Shawn Levy

(1968) Screenwriter United States

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Shawn Levy is a screenwriter from the United States, best known for The Last Playboy: The High Life of Porfirio Rubirosa.

Quick Facts About Shawn Levy

Born: July 23, 1968
Nationality: United States
Profession: Screenwriter
Notable works: The Last Playboy: The High Life of Porfirio Rubirosa

About Shawn Levy

Shawn Adam Levy is a Canadian and American filmmaker and actor. He is the founder of 21 Laps Entertainment. His work has spanned numerous genres, and his films as a director have grossed a collective $3.5 billion worldwide.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Shawn Levy

Why hire these geniuses if they're forced to stick with the script? You want to empower your actors as collaborators.

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Actor

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Certainly in my appetite for more challenges, it's very much alive. I love comedy and it comes to me in a natural…

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Alive

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When you do a drama, you are challenged to trust your inner voice much more. Because when you put a comedy in…

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Barometer

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Many comedic stars have tried to a do a 'Night at the Museum' type film, in which an everyday Joe reacts to…

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Cinema

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It's no coincidence that 'Night at the Museum' completely blew the lid off my career. I finally got a handle on tone.

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Blew

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In all my movies, there's always a kind of heartfelt element, to be able to do a drama and to be able…

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Able

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You don't service a big, fun premise comedy and then shoot yourself in the foot with too much irony. You need the…

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About

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If it was going to be unique, if you're going to make a robot movie in 2011... it had to be different,…

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About

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“What can you possibly say about Rome? That it's eternal? That all roads lead to it? That it wasn't built in a…

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Eternal-city

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Even when I was a kid, I had a good thing with kids. To this day, if I go to a birthday…

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A good thing

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I just think that sports movies have such a built-in visceral, rooting interest, an epic win or lose redemptive quality. When they…

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Epic

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I don't know if it's that my own childhood felt brief, or I grew up too fast, or I was pushing myself…

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Age

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I never set out to build some behemoth comedy career. My taste in movies is far more eclectic than that so my…

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Aspirations

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Whatever it takes, the job of the director is to be the leader and to get your actors where they need to…

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Actor

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To connect with the characters, you need to connect with the world. If the world feels vaguely familiar, I believe the characters…

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Believe

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I live my life pretty emotionally, for better and for worse. I'm pretty thin-skinned and transparent. I lead with my heart, and…

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Better

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I learned first of all not to be intimidated by any visual effects that I don't understand. It can all be learned.…

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Also

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