Jake M. Johnson Quotes

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• If you have the ability to work with people smarter than you, always try to be the least smartest person in the room and surround yourself with talent, because iron sharpens iron.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Iron, People, Trying

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• 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 really wasn't.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Games, People, Different

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Aspire to do better. Instead of being the leader of the group, be the little person.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Leader, Groups, Littles

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• I never thought I'd be one of those guys who gets recognized.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Guy

  Source: www.etonline.com

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• 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 telling stories and doing this for a job. I thought my path was going to be as a writer, but I'm pretty happy doing it as an actor.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Jobs, Goal, Acting

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• 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 all these magazines a little bit. We have to bring out a different version of what is, like, cool. You know, what's winning. Joe Pesci, Burt Reynolds.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Winning, Office, Different

  "OMG, You Have to Take 5 Minutes to Read Our Hilarious Interview With New Girl's Jake Johnson!". Interview with Anna Moeslein, www.glamour.com. June 11, 2012.

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• I love when people on Twitter give advice.

  Jake M. Johnson

  People, Giving, Advice

  "OMG, You Have to Take 5 Minutes to Read Our Hilarious Interview With New Girl's Jake Johnson!". Interview with Anna Moeslein, www.glamour.com. June 11, 2012.

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• I like to move quickly. I don't like the nature of television of just sitting around and overshooting.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Moving, Sitting, Television

  Source: www.avclub.com

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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.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Play, Guy, Want

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I'm a grinding actor. That's how I've always viewed myself. You go from one job to the next.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Jobs, Actors, Next

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like pizza and I like cheeseburgers a lot and I like Chicago food a lot.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Chicago, Cheeseburger, Pizza

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• Some actors pride themselves on disappearing into a role. I'm into the game because I like experiencing and exploring themes, so I put a lot of myself into the person.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Pride, Games, Roles

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• I prefer to work with first-time directors.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Directors, Firsts, First Time

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You know, what 'New Girl' is doing is they're bringing in really cool people. These are home-run people who aren't your typical guest-star-type people.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Girl, Running, Stars

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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 these rules that they have. First-time directors will allow you to come in with choices. They're not so jaded by actors that they're like, 'Ugh, just do your job, man.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Jobs, Men, Games

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I like fictional stories - like, things that never happened but the seed of it starts as real.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Real, Fictional Stories, Happened

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

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• 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 one of the funniest guys I know to this day.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Brother, School, Cities

  "New Girl's Jake Johnson". Interview with Marah Eakin, www.avclub.com. May 8, 2012.

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• 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 movie called 'Ceremony' because she knew Max Winkler and said, 'I want you to be in 'No Strings Attached,' but you gotta audition for it.' From that it was easier for her to get me in 'New Girl.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Girl, Heart, Strings Attached

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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 flying to Chicago to see the show. People are booking jobs off the stages in L.A. who aren't more talented than the guys in Chicago. But the most guys book out of L.A., and the second is New York.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Jobs, New York, Book

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When somebody is doing something really funny, in real life and as a performer, my instinct is to join them.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Real, Real Life, Instinct

  Source: www.etonline.com

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• I would want to go to the future, 25 years in the future, and see if the Cubs ever win a World Series.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Winning, Years, World

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Girl, People, Done

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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 and that was the joke. You intern there and you think man, I'm going to be with the writers and the great comedians. Then you're getting everybody sandwiches and then the doors close and then all the great creatives are doing the work.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Jobs, Men, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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 actually for the audience that's there.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Chicago, Comedy, Scene

  "New Girl's Jake Johnson". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. May 8, 2012.

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• 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 little part in the movie 'Redbelt' by David Mamet and kept slowly grinding up and then started getting bigger parts in independents and getting noticed by Liz Meriwether.

  Jake M. Johnson

  Liz, Lines, Littles

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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