I was trying to figure out what makes him so good and I realized that it was because everything he does is so specific. Every single line has so much meaning. You can tell that he's just made a choice about everything. And he takes everything to a heightened level." Karina Arroyave (ex-Jamey Farrell)

"I don't think he's (Jack) smiled on the show in two years, but it's a tough job saving the world, isn't it? He's definitely unique, with a wicked dry sense of humor and a real cowboy side to him. I'm afraid he might get mad at me if I told you what he says or does on the set - it's so dirty and funny. But here's the kind of guy Kiefer is: If I'm worrying about a line or something off in a corner, he'll just walk up to me, push me over, and keep walking, which is his non-mean way of saying, "Come on, get on with it." - Sarah Wynter (Kate Warner)

"Kiefer (Sutherland) is the real thing; a wonderful, courageous actor, very demanding of himself and very generous to those around him. A proper star." - Peter Wingfield

"They like to have a good time on that show. They work hard. They play hard. Kiefer had taken a bunch of the crew heli-skiing over the winter break. And he's just one of the great leaders, really, because the lead of a show really sets the tone and his work ethic is second to none and he's very welcoming and he's just very humble, down to earth. Just creates a great work environment." - Ricky Schroeder (Agent Mike Doyle)

"His working style is very intuitive, very rigorous, and by that I mean he elevates everyone else's game. He insists on a certain level of commitment. That urgency that he's created informs the entire show, and the quality of acting among the ensemble. He is the single best actor I've ever had the privilege of working with." - Howard Gordon (Executive Producer)

He's a pleasure to work with, and has input into a story when he receives the scripts. He's extremely professional and one of the things that impresses me the most is that he will do his off-camera dialogue. If as an actor you're having a conversation with somebody and the camera's on the other person, a lot of times they will have the script supervisor read their dialogue, and they'll go and stay in their trailer. But not only does Kiefer insist on doing all of his off camera dialogue, he's memorized it, so he's set the bar very high for all the other actors" - Evan Katz (Co-Executive Producer/Writer, 24)

"You look at why shows are successful in the larger sense, and a big reason for 24's success is that Kiefer fosters a collaborative spirit in everyone. Everyone works as hard as he does. He's there for 90 percent of the show, and he's always half an hour early." - Zachary Quinto (Adam Kaufman)

"Guy [Skinner, A-Camera Operator] and Kiefer have an amazing, organic relationship in terms of timing. Kiefer is a very precise actor. He’ll present you with a scenario for his physicality in the scene, and after that, he won’t vary from it. Guy can precisely tag things right when they happen" - Rodney Charters (Director of Photography)

"I had to shoot up until Wednesday before Thanksgiving, so there was no way I was coming home for Thanksgiving.

Kiefer's last scene was before lunch, but mine didn't happen until the very end of the day. My last two scenes were my two phone calls that Alberta had with Jack. It's about 6 o'clock, I go onto the set and get ready to pick up the phone, and Kiefer walks in. I'm like, 'What are you doing here?' And Kiefer says, 'I'm doing my phone calls with you.' I was like, 'Kiefer, you know I really appreciate it, but if it were me, I would be on that airplane outta here,' because he lives in Toronto with his family. And he said, 'No, you wouldn't.' So we did the scenes together, even though his part was off camera and the script girl could have easily stood in for him - which I despise, but that's what happens. After we wrapped, he got into his car, drove to the airport, and flew home. After that I said, 'Nobody can give me the excuse that they can't be off camera with another actor ever again. That is a class act." - Tamara Tunie (Alberta Green)

"I didn't know if he could pull off Bauer. We loved him as an actor. What he has is a lot of anger. He sort of reminds me of Gene Hackman in a way: He's kind of a tough, angry guy. You channel that and turn him into a hero, you got a really volatile, potent character. What I didn't know that he could pull off was being the father and stepping into full manhood, which he has. Some people age into really good parts and I think he will be one of those people" - Joel Surnow (executive producer)

"On screen, he certainly has an edge, and he has a dark side to him. He's played a lot of villains. You get a guy like that and you put

him in a role that's essentially heroic and he naturally takes on the heroism of the role. But Kiefer brings that sort of dark side with him and it's a tremendous sense of three-dimensionality and layers and complexity. He's a good guy, you root for him, but you know he has demons" Robert Cochran (executive producer )

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