I didn't set out to work as Jesus, but I have been playing him ever since I appeared in The Life of Christ at Wintershall Estate in 1998. For the past 14 years, I've been permanently Jesus-ready. I've had the long hair and the beard and have been in plays everywhere: Wales, Scotland, Australia, as well as outdoors in Trafalgar Square and the centre of Leicester. I've never had an agent. One play always leads to another. Many of my actor friends say, “Oh, James just does his Jesus stuff.” I could let it bother me, but I don't.
我并不是一开始就打定主意要扮演耶稣的。但自从1998年在温特沙尔庄园(Wintershall Estate)的《耶稣生平》(The Life of Christ)中出演耶稣一角之后，我就一直在扮演耶稣。过去14年里，我的外形一直保持着随时可出演耶稣的状态。我留长发，蓄须，我在各地扮演耶稣：威尔士、苏格兰、澳大利亚，还在伦敦特拉法加广场(Trafalgar Square)和莱斯特市中心参加过露天演出。我从没有过经纪人，但片约不断，从不断档。我的许多演员朋友说：“哦，詹姆斯(James)一天到晚演耶稣。”这种话挺烦人的，但我不以为意。