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 invest in the fun and the warmth and generally care about the characters. — Shawn Levy Copy Share Image
I learned first of all not to be intimidated by any visual effects that I don't understand. It can all be learned. You can then use them as tools to tell your story. I also learned that you have to… — 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
