“I always thought, if you're gonna do TV, you want to play a straight, solid, pillar-of-the-show kind of guy.” IfsWantKindPlayShowsGuyTvsPillars Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I would want to go to the future, 25 years in the future, and see if the Cubs ever win a World Series.” IfsWorldWantYearsWinningSeriesWorld SeriesCubs Author:Jake M. Johnson
“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.” IfsKnowsLittlesDifferentWinningBitsOfficeLittle BitVersionsMagazinesGlamour Author:Jake M. Johnson
“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.” PeopleIfsBookShowsBigsJobsGuyStageNew YorkFlyingProducersAgentsManagersChicago Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I think a lot of people are very good, but I don't think anybody could do my rhythm. I was thinking, "If you want my rhythm" - and when I was writing, I was writing them for myself - "why am I watching another actor doing what I should be doing?" It was just a really unpleasant experience.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantShouldWritingActorsVery GoodRhythmUnpleasant Experiences Author:Jake M. Johnson
“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."” IfsNeedsFeelsWellsPlayUseStarsStuffTalkingComedyDirectorsDirectEarsTheaterClubsToneComedy Clubs Author:Jake M. Johnson
“If I were a teacher, I would like to teach freshman English - so I could be the Robin Williams type in Dead Poets Society. I wanna be that guy. I couldn't teach seniors because they'd be smarter than me.” IfsGuyTeachTeacherPoetTypeSmarterSeniorThat GuyRobinsFreshmanDead Poets SocietyDead Poets Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I've always been, in games, the bad guy. If there was ever cops and robbers I was always a robber.” IfsGuyGamesCopBad GuysRobbersCops And Robbers Author: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 we have jukeboxes! Let's let Bruce be Bruce.” IfsWantNextSittingBarsTunesClownBeltsSpringsteenJukebox Author:Jake M. Johnson
“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.” PeopleIfsTryingPersonsAbilityRoomsTalentIronSurroundSmarterSurround Yourself Author:Jake M. Johnson
“My day job is acting - I wouldn't direct something if I didn't feel passionate about it.” IfsFeelsJobsActingDirectPassionateDay Jobs Author:Jake M. Johnson
“I don't have an interest in being a director-for-hire on sitcoms - but if it's a really cool show that I thought I could bring something to, I would love to do that.” IfsShowsInterestDirectorsReally CoolSitcom Author:Jake M. Johnson
