Jake M. Johnson Quotes

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• I always thought, if you're gonna do TV, you want to play a straight, solid, pillar-of-the-show kind of guy.
• I like pizza and I like cheeseburgers a lot and I like Chicago food a lot.
• I love when people on Twitter give advice.
• I prefer to work with first-time directors.
• I was really into classifieds for awhile. I'm a big negotiator. My father owned a car dealership when I was younger... it's just in my…
• I would want to go to the future, 25 years in the future, and see if the Cubs ever win a World Series.
• I'll be honest, I like shooting 'New Girl.' I like the people. The show is still new to me. I've never done TV like this…
• I'm a grinding actor. That's how I've always viewed myself. You go from one job to the next.
• First, I wanted to be Chris Farley. When I was growing up, Chris Farley was still on the stages and fun to us. In my…
• I did about 10-12 national commercials and then got one line parts in things like 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' and the show 'The Unit.' Got a…
• I feel like L.A. is more of a showcase, and Chicago is a pure comedy scene where you're doing comedy for comedy. You're doing comedy…
• I had a lot of bad jobs but the one big internship I had is I interned for 'SNL' when I was 21 years old…
• I knew I wanted to be an actor for a long time, but I was based out of Chicago and then I went to New…
• If I took over the 'Glamour' offices for a day, I would put Joe Pesci on the cover. I would say 'We've got to change…
• In L.A., if you're in improv, and you're on those stages, all the big agents and managers and producers are watching those shows. They're not…
• My big break was really Liz Meriwether saw me in a movie called 'Paper Heart' and really liked it, and then saw me in a…
• My brother was an improviser. He's now a lobbyist, but he used to perform improv in the city when he was in high school, and…
• My dream career would be to be in things that have real heart and are telling real stories but while doing that, you're getting really…
• Sometimes, when you work with directors who have done it a lot and are established in the business and know the game, there are all…
• You know, I'll tell you, nothing changed after 'No Strings' for me. A lot of people said, like, 'Your game will be different,' but it…

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