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> [If I were a teacher, I would like to teach freshman English - so I could be the Robin Williams type in Dead Poets Society. I wanna be that guy. I couldn't teach seniors because they'd be smarter than me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/if-i-were-a-teacher-i-would-like-to-teach-freshman-english-so-i-could/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

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## Other authors on Dead poets society

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## More by Jake M. Johnson

> [I don't believe in karaoke. Let's let the singers sing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/i-don-t-believe-in-karaoke-let-s-let-the-singers-sing/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

> [It's a really weird feeling when you write something and you really know it and then you watch actors come in and do it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/it-s-a-really-weird-feeling-when-you-write-something-and-you-really/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

> [Everybody has their different tastes with television - there are some characters people like, some characters people hate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/everybody-has-their-different-tastes-with-television-there-are-some/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

> [I like to move quickly. I don't like the nature of television of just sitting around and overshooting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/i-like-to-move-quickly-i-don-t-like-the-nature-of-television-of-just/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

> [I've always been, in games, the bad guy. If there was ever cops and robbers I was always a robber.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/i-ve-always-been-in-games-the-bad-guy-if-there-was-ever-cops-and/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

> [The craziest thing about TV directing is I turned in a version, and then they made their final changes - so I don't know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/the-craziest-thing-about-tv-directing-is-i-turned-in-a-version-and/)

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> [I never thought I'd be one of those guys who gets recognized.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/i-never-thought-i-d-be-one-of-those-guys-who-gets-recognized/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

> [If I were a teacher, I would like to teach freshman English - so I could be the Robin Williams type in Dead Poets…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/if-i-were-a-teacher-i-would-like-to-teach-freshman-english-so-i-could/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

> [Problem is that my athletic abilities in my mind are greater than what my body can accomplish. And my level of fear and anxiety…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/problem-is-that-my-athletic-abilities-in-my-mind-are-greater-than/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

> [If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You do something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/if-i-m-not-directing-it-i-need-to-be-right-in-the-director-s-ear-so/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

> [I don't have an interest in being a director-for-hire on sitcoms - but if it's a really cool show that I thought I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/i-don-t-have-an-interest-in-being-a-director-for-hire-on-sitcoms-but/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

> [I like fictional stories - like, things that never happened but the seed of it starts as real.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/i-like-fictional-stories-like-things-that-never-happened-but-the-seed/)

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> [ I was in a two-person show \[with Oliver Ralli\] called the Midwesterners where we wrote all of our own stuff and we traveled the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/i-was-in-a-two-person-show-with-oliver-ralli-called-the-midwesterners/)

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> [There are a lot of comedic actors who are just out to be the funny one and get all the laughs and they'll sacrifice…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/there-are-a-lot-of-comedic-actors-who-are-just-out-to-be-the-funny/)

[Jake M. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-m-johnson/)

> [We didn't make money but we never lost money. We'd sit around Times Square with fliers, walk around the Village and try and get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-m-johnson/we-didn-t-make-money-but-we-never-lost-money-we-d-sit-around-times/)

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