Even when I was a kid, I had a good thing with kids. To this day, if I go to a birthday party with one of my kids, I swear to you, I am so much happier hanging out with… — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
Whatever it takes, the job of the director is to be the leader and to get your actors where they need to go. That's a philosophy that I have. — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
Why hire these geniuses if they're forced to stick with the script? You want to empower your actors as collaborators. — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
Certainly in my appetite for more challenges, it's very much alive. I love comedy and it comes to me in a natural way. — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
When you do a drama, you are challenged to trust your inner voice much more. Because when you put a comedy in front of… — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
Many comedic stars have tried to a do a 'Night at the Museum' type film, in which an everyday Joe reacts to insane circumstances.… — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
It's no coincidence that 'Night at the Museum' completely blew the lid off my career. I finally got a handle on tone. — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
In all my movies, there's always a kind of heartfelt element, to be able to do a drama and to be able to spend… — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
You don't service a big, fun premise comedy and then shoot yourself in the foot with too much irony. You need the audience to… — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
If it was going to be unique, if you're going to make a robot movie in 2011... it had to be different, and it… — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
“What can you possibly say about Rome? That it's eternal? That all roads lead to it? That it wasn't built in a day? That… — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
Even when I was a kid, I had a good thing with kids. To this day, if I go to a birthday party with… — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
I just think that sports movies have such a built-in visceral, rooting interest, an epic win or lose redemptive quality. When they get it… — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
I don't know if it's that my own childhood felt brief, or I grew up too fast, or I was pushing myself too much… — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
