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> [The director makes the movie. The director has to have the story in their head, has to know the style of the piece, has to answer questions from actors, design, set, lighting, every department throughout the pre-production, production, and post-production,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/the-director-makes-the-movie-the-director-has-to-have-the-story-in/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

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## More by Jon Lovitz

> [The director makes the movie. The director has to have the story in their head, has to know the style of the piece, has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/the-director-makes-the-movie-the-director-has-to-have-the-story-in/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

> [It's fun to do something funny and have the director laughing. It makes you feel good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/it-s-fun-to-do-something-funny-and-have-the-director-laughing-it/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

> [I really didn't want to leave the show, but I got a chance to do a movie, which meant I would have had to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/i-really-didn-t-want-to-leave-the-show-but-i-got-a-chance-to-do-a/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

> [I feel lucky that I'm working at all. I don't take any job for granted. I enjoy this. It's all enjoyable for me. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/i-feel-lucky-that-i-m-working-at-all-i-don-t-take-any-job-for-granted/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

> [First of all, this whole idea of this one percent versus the 99 percent, it's a false statistic. There's nobody that is wealthy saying,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/first-of-all-this-whole-idea-of-this-one-percent-versus-the-99/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

> [How much blow can Charlie Sheen do? Enough to kill two and a half men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/how-much-blow-can-charlie-sheen-do-enough-to-kill-two-and-a-half-men/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

> [But Opera Man, I go, 'Oh, crap! Why didn't I think of that?' Because I could sing fake opera pretty good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/but-opera-man-i-go-oh-crap-why-didn-t-i-think-of-that-because-i-could/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

> [In comedy, you have to do all of the same stuff you do in drama and then put the comedy on top of it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/in-comedy-you-have-to-do-all-of-the-same-stuff-you-do-in-drama-and/)

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> [Woody is the guy who made me want to be a comic. I was in heaven and couldn't stop smiling because he was my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/woody-is-the-guy-who-made-me-want-to-be-a-comic-i-was-in-heaven-and/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

> [I don't want to talk about myself, that's for other people to say, so I'm not saying I was so talented.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/i-don-t-want-to-talk-about-myself-that-s-for-other-people-to-say-so-i/)

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> [If I make a dollar and out of every dollar I'm taxed at 50, half, at 50 cents, I have to give, isn't that like enough?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/if-i-make-a-dollar-and-out-of-every-dollar-i-m-taxed-at-50-half-at-50/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

> [Nobody with a victim mentality will get anywhere. Ever. They will never succeed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/nobody-with-a-victim-mentality-will-get-anywhere-ever-they-will-never/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

> [You want everyone to be great and funny. I'm not saying I'm great, but I'm funny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/you-want-everyone-to-be-great-and-funny-i-m-not-saying-i-m-great-but/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

> [Sometimes the best way to make 'em laugh is to show 'em how you honestly feel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/sometimes-the-best-way-to-make-em-laugh-is-to-show-em-how-you/)

[Jon Lovitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-lovitz/)

> [The problem with the economy isn't that people aren't paying their fair share of taxes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-lovitz/the-problem-with-the-economy-isn-t-that-people-aren-t-paying-their/)

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