“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.” PeopleStillsDoneShowsGirlHonestTvsBeing HonestShootingGirl I LikeNew Girl 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
“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.” PeopleKnowsSaidDifferentGamesChangedStrings Author:Jake M. Johnson
“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.” PeopleKnowsHomeRunningGirlStarsTypeGuestsTypicalReally CoolHome RunCool PeopleGuest StarsNew Girl 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
“We didn't make money but we never lost money. We'd sit around Times Square with fliers, walk around the Village and try and get people to come. Now you'd just tweet it, but that was the beginning of emails, or the beginning of me doing emails - I'm sure there were people in 1986 who were doing emails.” PeopleTryingLostWalksMaking MoneyVillageSquaresEmailTweetTimes SquareLost Money 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
“Everybody has their different tastes with television - there are some characters people like, some characters people hate.” PeopleDifferentCharacterHateTelevisionTasteDifferent Tastes Author:Jake M. Johnson
“There is always going to something very grounded about the characters I play, because of my Chicago roots, because the city is so grounded. Even my wife pointed it out when we were in the city, she said that even the architecture is grounded in Chicago, it's so solid. Because it has to deal with winters. There is something about Chicago that keeps people centered and grounded.” PeopleCharacterWifeWinterMy WifeArchitecture Author:Jake M. Johnson
