If I'm not directing it, I need to be right in the director's ear so we can be talking about this." You do something like use the wrong music, the tone's off, and everything feels off". And I was like, "I'm not going down with this one. I wrote it, but I don't like that play." Then I thought, "Well, no one's producing my stuff, letting me star in it, and direct it at these theaters, so I'll just do them in comedy clubs."
I aspired to be a writer and then I just started getting acting work. I really didn't have a direct goal, I just knew I wanted to be in this industry… - Jake M. Johnson
I aspired to be a writer and then I just started getting acting work. I really didn't have a direct goal, I just knew I wanted to be in this industry…
- Jake M. Johnson
I like pizza and I like cheeseburgers a lot and I like Chicago food a lot. - Jake M. Johnson
I like pizza and I like cheeseburgers a lot and I like Chicago food a lot.
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 before. - Jake M. Johnson
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 before.
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 wasn't. It real… - Jake M. Johnson
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 wasn't. It real…
I always thought, if you're gonna do TV, you want to play a straight, solid, pillar-of-the-show kind of guy. - Jake M. Johnson
I always thought, if you're gonna do TV, you want to play a straight, solid, pillar-of-the-show kind of guy.
I never thought I'd be one of those guys who gets recognized. - Jake M. Johnson
I never thought I'd be one of those guys who gets recognized.
I had spent 10 days of my life digging for garbage. - Jake M. Johnson
I had spent 10 days of my life digging for garbage.
Aspire to do better. Instead of being the leader of the group, be the little person. - Jake M. Johnson
Aspire to do better. Instead of being the leader of the group, be the little person.
If I'm in a bar and I gotta be sitting next to some clown who's like, "It's my tune," I don't want to hear you belt out Bruce Springsteen. That's why… - Jake M. Johnson
If I'm in a bar and I gotta be sitting next to some clown who's like, "It's my tune," I don't want to hear you belt out Bruce Springsteen. That's why…
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